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German Bundesliga helps to learn about Corona Statistics
Thank you, Bundesliga, the German Soccer League! As supporters of applied statistics, how long have we been waiting for a representative sample to estimate the real infection status? To restart the show in the soccer business…
What Meaningful Statistics tell us about the real Corona Infection Rates
About the right testing and changes in the trend. Have a good read and get a taste of our onlinelearning module using statistics to understand the numbers currently all over the place on the corona pandemic. Have a look into our online training offering.
The Shopfloor Management Acid Test
No matter which area of a company or which hierarchical level: We do Shopfloor Management in order to get all employees to pull together…
Implementing Discipline
If you want to destroy discipline, go ahead and install foolish rules. That will make the best people break these rules for good reason…
A Bloody Tool Selection: Turn Operational Excellence tools into torture instruments with the right misuse!
Trick #1: Haunted House of Horrors – alias House of Quality
Force decision makers into the same dark room for four days and ask them to discuss 25×25 matrices in all the details aligning on rating between zero and ten…
Are you still managing or already leading to get better – about rules in Operations
Talking about Leadership usually means reflecting about listening skills, feedback, delegating, responsibility etc. We want to discuss an additional topic: Rules.
Boost real life competence in Operational Excellence by training
Many trainers are a lot of fun to listen to. Many trainings are exciting to participate in. Although they can be great and fun, they are not necessarily useful.
Performance Management: What you see when walking the Gemba
Performance is visually tracked in an easy-to-understand way. And what’s tracked has real time updates.
This means: At one glance it is clear, the recent hours’ or latest shift’s performance was good or bad. It shows whether targets were met…
Gemba Walking: Mind the people
Mind the people – 3 points to pay attention to when GEMBA walking. The best thing about going to see “the real place” is meeting the real people. Your goals are to raise motivation, trigger ideas for improvement and ensure people can perform. 1. Interest shows...
Gemba Walking: Focus on Standards – 3 Tips for adding more value
Going to Gemba, your role is to ensure Standard Work is actually happening. 1. Goal Orientation Before you start, make up your mind: Where do you expect Standard Work to be in place? Where is transparency, quality or efficiency crucial to this place? Here you would...