SME
What is subject matter expert?
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Developed the principles of lean production.
Who is Taiichi Ohno?
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The output of a process.
What is "Y" (Lesson 2 page 8)
The variable is changed by the independent variable.
What is a dependent variable?
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The normal curve
Who was Gauss?
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Teaches tools for this
What is "fact based communication"?
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#1 rule of Lean production.
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3.4 DPMO...
What is six sigma?
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A statement that expresses an informed guess...
What is a hypothesis?
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Coined the phrase six sigma...
Who was Bill Smith?
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Trained to see these
What are continuous improvement opportunities?
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Lean methodology was developed for this auto maker?
What is Toyota?
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Any process inputs having assigned or inherent values...
What is x(s)
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Also known as "x"
What is the independent variable?
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"If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing"
Who was W. Edwards Deming?
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They generate these
What are ideas?
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What is process flow?
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This is exposed to the independent variable...
What is the experimental group?
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A qualitative and quantitative way to measure why people do what they do...
What is the content analysis method?
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Author of the Six Sigma Handbook
Who was Tom Pyzdek
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Tend to make up 25 - 50% of the lean six sigma organization.
Who are Yellow Belts
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Japanese term for continuous improvement
What is Kaizen?
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Problem solving is activated through this
What is the DMAIC process?
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Not exposed to the experimental variable
What is the control group?
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Promoted six sigma as CEO - won Baldridge National Quality Award in 1988...
Who was Bob Galvin
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