Value stream map vs. process map, which is better for you? As with many tools and methods in Six Sigma, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to mapping things out. Both of these tools have ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For the past decade, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has been searching for a way to achieve parity with Intel Corp. in process performance. In just the past year, to reach that goal, the ...

As we have previously covered on this blog, the primary purpose of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology is to eliminate waste and reduce variation in manufacturing, service and design processes, thus ...

Kevin Curtis inherited a problem that had been hanging around for years. 1 Psychiatric patients in the emergency department were waiting too long for a bed at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute ...

Despite trailing a bit on the technology curve, AMD (Sunnyvale, Calif.) continues to gain market share at the expense of Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.). For example, AMD recently grabbed a major design ...

Drilling supervisors at GDF Suez E&P Deutschland GMBH have used a visual road map to control drilling operations since March 2008. The Leer Z5-5 is one of the tight gas wells recently drilled by GDF ...

An Intel Foundry executive says the contract manufacturing business will treat the company’s product groups and external chip designers equally as customers, which means they will have to compete for ...

President Donald Trump has been kicked off of most mainstream social media platforms following his supporters’ siege on the U.S. Capitol. But it remains to be seen how fast or where - if anywhere - on ...

What happens when you’re tasked with big goals but have no road map for reaching them? You have to build your own. I’ve experienced this a few times throughout my career, including when I helped build ...