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Myth Busters! I love watching the show Myth Busters! It’s entertaining and enlightening; hopefully you think these blogs are too!  😊 The Lean Six Sigma Methodology is full of myths. One of these being that it is the CI’s role to improve processes. Saying it louder for those in the back: It is a Myth that the CI’s role is to Improve Processes. Confused? Let me explain. A myth is a false idea or belief that is widely recognized. Most people believe that it is the CI’s responsibility to improve processes. Why wouldn’t you believe that? Their title literally means Continuous Improvement. Let’s take a look at this example of how the majority of companies practice process improvement. Charlie is a Continuous Improvement Engineer for the Operating Expense Dept in his organization. Their team consists of three people out of a staff of 900. Leadership has asked the team to speed up the order entry process; a request made by corporate because they believe that the order entry pro

Can your Plumber be your Contractor? Building a house takes specific skills and knowledge. Now, your contractor could also be your plumber, but it is unlikely that your plumber would be your contractor. A home’s plumbing is an extremely important part of your home, but a home’s construction consists of several more aspects. A plumber is an expert at his field, though it is unlikely he would be able to construct the entire house on his own. It is the same thing when trying to implement Lean and Six Sigma into your company. Rationally, you would not think to ask a Green or Black Belt with very little experience to lead a Continuous Improvement Deployment; but this is usually the case. We always want to know why students attend our Public Classes. They usually answer, “to bring Lean Six Sigma back to the organization to start a Continuous Improvement Department.” These students are considered the plumbers in this analogy. Here we can see that the organization is asking the