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Continuous Improvement andContinuous Improvement and
Lean Six Sigma TechniquesLean Six Sigma Techniques
Jose Villanueva Alcedo,Jose Villanueva Alcedo,
M.B.A./T.M.M.B.A./T.M.
Worldwide-Published AuthorWorldwide-Published Author
Practical Guide to ImplementPractical Guide to Implement
Continuous Improvement andContinuous Improvement and
Lean Six Sigma TechniquesLean Six Sigma Techniques
PART ONE – Modules 1,2,3PART ONE – Modules 1,2,3
Presented byPresented by
Jose Villanueva Alcedo,Jose Villanueva Alcedo,
M.B.A./T.M.M.B.A./T.M.
Worldwide-Published AuthorWorldwide-Published Author
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Deming’s Philosophy - Third Wave of theDeming’s Philosophy - Third Wave of the
Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution
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CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTCONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Solid Foundation of
3 Ts
Never-ending
improvement
 System of Profound KnowledgeSystem of Profound Knowledge
 Deming 14-Point MethodologyDeming 14-Point Methodology
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Revolutionized the WesternRevolutionized the Western
Management MethodsManagement Methods
& Practices& Practices
 Appreciation for a
System
 Theory of Knowledge
 Knowledge of
Variation
 Knowledge of
Psychology
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The success of the
whole organization
is dependent on
the leaders’
capability to
orchestrate the
delicate balance of
each component
for the
optimization of the
entire system
 Whole and complex
 Clearly defined and shared
goals
 Everyone must share a distinct
commitment to aim the
common goal
 Team-based environment
 Optimize the whole system
 Win-win result for all, as one
team
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All parts of the system are related
 Being part of the whole
 Large number of participants and
interactions
 Collaboration
 Interconnecting components
 Interdependence
 Optimizing the whole, not one
part
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Interdependent parts
 Interdependence of all system
components
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All system components must operate
interdependently in order to be efficient
in business operation.
MANUFACTURING PACKAGING DISTRIBUTION
ConsumersConsumers
Consumer
research
Design &
redesign
Suppliers of
Materials
A
B
C
Receipts
& test
of materials
Test of processes,
machines,
methods, costs
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Product
Development
Interdependent
processes
Common GoalCommon Goal
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 How we learn things
 How we use data-based
knowledge
 Translate knowledge to action
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Variety is good
Variation is bad
Variety vs. Variation
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•No two things are exactly alike,
•not people
•not processes
•Processes vary because of its
variation
•Variation is a natural
occurrence
•Variation is inherent in life
The Goal of Continuous Improvement
is to reduce the range of variation.
 Signal of process behaviorSignal of process behavior
 Process vary due to its variationProcess vary due to its variation
 Variation is a natural occurrenceVariation is a natural occurrence
 Identify causes of variationIdentify causes of variation
 Reduce the range of variation overReduce the range of variation over
timetime
 85% of variation due to chance85% of variation due to chance
 15% of variation due to assignable15% of variation due to assignable
causescauses
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 People’s needsPeople’s needs
 Intrinsic motivationIntrinsic motivation
 Hierarchy of needs (Maslow)Hierarchy of needs (Maslow)
 Physiological, Safety, Love, Esteem, Self-Physiological, Safety, Love, Esteem, Self-
actualizationactualization
 Leader’s guidance to see level ofLeader’s guidance to see level of
needneed
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 The hierarchy of needsThe hierarchy of needs
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Physiological
Safety
Love
Esteem
Self-actualization
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Maslow’s Need TheoryMaslow’s Need Theory
 1. Create a constancy of purpose
toward improvement of product and
service
 2. Adopt a new philosophy
 3. Cease dependence on inspection
to achieve quality
 4. End the practice of awarding
business on the basis of price tag.
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Strategy of creating an environment of trust
and teamwork within the organization.
 5. Improve constantly and
forever, every process for
planning, production, and service
 6. Institute training on the job
 7. Adopt and institute leadership
 8. Drive out fears so that
everyone may work effectively for
the company
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Strategy of constant unending improvement for everyone
 9. Break down barriers between
departments
 10. Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and
targets for the work force
 11. Eliminate work standards (quotas) on
the factory floor and numerical goals for
management
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Remove the barriers
All in one team, focus on processes,
then improve processes, and the
results should follow.
 12. Remove barriers that rob
people of pride of workmanship
 13. Institute a vigorous
program of education and self-
improvement for everyone
 14. Put everybody in the
company to work to accomplish
the transformation
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• Kaizen is a Japanese name
- kai = change, zen = good
• Continuous Improvement Philosophy
Initially taught in U.S.A.
• Deming and Juran -Taught in Japan
after World War II
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• Way of thinking applied in all work
• Focuses on continually improving the
processes and systems first
• Produce products and services
that meet or exceed customer’s
satisfaction
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Time
Improvement
$
Ideal Pattern from
Innovation
$
$
Innovation I
Innovation II
Innovation III
(Std)
(Std)
(Std)
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Time
Improvement
$
Actual Pattern from
Innovation
$
$
Innovation II
Innovation III
A
B
C
A,B,C =What should be Std
Innovation I
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Innovation can declineInnovation can decline
in performancein performance
with timewith time
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Time
Improvement
$
Innovation plus Kaizen
Innovation I
Innovation II
Kaizen
$
Kaizen
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Fostering Innovation
with
Continuous Improvement
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Time
Improvement
Kaizen alone
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IMPROVEMENT
Ongoing Improvement
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SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY DESIGN PRODUCTION DISTRIBUTION
INNOVATION KAIZEN
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 Kaizen  Innovation
Gradualist approach Great-leap approach
Small improvement Innovation
Uses seven tools of
Quality
No tools
Concerned more with
processes
Concerned more with
results
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 Kaizen  Innovation
Improvement is slow,
measures process
activities
Measures profit
Close connection
between Development,
Design and Production
No collaboration
among
departments
KAIZEN speaks with Data Speaks with intuition, gut
feel
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 Kaizen  Innovation
People - oriented Innovation – technology,
money oriented
Uses structured problem
solving PDCA process
No problem
solving tools
Covers Design, Production
and Distribution
Covers Science, Technology
and Design
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• SWOT Analysis
• Integrate Continuous Improvement into Business Plan
• Have short term and long term goals
• Core competencies
• Identify key processes and resources
• Project management time line
• Focus on improving Input, Process, Output
• Cash Flow projection
• Cost Benefit Analysis
• Strategic Plan for Sustainability
Strategic Advantage
If your business does notIf your business does not
have a Business Plan, it canhave a Business Plan, it can
go somewhere else.go somewhere else.
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Masaahi Imai (1986) in his book, Kaizen, explained:
Key to Japan’s competitive success is Kaizen – Continual Improvement
-gradual, unending improvement broken down into:
• Management-oriented Kaizen
• Group –oriented Kaizen
• Individual-oriented Kaizen
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Goal: College &NFL
Football Runningback
Zae ALCEDO #44 - 2nd
Year
High School Scholar at
Campbell Hall, North
Hollywood, Calif.
Fostering his
God-given
Talents with
Continuous
Improvement
Techniques
By Team Effort
with his dad
Milestones
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TBM Consulting Group Inc. (Quality Progress
-April 1997)
Survey of Kaizen programs based on four continents,
Kuantan, Malaysia, to Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Raunheim,
Germany, to Hot Springs, AR.
Survey respondents that practice lean:
• 64% reported lead times on product production
• 63% were able to hold down or decrease product pricing
• 61% experienced increased market share
• 39% reduced the time required to launch new products
• 24% were able to increase diversity of their product lines
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Basic Statistics, Mark J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, 1993, Air Academy Press
Huge savings:
Ford Motor Co.
• Increased market share and profit
• 65% reduction in customer reported defects
• 35% increase in customer satisfaction
Xerox
• Manufacturing costs down 20% (1982 – 1986)
• Cycle Time reduced by 60%
• Revenue produced per employee up 20%
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Basic Statistics, Mark J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, 1993, Air Academy Press
Huge savings:
Westinghouse Electric Corp/Commercial Nuclear Fuel
Division
• Increased increased manufacturing by over 37%
• Reduced scraps, rework, and manufacturing cycle time
Hewlett Packard (Yokohama)
• Profit up 244% from 1977-1984
• Hardware failure rates down 79%
• Manufacturing costs down 42%
• Productivity up 120%
• Market share up 19%
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Basic Statistics, Mark J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, 1993, Air Academy Press
Huge savings:
Boeing Aerospace Co.
For the Initial Upper Stage Program:
• Billing errors reduced 0%
• Cycle time reduced from 20 days to 3
• Technical order processing streamlined – saving $875 and 3.75 man-hours
per O.T.
• For the AWACS contract, billing delinquencies reduced by 50%
• Overall Savings: $1.5 million per year
Pittron Steel Foundry
• Sales increased by 400%
• Profits up by 30%
• Productivity up 64%
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Basic Statistics, Mark J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, 1993, Air Academy Press
Huge savings:
U.S. Navy
F-14 Overhaul Program:
• Cut average cost from$1.6 million per aircraft in 1986 to $1.2 million in 1989
Cherry Point:
• Aircraft failure rates reduced by 90% (1987-1988)
Overhaul of USS Saratoga:
• Expected to save $10 million and 22,000 man-days
Norfolk Naval Shipyard:
• Reduced rejection rate in electronic connectors from 55% to 6%
Internal Revenue Service
• Processing errors reduced from 30,000 (1986) to 3,000 (1987)
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Basic Statistics, Mark J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, 1993, Air Academy Press
Huge savings:
U.S. Navy
F-14 Overhaul Program:
• Cut average cost from$1.6 million per aircraft in 1986 to $1.2 million in 1989
Cherry Point:
• Aircraft failure rates reduced by 90% (1987-1988)
Overhaul of USS Saratoga:
• Expected to save $10 million and 22,000 man-days
Norfolk Naval Shipyard:
• Reduced rejection rate in electronic connectors from 55% to 6%
Internal Revenue Service
• Processing errors reduced from 30,000 (1986) to 3,000 (1987)
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Basic Statistics, Mark J. Kiemele, Stephen R. Schmidt, 1993, Air Academy Press
Huge savings:
Social Security Administration
• Claim processing reduced to 73.9 days in 1987 from 81 days in 1986
Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Average time to process a loan for property improvement and purchase
of manufactured housing was 85 days (1985), 29 days (1986), and 22 days
(1987)
Massachusetts General Hospital
• Improved the billing process by reducing monthly defects by 52%, resulting
in projected $189,000 savings per year
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Huge savings:
9/11/12: “ I was fortunate enough to work with Joe for twenty years. He has
Excellent work ethics and a great set of values. Joe introduced and trained
Pharmavite and me on Statistical Process Control, Continuous Improvement,
Lean Best Practices and led the charge throughout the company.
As an example, on one project, we reduced our lead time by 83%.”
William D. Cottrell, CEO/Principal, Cottrell Consulting
Supply Chain and APICS Professional
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Pharmavite, LLC, California:
•Continuous Flow Process reduced manufacturing cycle time by 50%
•Reduced inventory count from 7 to 2 days
•Statistical Process Control, contract manufacturing from P&G
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Huge savings:
Pharmavite, LLC:
• Soft Gelatin Polishing Cycle Time reduction by 60%
• Six Sigma tablet weight vitamin savings and excellent product quality
• Reduced errors in Batch Reports – resulting to reducing product release
time by 40%.
• Company-wide Team-based organizational transformation – strategic
advantage through High Performance Teams throughout the enterprise,
leveraged global market share
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 The key strategyThe key strategy
 Systems approach to changeSystems approach to change
 Process thinkingProcess thinking
 Success factorsSuccess factors
 Focus on the ProcessFocus on the Process
 Process modelProcess model
 SIPOC, COPISSIPOC, COPIS
 Variation in a ProcessVariation in a Process
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 Deming - based philosophy for maintaining the
competitive advantage
Processes
Systems
People
Strategy which focuses on continuous
improvement of all
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Present
state
The Change Process
Transition
state
Future
state
Allies
Allies
Allies
Allies Allies
Allies
Allies
Why change ?
Sustainability
Considerations:
•Visions, Missions, End state
•Organizational behavior
•Human factors
•External influence
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Goal:
A. Integrate Continuous
Improvement Technology Course
into CPU Packaging Engineering
and Business Administration
Curriculum
B. Implement Continuous
Improvement in CPU Business
Processes
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Align with goals and
reason for being:
Where are we going
What work should we do
How do we get there
Always keep our mission
in mind
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Continuous Improvement
(CI) focuses on improving
processes involving 4Ms:
•Men (People)
•Machines
•Materials
•Methods
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Have a strategy:
•Manage the direction: Focus on consistent direction.
•Obtain the buy-in of the process managers and
collaborate with them and the people in the whole
system with a holistic vision to improve the
Process.
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Managing The Change
Like steering a
sailboat in
turbulent water
and stormy winds.
If the wind is
blowing at gale
force dead
broadside, you
have to make a
number of critical
choices.
The true sailor,
knowing these
choices works
with the wind.
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Leadership
•Committed to satisfying customers
•Increase ability to respond to change
•Develop strategy
•Define roles
•Define goals
•Provide resources
•Lead by example
•Provide training
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Corporate culture:
•Be obsessed with adding value
for the customer
•Support incremental
improvement (individual own
work, groups, teams)
•Team-based culture transition
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Attitudes:
•Fully accept and internalize the
need for CI
•Involvement and pride in CI
activities
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Training:
•Establish a training program
•Awareness of employees’ role in CI
•Raise capabilities and empowerment
•Seven basic tools (Flowcharts,
Pareto Diagrams, Cause & Effect
Diagram, etc.)
•Maximize effectiveness
•Begin at the top and cascade down
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Planning and Execution:
•Select significant improvement
opportunities
•Phased step-by-step approach
•Evaluate fine tuning vs. fundamental
redesign
•All in one team involvement
•Cross functional
•Multilevel
•Involve the entire system (suppliers
and customers)
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Planning and Execution:
•Coordinate activities
•Project timeline
•Ensure stable processes after
each planned change
•Evaluate change benefits
•Make the change permanent
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Continuous Improvement is to take a hard look at
processes and reduce the variation in key business
performance, first, before achieving the bottom-line.
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Improve your process
first, by reducing
variation,
then the results will
follow.
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- A blending of inputs to achieve the
desired outputs
PROCESS
INPUTS OUTPUTS
People
Material
Equipment
Procedures
Service
Product
Task
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• SIPOC • COPIS
SSupplier
IInput
PProcess
OOutput
CCustomer
CCustomer
OOutput
PProcess
IInput
SSupplier
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- Deming: 94% of the variation is due to chance causes/process
which management has control, 6% is due to special causes.
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Demo of cards drop
away from target is
are caused by
uncontrolled variations
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