Six Sigma Blackbelt

[amcdonald]

I once got invited a "Kaizen" event where manufacturing process improvements were to be discussed. About 6 hours into the day I asked the chair person "what is the difference between a Kaizen event and a meeting?". I never did get an answer.

You can't put experience of being sat in meetings on your cv

[Fred Bloggs]

You can't put experience of being sat in meetings on your cv

[Zippy]

What most of these feckwits fail to grasp is that you are supposed to use a methodology and adapt it to your situation. It is not meant to use you.

All these (read: sales of these) methods/systems rely on the fact that people believe that a problem can be solved by simple handle-turning. No thought required.

Death is too good for 'em

[norrahe]

What most of these feckwits fail to grasp is that you are supposed to use a methodology and adapt it to your situation. It is not meant to use you.

All these (read: sales of these) methods/systems rely on the fact that people believe that a problem can be solved by simple handle-turning. No thought required.

Death is too good for 'em

WZS

[vetran]

Simple handle turning

It can be, do the job once do it right.

If you build something build it according to the drawings.
If the drawings are wrong then get a grown up to correct them.
If you have Kanban follow the procedure.Emptying the bins and not scanning them are not the fault of the IT system.
If you use forecasting in your MRP then put a flaming forecast in.
If you build something, book it in.
If you receive something book it in.
If you ship something book it out.
If the system says order something 3 weeks ahead order it.

most manufacturing problems I have seen have been down to the above errors.

Instead they have some muppet who is a brown nose in politics in charge who doesn't do this and wonders why none of his customers buy from him because he never delivers and when he does its wrong. Will they sack him? will they hell?

Kaizan is good in principle, but its simplicity is its strength once you get someone spouting about you have lost.

[Sysman]

You can't put experience of being sat in meetings on your cv

Yes you can. Simply put down "x years in management in a large corporation".

You probably need to throw in a load of buzz words as well.

And litter your CV with references to PowerPoint presentations you have done.