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Are some words so dangerous they must be locked away?
The question is currently an issue of fierce debate in Germany where a leading historian has called [...]
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I encourage you to visit the resources section of the Minitab website. You’ll gain access to fantastic tutorials such as the following:
Control Limits: Optimize the Performance of Your Control Charts
Learn when you may want to set the control limits on your Control Charts and two simple ways to do it.
Graphing
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In the Analyze phase, the measurements collected in the Measure phase are analyzed so that hypotheses about the root causes of variations in the measurements can be generated and the hypothesis subsequently validated. It is at this stage that practical business problems are turned into statistical problems and analyzed as statistical problems. This includes:
generate [...]
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We all know that drinking alcohol is both big and clever but it does sometime provoke a wee bit of violence, which doesn’t matter as long as you can fight, but it ultimately leads to weight problems. Think darts player. Fat people can’t catch a break these days in a society that prizes thinness above [...]
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From Wikipedia
5S is a reference to five Japanese words that describe standardized cleanup:
Seiri: tidiness, organization. Refers to the practice of sorting through all the tools, materials, etc., in the work area and keeping only essential items. Everything else is stored or discarded. This leads to fewer hazards and less [...]
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This graph compares the average worldwide governance scores for nine regions spread across the globe. The scores range from -2.5 (lowest) to 2.5 (highest); here, OECD countries have the highest average, while the Former Soviet Union average ranks in the lower regions. Other regions evaluated include: Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Baltics, Middle East [...]
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The purpose of the Measure phase is to fully understand the current performance by identifying how to best measure current performance and to start measuring it. The measurements used should be useful and relevant to identifying and measuring the source of variation. This phase includes:
identify the specific performance requirements of relevant Critical-to-Quality (CTQ) characteristics;
map relevant [...]
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Billions of people could be wiped out over the next century as a result of global warming - but those lucky enough to be on the British Isles have a pretty good chance of survival. So says the Gaia scientist Professor James Lovelock in his book The Revenge of Gaia: Why [...]
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From Wikipedia:
In logic, an argument is an attempt to demonstrate the truth of an assertion called a conclusion, based on the truth of a set of assertions called premises. The process of demonstration of deductive and inductive reasoning shapes the argument, and presumes some kind of communication, which could be part of [...]
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“We have to work the dark side, if you will. We’ve got to spend time in the shadows.”
So declared Dick Cheney five days after the 9/11 attacks. And the vice-president was as good as his word. Within months, Guantanamo was full of hooded prisoners, secret jails were popping up in former [...]
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The purpose of the Define phase is to clearly identify the problem, the requirements of the project and the objectives of the project. The objectives of the project should focus on critical issues which are aligned with the company’s business strategy and the customer’s requirements. The Define phase includes:
define customer requirements as they relate [...]
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The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer
Over the course of the next few posts I plan to summarise the main points contained in The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer by Dr Jeff K. Liker.
World Class Power of the Toyota Way
Toyota first caught the worlds attention in [...]
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How the world’s priorities have changed over China: not so long ago the US Congress was earnestly debating China’s human-rights record. Today all anyone cares about is that China’s economic wheels keep turning, so it goes on filling its shelves with our goods. Far from worrying about China’s repressive regime, foreign [...]
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Six Sigma is as much about people excellence as it is about technical excellence. Employees often wonder how they are going to solve a difficult problem, but when they are given the tools to ask the right questions, measure the right things, correlate a problem with a solution and plan a course of action, they [...]
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The world is changing fast - and we need to be prepared for the risks that may go hand in hand with technological advances. A team led by Professor Bill Sutherland of Cambridge University has drawn up a list of 25 potential threats to Britain, which includes the release of man-made viruses, [...]
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