Lions and Tigers and Variation, oh My!

In the kids’ movie Madagascar: Escape to Africa, Marty is the zoo zebra suddenly finds himself in a giant herd of zebras and he...

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Bringing the Power of Statistics into Focus

In 1907, Mark Twain associated statistics with lies. I’m here to debunk Mark Twain’s debunking of statistics. Statistics in...

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The T-test & Tennis Balls

How to Use the Two Sample T-Test

Product manufacturing provides endless improvement opportunities. I thrived in my manufacturing career...

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Six-Sigma: A Grassroots Explanation

Six-sigma is a popular buzz word in plants, but do you understand the basics of what it means?  The grass roots explanation of...

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Lean Tool: How to Implement the 5S System

5S stands for Sort, Set-in order, Shine, Standardize and Sustain. These are the steps we use to clean up and organize an area in the...

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Capability Studies and Cpk Improvements are a Game Changer!

Understanding six-sigma and process capability is essential for factory leaders at all levels. Processes variation is a fact of life in a...

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