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Why is Belgium organising a factory of the future award?Who are this year's winners? What are the keys to success for a factory of the future?

Are you looking for ways to streamline your business processes, reduce costs and increase productivity? Then Lean Office is the solution for you.

Thinking in Green Belt projects is valuable because it focuses on improving specific processes. On the other hand, thinking in an Operational Excellence roadmap is broader and more holistic.

At Stanwick, we offer comprehensive Green Belt Lean Six Sigma training that will help you take your process optimisation and problem-solving expertise to the next level. We are happy to share 7 reasons why participants take green belt training.

Lean Six Sigma principles can be applied to a wide range of industries and sectors. While initially developed for manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma has evolved and found applications in various domains.

Process problems - such as quality, production or waste problems - should be addressed in a systematic way by using the principles of project management. The DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyse-Improve and Control) roadmap is used.

Part 7. We are approaching the end of this series, so the charts are becoming more specific. This category is mainly used in R&D and the more operational control of companies. After all, it shows the relationship between 2 or more process variables.

Part 6. For this bit, I'll repeat the example from last time, where you see the results of 3 batches from the same process. With each batch, the average value shifts and certainly one batch has a significantly different variation from the other 2 batches.

Part 5. This time I am not going to spend time on the simple applications (time plots, run charts) of this chart, but start immediately with the 'Control Chart'. This can also be known under the names SPC chart, control chart, ...

Part 4. The further we get into this blog series, the more the graphs will take on a more statistical angle. This category of graphs will ring a bell for many of you. There is so much process and product knowledge to be gained from a little statistical support.

Part 3. In the following blog posts, I will occasionally show an example of commonly used graphs. For this purpose, I will use a data set that I have built up myself during my 'process improvement' courses. This data can serve as an 'easy to understand' example to teach my trainees the material I discuss in this series.

Part 2. An unfortunate observation, is that the data structure and data quality leave much to be desired. These simple tools can make the data much easier to process and use.