March 2007 - Posts
Details available at http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/mar07/03-13ConvergenceDayTwoPR.mspx .
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Here at the SpeedNews Aviation Suppliers Conference in LA, interesting comments on lean from Airbus and Boeing: Airbus - site setup and configuration based on lean techniques are a major pillar of Airbus' Power8 restructuring plan, allowing them to achieve
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Podcast of six sigma segment from Corning on last weekend's America's Business with Mike Hambrick show. Again highlights the use of Visio as a tool in implementing process improvements. Podcast is here .
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Filed under: value stream mapping, case study, Microsoft Office, Visio, process mapping, lean six sigma, podcast, six sigma, DMAIC, energy, energy efficiency
This weekend another radio segment airs on America's Business with Mike Hambrick on how Corning used Six Sigma (DMAIC), supported by Microsoft technology tools such as Visio and our partner Itron, to achieve the following objectives: § Assure uninterrupted
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...featuring the Harbour-Felax Group and Activplant, March 28, 2007. Details at: https://lra100.livemeeting.com/LRSRegistration/EC/activplant/638697426.aspx
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Last week at the Lean Transformation Summit, Prof. Durward Sobek of Montana State University, gave a presentation about a new book just published called "Lean Product and Process Development" authored by Allen Ward. I think you'll find the book to contain
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From shopfloor.org : Microsoft Chairman and CEO Bill Gates appeared before the Senate Health Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee yesterday to testify on the topic of US competitiveness , a topic in which he is well-versed. Link to the full
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...from Defense Acquisition Review at www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/2004arq/Joyce.pdf A couple of years old but still a good read.
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Thanks to Ron Pereira for a good laugh - found this on his Lean Six Sigma Academy blog: http://leansixsigmaacademy.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-doe-teaching-aid.html Will we ever see this on From Edison's Desk as the latest feature rollout for GE refrigerators?
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New case study published on Gates Corporation - details how they are using various Microsoft technologies such as Sharepoint to standardize work, improve information access, and push KPIs and transparency throughout the organization. Excerpt: "To enforce
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In a previous post I talked about using a shared OneNote workbook as a way of making continuously updated customer follow-up information available to field solution specialists on their desktop. Here is a step-by-step tutorial on how to set this up. Step
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...talking about designing the machine around the process and not vice versa, from Gemba Panta Rei at http://www.gembapantarei.com/2007/02/standard_work_needed_for_use_o.html . I know there are numerous improvement efforts in the product groups at Microsoft
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As an industry marketing manager at Microsoft, I face a challenge that I’m sure many teams share – how do I make it easy for a solution specialist team to follow-up with customers who have registered interest? This is important for 3 reasons: 1. This
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I just started reading a great book on how blogging is changing both “the online conversation” and the way corporations relate to their customers via marketing, PR, and media channels. There's a lot in here on how Microsoft's decision to allow employee
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