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    Chapter 2:  Identifying the Value Stream
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty, RPM-Academy
    • Oct 18, 2018
    • 4 min

    Chapter 2: Identifying the Value Stream

    Defining Value was the first chapter in this series of Lean Blogs. With a clear sense of what value is from the perspective of the...
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    Chapter 1:  Defining Value - A Lean Imperative
    Rod Morgan, LSSMBB, Head of Faculty, RPM-Academy
    • Sep 27, 2018
    • 5 min

    Chapter 1: Defining Value - A Lean Imperative

    Chapter 1: Lean Principles, Defining Value and the Eight Wastes I recently delivered, on a behalf of a client, a two-day “Introduction...
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    Takt Time and University of Ottawa Convocation 2017
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty, RPM-Academy
    • Jun 19, 2017
    • 4 min

    Takt Time and University of Ottawa Convocation 2017

    For those who have attended my training classes, whether live, instructor-led virtual or traditional “brick and mortar”,...
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    The Oscars™ and Air Canada... Bruised But Okay!
    Rod Morgan, LSSMBB
    • Mar 6, 2017
    • 4 min

    The Oscars™ and Air Canada... Bruised But Okay!

    I am confident that many who read this post do share a similar view in terms of, “How can this type of error or failure occur?” Last...
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    Writing Effective Problem Statements… A LIFE skill!
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty, RPM-Academy
    • Oct 1, 2016
    • 6 min

    Writing Effective Problem Statements… A LIFE skill!

    In our role as continuous improvement specialists, we are typically challenged to “solve” difficult problems for our respective...
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    Moving Data, Moving People... What's the Difference?
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty, RPM-Academy
    • Mar 6, 2016
    • 3 min

    Moving Data, Moving People... What's the Difference?

    I had the privilege of working with several organizations this year, each representing very different industry sectors. One of the...
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    When Hindsight Isn’t Good Enough:  The Challenger Disaster
    mclarenpeter
    • Jan 19, 2016
    • 4 min

    When Hindsight Isn’t Good Enough: The Challenger Disaster

    I recently taught a session on Logistic Regression to a group of Lean Six Sigma Black Belts. It’s one of those seldom-used tools that...
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    When 125 GB Is Just Not Enough!
    Rod Morgan, LSSMBB, Head of Faculty, RPM-Academy
    • Jan 6, 2016
    • 5 min

    When 125 GB Is Just Not Enough!

    Alternate titles: "Holiday Internet Usage" or... "Post-Holiday Season Internet Blues" Why, after only 10 days into my new billing cycle,...
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    Google and a Lesson in Customer Disservice
    Rod Morgan, LSSMBB, Head of Faculty, RPM-Academy
    • Jan 5, 2016
    • 4 min

    Google and a Lesson in Customer Disservice

    I have been on and off the phone with Google AdWords Express technical support for the last 20 hours and this has been an experience in...
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    Batching and Queuing – a Canadian Healthcare Paradigm?
    Rod Morgan
    • Aug 30, 2015
    • 5 min

    Batching and Queuing – a Canadian Healthcare Paradigm?

    I was recently engaged to provide consulting services to a primary care clinic in a large Canadian city. This particular clinic was...
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    The Importance of Randomization
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty at RPM-Academy
    • Jul 29, 2015
    • 3 min

    The Importance of Randomization

    When gathering data (sampling) from a population for the purpose of describing as well as making inferences on said population,...
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    Creating Effective Workplaces and Tales from the Kitchen Sink.
    Rod Morgan
    • Jul 1, 2015
    • 5 min

    Creating Effective Workplaces and Tales from the Kitchen Sink.

    Customer-focused thinkers like you recognize and passionately promote that value is defined by the customer and that any consumption of...
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    Writing Effective Problem Statements
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty at RPM-Academy
    • Jun 5, 2015
    • 3 min

    Writing Effective Problem Statements

    A problem often presents itself in terms of symptoms, blame, causes, and solutions. What is vital is having the ability to sift through...
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    Practicality? Now that’s a "significant" mouthful!
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty at RPM-Academy
    • May 26, 2015
    • 4 min

    Practicality? Now that’s a "significant" mouthful!

    I look back to my early days of Six Sigma training with great fondness… Descriptive statistics, central limit theorem, normality,...
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    What? Me Process?...
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty at RPM-Academy
    • Apr 28, 2015
    • 2 min

    What? Me Process?...

    It has been a long and often bumpy road in my role as a Lean Six Sigma/Quality Consultant and trainer. I suspect 80% or more of our...
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    The Value of Education and "Other Things"
    Rod Morgan, Head of Faculty at RPM-Academy
    • Aug 19, 2014
    • 2 min

    The Value of Education and "Other Things"

    Ah... here we are, again. Time to get out the tattered cheque book and write a big number down that represents the first term installment...
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