When we examine traditional organizational performance metric reporting, we often will see a table of numbers, stacked bar chart, or pie chart format, which leads to stories about past happenings, where different charting reporting methods can lead to different perceptional stories for the same time frame. Or perhaps data are presented using in a red-yellow-green [...]
Posts Tagged ‘beyond the balanced scorecard’
How the Mighty Fall: Benchmarking company failures and the creation of an enhanced business management system
Cover via Amazon “How the Mighty Fall and Why some Companies Never Give in” by Jim Collins describes the five stages for the rise of companies and then failure. These stages are 1. Hubris born of success; 2. Undisciplined pursuit of more; 3. Denial of risk and pearl; 4. Grasping for salvation; 5. Capitulation to [...]
Process capability reporting using DOE at production start
QUESTION: Is it ok to have data from same batch [in pharma environment - we use to get more data from one batch] or consider from multiple batches? RESPONSE: If only one batch is used for the analysis of process capability, only the variability within batch will be described in a capability statement; i.e., input [...]
Predictive Scorecard and Beyond the Balanced Scorecard Workshops at Case Western University
Image via Wikipedia I will be conducting predictive scorecard and beyond the balanced scorecard workshops at Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Business on October 13 and October 14, 2010 in Cleveland Ohio. The methodologies described in these workshops are two aspects of an enhanced business management governance system.
Execution steps for Kaizen events within a Lean Six Sigma DMAIC project execution Roadmap
Kaizen events are common place within Lean deployments for process improvements through the reduction of waste. Six Sigma is known for defect reduction techniques. Within Lean Six Sigma deployments, kaizen events can also be used in the improve phase of the project execution roadmap; i.e., Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) roadmap. This can be done as part of [...]
