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great video that illustrates if a process is stable or not. It also highlights how moral from employee can suffer.

nice illustration of the importance of identifying root cause

interesting take on interpretating disparate data

Control Charts can be a manager's great "friend". It aids a manager to make an informed decision, instead of just looking at numbers and trying to impulsively make a decision based on the numbers.

This video/Lessons highlights the importance of using Control Charts. More importantly, it explains how production system put in place by management is crucial to the success of an employee and hence some management practices can be harmful to employees.

We can use statistics to create a Control Chart, look for problem areas, and predict future performance. In the Red Bead Experiment we can see that the Control Chart shows that all variation is common cause variation and has nothing to do with the workers performance.

The Red Bead Experiment reinforces that 94% of production problems come from the system. Since management owns the system and quality is the outcome of the system, quality must start with Managment. Rewarding or punishing workers has no effect.

The Red Bead Experiment is a good representation on how numerical goals can be meaningless if the system is flawed.

It really interesting to see how businesses can easily misinterpret data in making crucial operational decisions.

excellent example of how to back into a problem and address either yield or sigma to include in the charter respective of what is important to your audience.

great visual representation of how much satisfaction a customer will get from an improved process.

Informative video on the DPMO method and how it can be used to calculate Sigma, DPMO, and Yield when there are more than one CTQs.

Good explanation on the Sigma Method for process capability. Useful tool to see your progress when running Lean Six Sigma projects to increase process capabilities, which results in a higher yield and reduced DPMO.

I liked how the formula ca be used to show how to different targets can be met.

Having the graphical depiction of the different sigma values was very helpful in seeing how changes in the the average and/or the standard deviation affect the shape/position of the curve.

Another very informative video. The fishbone diagram visually helps to uncover the problems and their root causes. It can help in brainstorming to find the causes of problems; the ones that are not usually visible or likely obvious.

A great and "easy to understand" explanation of the uses of Control Chart. They help one to identify regular causes of variations or special causes of variations, calculate UCL and LCL, thereby investigate changes in data and make the right decision.

Asking "why" multiple times is a terrific way to get to the get to the cause and effect. I've used this method with customers, and never knew it originated from the fishbone diagram.

excellent explanation of how these control charts can improve a process by identifying signals at a granular level.

Very informative video showing how using three-standard-deviation limits rather than three-sigma limits in control charts is incorrect. Using three-standard-deviation limits widens the control limits and may not show abnormal process behavior.

Excellent explanation of how to create X-Bar and R control charts, and why we must monitor both of these charts to detect special cause variations (signals to action), as opposed to common cause variation (random noise). If special cause variations (signals to action) are found, we must do an investigation to find the root cause and eliminate.

Great visual on how confusing +/- sigma with sigma can be and the effect on control limits differ between the two.

Very informative video on the Fishbone Diagram. The Fishbone Diagram is a useful tool to break down complex problems or processes. Using the Fishbone Diagram, we can brainstorm and identify what changes to test, to improve a problem or process.

Great explanation of the difference between the Sigma lines and the standard deviation. The control chart gives you a visual representation of data over time. It shows whether a process is displaying abnormal behavior .

Very interesting concept to look at different categories of causes. I'm familiar with the "5 Whys" but didn't know that this was the origin.

This explanation shows the importance of looking into the special causes of variation.

Very good explanation of the difference in meanings between the 1,2 & 3 sigma lines and the sigma used to show the standard deviation

This video really covers the difference between the Control Chart and the Histogram. The Control Chart gives a more accurate picture of the natural variations in a process unlike the Histogram. The UCL and LCL guides the reaction of an individual to changes in values in a process.

excellent illustration of how a control chart is more accurate than a histogram.

excellent illustration on how managing with numbers requires that we give correct meaning to each value.

Control charts are very valuable in helping manage, for instance, operation in a "levelheaded" way. It gives a better picture unlike a histogram.

Informative, the three different examples of the same data help clarify how the variables of behavior over time aren't expressed when using a histogram.

Thanks for explaining the difference between a Histogram and a Run Chart. It was easy to follow your explanation.

This video brings to attention the importance of due diligence. Acting without the right knowledge and facts can be really costly.

The 3 Nevers for a Perfect Process really explains the saying " a stich in time saves nine".

This video further shows how reducing the number of steps (LEAN) and increasing the quality of each process (SIGMA) can sustain quality end-to-end performance.

The chart and your explanation really made it easy to understand this concept. This video greatly explains flow/process and resource efficiency. Thank you.

This video really makes me question why QC & QA are SEPERATED from production. The cost of inspection and rework from an internal view is one thing to consider. However, the cost of an upset customer that no longer wants to do business with you because of the continuous cycle of rework should be the external view to be considered first. Yet, the vicious cycle continues.

When you air for a target the goal is to hit the center "a bullseye", are you continually aiming for the center and hitting with minimal variation, or are you simply happy to hit the target?

Change is difficult, but when the change is coming from the voice of the employee then ownership is realized at a rapid rate of acceptance.

Good video on building a value control chart, and how values increasing gradually, values changing randomly, and values change abruptly affect the UCL and LCL.

Video showing how Control Charts can be a great management tool, to filter out the noise, and be able to see more clearly when action is needed.

Excellent video showing the difference between histograms and run charts, and how run charts can show behavior/trends, whereas histograms cannot.

Thanks again for another enlightening video. It is really important to have great communication between the different departments of a company as well as their customers, among other things, to prevent over-production and therefore waste.

Thanks for such a detail explanation of 8 LEAN Wastes. The diagram you drew really helped me to visualize the inter-connectivity of the 8 LEAN wastes.

Good explanation of the control limits and the comparison to the histogram

It is expedient to build in quality measures into our processed and try to get higher yields and avoid costly reworks.

Knowing that the company is a system with a series of interrelated functions with one common aim, there should be constant and clear communication between them and also continuous process improvement to achieve the best outcome.

Easy to see the difference between the histogram and the run chart in a side-by-side comparison. The behavior of the variables is easy to see.

It is very interesting to learn the similarities and differences between Lean Six Sigman and Project Management and very striking how the two complement each other and play a very vital role in an institution. Maintaining a well skilled and well-informed Lean Six Sigma and Project Management teams will sure be a lifeline for a company that wants to thrive and/grow for a really long time.