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Lean Green Tomatoes

By Cameron Turner
In Process Improvement, Productivity, Strategy

An example of Lean Application to Agriculture Every now and again you come across something that makes you smile it just so damn clever, and for me this week it was about tomatoes. Now, you might wonder where this is going, but honestly, it’s a really nice example of Systems...

Kaizen vs. DMAIC

By Cameron Turner
In Continuous Improvement, Improvement, Lean, Lean Six Sigma

Let’s look at the main characteristics of each approach: Kaizen – a Japanese word that simply means “to make better” Its main characteristics are:

Standard Deviation

By Cameron Turner
In LinkedIn, Math Problems, Uncategorised

Today on Maths is Fun, I’m going to talk about Standard Deviations. That’s a really overly complicated term, that just earns the average distance away from the average that each data point is. And if you’ve ever heard the expression, I’m being graded on a curve, they’re using a Standard...

Why do credit cards have tape and embossed numbers

By Cameron Turner
In Business, Digital Transformation, Information, Innovation

00;00;07;00 This is a debit card, or it could be a credit card. 00;00;11;14 You all know one of these is evil, you use them countless times 00;00;14;15 probably more often than you wish you did. 00;00;16;22. Millions of these get printed every...

3 and a half reasons that Lean Six Sigma fails to deliver

By Ashly Latham
In Business, Change Management, Continuous Improvement, Improvement, Lean, Lean Consulting, Lean Improvements, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Thinking, Uncategorised

What is Lean Six Sigma? Lean Six Sigma is a prescriptive methodology for improving flow and reducing variation in a process using data & process analysis techniques. More simply, it is a means to systematically improve the speed and quality of a process, and it is highly effective.

Why Robotic Process Automation Is A Terrible Name

By Cameron Young
In Lean Techniques, Robotic Process Automation, RPA, Tools

The word “Robotic” is misleading Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is up there behind Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the list of disruptive technologies for the corporate world. It gives businesses the opportunity to automate processes without needing to fund hundreds of thousands – sometimes millions – of pounds worth of IT...

Pros and Cons of Automation Anywhere

What you need to know about Automation Anywhere We use Automation Anywhere software to develop Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for leading financial services, business process outsourcing, healthcare, and insurance companies. What that really means, is that we help organisations create and maintain a digital workforce composed of software bots that...

Stick or Twist

They went from 6 people being in the office at the same time to just 1 at a time.

Maths is Fun – Circumference

By Cameron Turner
In LinkedIn

00:00:06:28 This week on maths is fun, I want to talk about some maths that’s a little bit counterintuitive, 00:00:11:29 but it’s absolutely correct, Here we’ve got a globe, G’Day Australia! 00:00:16:28 So we have a bit of cable here 00:00:19:27 now if I wrap around...