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Is it possible to eat a soup with a fork? Yes, it is. However, it would be very inefficient, and I am sure you are not doing this at home. But what would you do at the canteen at work when you realize everyone around you is using a fork to eat the soup? Your…

This article is about a Project Charter – a fundamental tool in many process improvement activities. However, not about the template nor the content of the Project Charter, but more about the process of creating one. Crafting, discussing, approving, and communicating in different, practical business cases that I’ve experienced in the process excellence area. Before…

In the world of continuous improvement, sometimes the problem is not an inefficient process but rather a lack of the process. How to approach such a case? What are the key components needed to design and implement effective and sustainable business processes? Let me point to five of them that, from my experience, are the…

Following our discussion about process stability in Part 1 of this article, let’s get into process capability. Again, staying on the general but practical ground and focusing on the purpose, not “mathematical mechanics.” But before going into the details, it would be worth reviewing some background concepts first. Fundamental idea behind Process Capability Study This…

I recently had some discussions about SPC (statistical process control) that reminded me how easy it is to get lost in the topic, even after years of using it… Let me try to sort things out, staying on the general but practical ground and focusing on the purpose, not “mathematical mechanics.” Application But first, let…

This article is a follow-up to the previous one about process knowledge and a result of several discussions on LinkedIn It is a proposal of the standard way to visualize graphically mathematical equations, especially those obtained as a result of regression modeling. Purpose Provide a tool that can be used by manufacturing engineers and technologists,…