Paul Swift (@DrLeanSigma) profile picture

Independent Lean Six Sigma practitioner. Build relationships first, results will always follow one step behind. Always here to help show you how.

North Wales, UK
Joined September 2011
Lean Manufacturing 1 page overviews, covering 13 different basic Lean tools from Kaizen to Just in Time to Standard Operations. Simply sign up to the weekly newsletter for access to this and other useful downloads each week  bit.ly/3AhC4h3
5S - Workplace Organisation... And Much More! 5S is in place in ALL world class organizations. It aims to-Remove waste from the workplace, reduce NVA, Provide a continuous improvement, Improve safety & Increase quality. bit.ly/3eKCeVW
Garbage in = garbage out. Basic statistics allow us to quantify the behavior of the inputs and outputs. By establishing the relationship of each input to the outputs, we then can predict the response given a set of input conditions. Get the inputs right  bit.ly/3yYFnJD
Your people are working flat out and working overtime... Are they working flat out on the 'Right' things? If you spent all morning digging a hole and then all afternoon filling it back in, you'd have been flat out working hard all day to achieve what? bit.ly/3jTg479
A3 reports - this is another topic that I've been asked about recently. Here is a short video covering an overview and the full training is available in our Green belt and Black belt certification courses ow.ly/6rrC50FlTel
Operational First Aid! Helping businesses get back on their feet with our free business assessment tool, business diagnostic video series and for a limited period 90% discount off our yellow, green and black belt online certification courses. bit.ly/2U2Awrv
Reducing the 7 wastes can add £000's to your bottom line, increase quality and reduce lead times. Waste is the use of any material or resource beyond what the customer requires and is willing to pay for. Why leave money on the table?  bit.ly/3vUZwyf
Stakeholder Management – Don’t be fooled by what they say ! One of the clients I’ve been coaching recently asked me how I seem to know how certain people will behave and react in certain situations. There is no magic here, This is a science, not an art. bit.ly/3cPIj2g
Put the Lean Six Sigma Toolbox away – start with your Mind. Practical information on how to implement LSS especially in a small business is hard to come by. Tap into the expertise of those who have walked this path to discover the secrets and pitfalls,  bit.ly/2TIFA4j
Harnessing the 8th AND 9th Waste of Lean Six Sigma. Yes, you heard me right, there is a 9th Waste ! We all know the 8th waste is the under-utilisation of our people but what about the 9th waste; the under-utilisation of our customers.  bit.ly/3gH0icp
Line Balancing - believe it or not this is the most searched term on our Lean Six Sigma website. Everyone is doing the same amount of work to customer requirement, Variation is smoothed No overburden No waiting working together in a balanced fashion 👍bit.ly/3ziSp5l
Lean and Six Sigma Don't work! I wish I had a crisp £20 note for every time I've heard that one in my career. Although, the doubters and naysayers don't realise just how close they are to the truth. Here is the full roadmap to LSS Success bit.ly/3g1DkgV
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Lean 6 Sigma Operational Excellence Diagnostic Part 8 - Summary. Listen for some of the myths, for example, We can't improve quality and reduce costs, because that's impossible. If you do one, you can't do the other. (Some people actually believe that 😂) bit.ly/33UjX2N
Operational Health Check Part 7 - How does your operation manage it’s people? Is there evidence of a team measurement culture? What are the metrics and are they balanced across quality, cost & delivery. Are they visible? Is good performance recognised?  bit.ly/33ZzLRD
Carry out your own Operational Health check Part 6 - How does the work flow through the operation? Spans of control and team structure and What does the productivity and performance spread look like? And what does this indicate?  bit.ly/3f0URp3
Carry out your own Operational Health check Part 5 - How the work is managed and different levels of standardisation. Helping you build a picture of where the issues are, what the root causes of those are, and what you can do about them. bit.ly/3wjbO41
Business Diagnostic Part 4 - helping you really take a look under the bonnet (For our US readers, that's a 'Hood') of your operations. Here's the next part of your guide to carrying out your own operational health check. Part 5 in a couple of days  bit.ly/33PHZf9
They say diagnosis is 50% of the way to a cure. You would do it for yourself, so why not diagnose your business issues and take advantage of our free business diagnostic / health check and identify your efficiency deficiency - part 3 out now  bit.ly/33ITeGb