Course curriculum

  • 1

    1. Continuous Improvement

    • 1.1 What is Continuous Improvemement?

    • 1.2 Under a Culture of Continuous Improvement

    • 1.3 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 2

    2. Interdisciplinary Focus

    • 2.1 Drawing from a Range of Disciplines and Concepts

    • 2.2 Customer Value

    • 2.3 Summary

    • Quiz
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    3. Systems Thinking

    • 3.1 Defiing as Process: Y=f(x)

    • 3.2 Six Types of Systems Thinking

    • 3.3 Summary

    • Ted Talk: Systems Thinking

    • Quiz
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    4. Problem Finding

    • 4.1 Opportunities for Improvement

    • 4.2 Eight Wastes

    • 4.3 Gemba

    • 4.4 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 5

    5. Experimentation

    • 5.1 Experimentation

    • 5.2 Minimum Viable Product

    • 5.3 Summary

    • Quiz
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    6. Measuring Process Parameters

    • 6.1 Measurement Systems Analysis

    • 6.2 Gage R&R Studies

    • 6.3 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 7

    7. Setting Process Performance Standards

    • 7.1 Voice of the Customer, Critical to Quality, Voice of the Process, and Cost of Poor Quality

    • 7.2 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 8

    8. Streamlining Processses and Workflow

    • 8.1 Productive TIme and Elapsed TIme

    • 8.2 Value Stream Mapping

    • 8.3 Process Mapping

    • 8.4 Spaghetti Diagrams

    • 8.5 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 9

    9. Root Cause Analysis

    • 9.1 The Core Principles of Root Cause Analysis

    • 9.2 The 5 Whys

    • 9.3 Structuring the Root Cause Study

    • 9.4 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 10

    10. Bar Charts

    • 10.1 Creating a Bar Chart

    • 10.2 Summary

    • Quiz
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    11. Pareto Charts

    • 11.1 Building a Pareto Chart

    • 11.2 Summary

    • Quiz
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    12. Fishbone Diagrams

    • 12.1 Creating a Fishbone or Cause and Effect Diagram

    • 12.2 Examples in Marketing, Operations, and Customer Satisfaction

    • 12.3 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 13

    13. Process Improvment Strategy

    • 13.1 Three Fundamental Challenges

    • 13.2 X-Y Matrix

    • 13.3 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 14

    14. Continuous Improvment as a Project

    • 14.1 Project Management

    • 14.2 How Scrum Works

    • 14.3 Summary

    • Quiz
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    15. Improving Process Flow

    • 15.1 Basics of Kanban

    • 15.2 Multi-Stage Systems and Efficiency

    • 15.3 Building a Kanban System

    • 15.4 Summary

    • Quiz
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    16. Statistical Measures of Process Performance

    • 16.1 The Mean as a Measure of Central Tendency

    • 16.2 Variation

    • 16.3 Standard Deviation

    • 16.4 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 17

    17. The Source of Process Variation

    • 17.1 Common and Special Cause Variation

    • 17.2 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 18

    18. Comparing Means and Process Variation

    • 18.1 Multi-Vari Charts

    • 18.2 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 19

    19. The Normal Distribution and its Special Properties

    • 19.1 Normal DIstribution

    • 19.2 Special Properties of the Normal Distribution

    • 19.3 Summary

    • Quiz
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    20. Contolling Process Performance

    • 20.1 Sample Means and Process Means

    • 20.2 Run Charts

    • 20.3 Control Charts

    • 20.4 Summary

    • Quiz
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    21. Sampling and Process Control

    • 21.1 Sampling and Rational Subgroups

    • 21.2 Sampling Distibutions

    • 21.3 Process Control

    • 21.4 Sampling Plans

    • 21.5 Nestle

    • 21.6 Summary

    • Quiz
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    22. Alpha and Beta Errors

    • 22.1 Positioning the UCL and LCL

    • 22.2 Alpha Errors

    • 22.3 Beta Errors

    • 22.4 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 23

    23. Customer Expectations: LSL and USL

    • 23.1 Customer Expectations

    • 23.2 Taguchi Loss Function

    • 23.3 Process Capability

    • 23.4 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 24

    24. Six Sigma Quality Standard

    • 24.1 Standard Deviation and the Concept of a SIx Sigma Standard

    • 24.2 Summary
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    25. Anticipating Problems and Risk Mitigation

    • 25.1 Failure Mode and Effects Analysis

    • 25.2 Poka-Yoke

    • 25.3 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 26

    26. Theory of Constraints

    • 26.1 Process Constraints

    • 26.2 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 27

    27. Management and Leadership Styles

    • 27.1 Management and Leadership Styles

    • 27.2 Summary

    • Quiz
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    28. Resistance to Change

    • 28.1 Resistance to Change

    • 28.2 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 29

    29. Working with Teams

    • 29.1 Improvement Through Teams

    • 29.2 Summary

    • Quiz
  • 30

    30. Implementation

    • 30 Eleven Steps to Implementing Continuous Improvement
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    31. Review and Conclusions

    • 31 Review and Conclusions