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	<title>Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard</title>
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		<title>Inconsistencies in Swimming Pool Chemical Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/05/14/inconsistencies-in-swimming-pool-chemical-tests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 02:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chemical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chlorine stabilizer issues and resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cyanuric acid issues and resolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leslie’s Pool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measurement systems analysis example]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After resurfacing our swimming pool there was, in a relative short time period, an undesirable increase in the level of cyanuric acid.  Because of this, a refill was necessary to reduce/eliminate the current level of the acid.  This problem resulted in an increase in my sensitivity to the importance of maintaining good, consistent pool chemistry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resolution to Lean Six Sigma process improvement challenges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 02:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean Six Sigma challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making Lean Six Sigma efforts last]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consider the following: Why Lean Six Sigma process improvement efforts often stall out in an organization? What could be done differently to make Lean Six Sigma process improvement efforts more sustainable? Why do Lean Six Sigma projects often take so long to complete, if ever? Why is it that during-training projects are often not completed or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surgeon operating room on-time starts</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/05/09/surgeon-operating-room-on-time-starts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 02:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- IEE Metrics and Process Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surgery on-time operating room start time]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/?p=5306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To answer the question what are some creative ways to get surgeons to start surgeries in the operating room on time consider the following approach. An organization could post an overall scorecard using an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) approach, as described below. With this approach, a 30,000-foot-level predictive scorecard would be created that shows overall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Data performance reporting improvement</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/05/07/data-performance-reporting-improvement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 02:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- IEE Metrics and Process Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automatic scorecard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enhanced scorecard reporting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predictive dashboards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[predictive scorecards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scorecarding and improvements integrated]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spreadsheet scorecard reporting problems]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/?p=5300</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Often there is difficulty in reporting numbers. Using a spreadsheet for scorecarding or creating a dashboard is very popular, but is it a good decision? It was reported that research studies have shown problems with spreadsheet-reporting such as Excel. 94% of spreadsheets contain errors 57% of spreadsheet users have never received formal training 72% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality Magazine: Enhanced Improvement Project Selection</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/05/04/quality-magazine-enhanced-improvement-project-selection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/05/04/quality-magazine-enhanced-improvement-project-selection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 02:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- IEE/Lean Six Sigma Tools and Methodologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AHP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analytical hierarchy process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean Six Sigma paradigm shift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lean Six Sigma project selection matrix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Magazine Breyfogle Blog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My most recent regular blog on Quality Magazine’s home page is titled Project Selection from a list of business-aligned improvement opportunities. This blog describes how all projects in an organization’s Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) EIP (Enterprise Improvement Plan) should be in alignment with the business goals and could be undertaken; however, organizations often not have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Daly Advocacy Selling Webinar</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/05/02/john-daly-advocacy-selling-webinar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/05/02/john-daly-advocacy-selling-webinar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 02:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IEE Webinars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Daly Advocacy selling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/?p=5289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Daly has presented at Smarter Solutions&#8217; Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt training on Advocacy since our MBB training began at the turn of the century.  Those interested in a webinar on the topic should sign up for the May 16 John Daly webinar. Those who register for the webinar can view a recording [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stable and in control process determination</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/27/stable-and-in-control-process-determination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/27/stable-and-in-control-process-determination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 02:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- IEE/Lean Six Sigma Tools and Methodologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[c-chart issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[individuals control chart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[p-chart issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[u-chart issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[x-bar and R chart issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A process is said to be stable if it produces predictable and consistent output at all times. A process is said to be in-control if it does not have any unnecessary special causes in it. The question is that effects of special causes wreak havoc with the predictability of the process and they also result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goal/QPC Integrated Enterprise Excellence Whitepaper</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/25/goalqpc-integrated-enterprise-excellence-whitepaper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/25/goalqpc-integrated-enterprise-excellence-whitepaper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- IEE Metrics and Process Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beyond Lean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goal QPC whitepaper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goal/QPC whitepaper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The next thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the next thing for business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[what is after lean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Goal/QPC this week published a paper I wrote, Integrated Enteprise Excellence Whitepaper  .  The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) is in a position to become the next thing for business following Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma the Balanced Scorecard, Hoshin planning, Total Quality Management (TQM), re-engineering, etc. In this article, it was described how organizations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business transformation</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/23/business-transformation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/23/business-transformation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- IEE Business Management System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- IEE/Lean Six Sigma Tools and Methodologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Transformation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US business transformation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/?p=5272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Transformation is a word regularly used to describe the extent of change needed &#8211; we make large investments in what we call transformation; but, we often struggle with what we call &#8220;big T&#8221; or &#8220;little t&#8221; transformation, and how fast we are going to try to transform the company. So, what is the difference between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balanced scorecard value creation</title>
		<link>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/20/balanced-scorecard-value-creation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.smartersolutions.com/blog/forrestbreyfogle/2012/04/20/balanced-scorecard-value-creation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Forrest Breyfogle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[- IEE Metrics and Process Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[- Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Value chain balanced scorecard creation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[QUESTION: How to define, measure, evaluate and improve value creation and how to connect that to balanced scorecard? I&#8217;m not referring to financial view, I&#8217;m referring to everyday activities, where sales is at the end. RESPONSE: The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system provides such a connection through its IEE value chain, as illustrated in Figure [...]]]></description>
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