Whitepapers
Below is a list of Whitepapers available for download. In order to download Whitepapers in PDF format you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Lean and Six Sigma in Healthcare - Solving the New Dilemma: Improving Patient Outcomes and Reducing Costs
Ron Wince, President/CEO of Guidon Performance Solutions
With healthcare costs on a continuous upward trend, it’s not surprising that there is an underlying assumption that quality healthcare is expensive. Or that to improve the quality of care, you have to spend more. This paper provides a brief overview of Lean and Six Sigma, the two most effective improvement disciplines used in business today, and shows they can successfully be applied in healthcare.
- Lean and Six Sigma in Government: Delivering More Mission with Lower Costs
Ron Wince, President/CEO of Guidon Performance Solutions
With government budgets in an ever-tightening squeeze unlikely to end any time soon, the public sector is under enormous pressure to cut costs. One obvious option to reach that goal is to eliminate services. And while trimming across the board or cutting out entire services is a viable choice in some situations, in many areas that approach is either impossible or at least extremely unpalatable. That’s why, perhaps more so than in any other arena, the search is on for methods that allow a government organization to maintain or increase services while simultaneously cutting costs. This paper looks at what Lean Six Sigma is and how it can help the public sector control and/or reduce costs while still meeting public demand for their services.
- Lean-Focused Operational Due Diligence Provides Insight, Guidance to Potential Investors
Keith Yeater, Client Manager, TBM Consulting Group
One of the newest and most promising applications of lean principles is to provide guidance to private equity (PE) firms as they evaluate and capitalize on acquisition opportunities. Lean tools can provide insight that data-only assessments can’t, such as operational capability; highest potential for value creation as defined by customers; and the steps, time and cost required to attain these. A lean-focused assessment provides a solid foundation and method that can be quickly implemented upon purchase completion. Having this clear and concise plan improves the likelihood of success because it allows people to see that you — as the new owner — have confidence that they can achieve the expected improvements.
- TBM Whitepaper - Using Value Innovation to Identify and Capture New Growth Opportunities
June 2009
In this paper, TBM elaborates on what it means to be market-driven and introduces concepts and tools that can help companies identify and capture meaningful growth opportunities through new product development, voice of customer and value innovation...- TBM Whitepaper - Small Improvements in Raw-Material Yield Make Big Improvements to Bottom-line Profitability
Jonathan Chong, February 2009
In a continuous process manufacturing facility, nearly 80 percent of downtime on high-speed packaging lines comes from minor stoppages which are generally caused by inconsistency of physical characteristics in the products being produced on the line. These minor stoppages can significantly affect product quality and negatively affect profit margin. By effectively following the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) process and Six Sigma tools, manufacturers can satisfy customers’ quality standards while boosting profitability targets with improved raw material utilization. In his article, Chong, advocates the use of both lean and six sigma tools to expedite the “define and measure” phase into one short week of focused activity. Learn about Chong’s approach and see how several companies are using the DMAIC process to take thousands of dollars back to the bottom line…- TBM Whitepaper - Policy Deployment - Cracking the Code: How to Make Policy Deployment Work for Your Company
Sheri Nemeth, Mike Heath and Mark Kohler, November 2008
Policy deployment is an execution tool for connecting daily management activities to achieving strategic objectives. This white paper from TBM Consulting Group reviews the best practices and hidden success factors that can make the policy deployment process work for any organization...
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