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MARCH 2010 NEGOTIATING TO WIN: 11th March 2010, Belfast
This training workshop enables participants to self-discover the essential principles in Negotiating with Synergy. It is an ethical, principled, Win-Win negotiating process based on research from the Harvard Negotiating Project and the international best seller “Getting to YES” by Fisher and Ury.
Click here for more >>4TH ANNUAL LEAN SYMPOSIUM: 30th & 31st March, Clonmel
This symposium is a highly interactive one which includes a half day workshop to assist manufacturing and service organisations implement and sustain Lean initiatives in the current global economic climate. Irish-based companies Shannon Aerospace, Green Isle Foods, Lake Region Medical and Bulmers will present on their lean experiences to date.
Click here for more >>TRANSFORMING ENGINEERING EDUCATION: 6th - 9th April 2010, Dublin
IBM and the IEEE are hosting an international conference on the role of cross-disciplinary instruction in preparing engineering graduates to meet the changing needs of employers.
Click here for more >>SPC - STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL: 29th & 30th April 2010, Athlone
This two-day course is facilitated by First Polymer Training in Athlone. Superior product quality and process performance is achieved by identifying and resolving the causes of the process variation. SPC is an essential tool for companies implementing ISO 9001, ISO 14001, QS 9000 and lean six sigma.
Click here for more >>6 SIGMA ON 30 ROCK
For those of you who missed it first time round in Jan `09, have a giggle!
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BEST OF BREED
We are currently compiling a listing of the top aids to learning about lean and six sigma transformation. Click on each image to access the source material.
Book Title: THE TOYOTA WAY
Author: Jeffrey Liker, Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Year: 2003Why buy it? This is a definitive book on lean culture and practices. Liker uses an easy writing style to convey the complexity of the Toyota approach to process design, problem solving, employee development, customer service and market growth.
Target adience: Managers, lean leaders and black belts, and those interested or involved in organisation-wide lean transformation.
Best used as.....a definitive text book for all managers in organisations undergoing lean transformation. Why not form a weekly management study group to present and discuss chapters of the book, and their application in your organisation?
Book Title: LEADING SIX SIGMA
Author: Ronald Snee & Roger Hoerl, Publisher: FT Press, Year: 2003 hardback, 2009 paperbackWhy buy it? This is the definitive textbook on establishing and sustaining a successful six sigma programme.
Target adience: Managers, six sigma leaders, and black belts, and those interested or involved in organisation-wide six sigma transformation.
Best used as.....a definitive text book for all managers in organisations undergoing six sigma transformation. Why not form a weekly management study group to present and discuss chapters of the book, and their application in your organisation?
DVD Title: TOAST KAIZEN
See preview on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N89JJ991pE
Author & Publisher: GBMP Consulting, Year: 2007Why buy it?It's fun! This 27-minute video highlights the seven deadly wastes found in both offices and in manufacturing processes. The process of making toast is used to represent the before condition and the target condition of a manufacturing or transaction-based process and helps your people to identify with the process of Kaizen(small and continuous improvements).
Target adience: All employees setting out on their lean transformation journey
Best used as.....a learning tool that introduces lean concepts at the start of the organisation's or team's lean journey
YouTube Video: BOEING 737 MANUFACTURE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5pgKKiNORA
Duration: 7mins 53 seconds, Year: 2008Why view it? This video illustrates how many lean principles and techniques have been embedded in the Boeing 737 final assembly process. It shows techniques such at kanban systems, standard work, andon lights, trouble shooting teams, and Boeing's extraordinary interpretation of Takt Time!
Target audience: A must for all lean implementation teams.
Best used as.....a learning tool that introduces lean concepts during the organisation's or team's lean journey
Eiji Toyoda
(courtesy of
www.Toyota.co.jp)Website: THE TOYOTA PRODUCTION SYSTEM (TPS) From the horse's mouth!
Why view it? This Toyota website provides a history of TPS, its basic principles, examples of lean techniques, and even a quiz to test your knowledge of TPS.
Target adience: Managers, supervisors, black belts, green belts, and those interested or involved in organisation-wide lean transformation.
Best used as.....a personal instruction and reference website on lean implementation.
Download Article Title: GOING LEAN
Author: Prof Peter Hines, David Taylor, Publisher: Lean Enterprise Research Centre, Cardiff, Year: 2000
Why read it? This LERC mug's guide to implementing lean is the best/ most comprehensive (54 pages) guide to lean implementation in an organisation.
Target adience: Managers, lean leaders and black belts, and those interested or involved in organisation-wide lean transformation.
Best used as.....a step by step structured guide to implementing lean in the organisation.
Book Title: THE SIX SIGMA MEMORY JOGGER II
Author: Michael Brassard, Lynda Finn, Dana Ginn & Diane Ritter Publisher: Goal/QPC Year: 2002Why buy it? It's small and very informative. The first 26 pages provide the best summary overview of what the six sigma approach entails, that I have yet read. It's worth it for that summary alone.
Target adience: Green belts, supervisors, managers, engineers, and those leading or participating in six sigma improvement teams. This is an indespensible reference pocket guide for six sigma techniques, that punches far above its weight.
Best used as.....a reference book to provide guidance on how and when to use particular six sigma process improvement tools.
Book Title: SIX SIGMA AND MINITAB
Author: Quentin Brook, Publisher: QSB Consulting, Year: 2006Why buy it? This wire-bound "complete toolbox guide for all Six Sigma practitioners" is an invaluable companion to Minitab software. Its logical tabbed layout is clear and easy to navigate.
Target adience: Engineers, black belts and green belts who use Minitab
Best used as.....a companion guide when executing DMAIC projects and when compiling and interpreting process data with Minitab
Please note that Cordatus does not gain in any way financially from the above recommendations, nor is the list designed to be definitive. We are simply sharing items that we have found to be of help during lean six sigma transformation. The opinions are the author's own.
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