OpEx Insights

Lean Six Sigma Nutrition

If there were any doubt that summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere, I collected this evidence a week ago. The Human Cannon Ball attraction is once again traveling the land to amuse and delight. For those of you who are using Failure Mode & Effects Analysis (FMEA) for risk evaluation, this might be a good case study for training purposes, assuming that there might be a few things that could go wrong.

Finding a cure for “one-and-done syndrome”

Perhaps the easiest step in the continuous improvement process is celebrating the success of a project with measurable improvements and the collective sense that the struggles, even failures, along the way were worth it. Who doesn't love an excuse for an offsite lunch or happy hour?

Finding innovation during a pandemic

A colleague recently mentioned to me that his organization has experienced an innovation bump during the pandemic. During this year of constant change, ideas that had previously been ignored or discarded were, out of necessity, now being embraced. Speed trumped lengthy testing for accuracy.