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<title>episode 018-Process Capability Analysis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How good is that process? How do you know? This episode discusses the ins and outs of measuring the process to make it possible to predict future performance.]]></description>
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<title>episode 017-DOE for out of control processes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Can you perform designed experiments on processes that are not in a state of statistical control? This podcast tells you where six eminent expert statisticians come down on this issue, and Tom adds his summary of the debate and his 2-cents worth.]]></description>
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<title>episode 016-Variance inflation factor</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Variance inflation is a problem frequently encountered by Six Sigma Black Belts who are performing regression analysis. It can lead to serious problems with the analysis, such as regression coefficients with the wrong sign. Listen to this podcast to learn about variance inflation factors, a metric that quantifies variance inflation.]]></description>
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<title>episode 015-Quality, Integrity and Six Sigma</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Can we really use Six Sigma to improve the integrity of the organization? You bet! Listen to this episode to find out how.]]></description>
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<title>episode 014-QFD the old and the new</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Quality Function Deployment, abbreviated as QFD, has been around since 1966. It proved valuable enough to become a standard part of Six Sigma. But much about QFD has changed in recent years. Listen to discover how to supercharge your Six Sigma activities with the new and improved QFD!]]></description>
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<title>Episode 013-Quality Vampires</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Legend has it that vampires prowl the nights in Transylvania sucking the life's blood out of their victims. Like vampires, there are a number of approaches to quality improvement and control that can suck the life out of your Six Sigma results.]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[What does it take to be an effective Six Sigma Black Belt? This two-part podcast tackles this question. In Part II Tom discusses an approach to problem solving that has served him well for 40 years.]]></description>
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<title>Episode 011 - Black Belt How To Guide Part I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What does it take to be an effective Six Sigma Black Belt? This two-part podcast tackles this question. In Part I Tom discusses the role of the Black Belt, motivating others, working with teams as a Black Belt, management's responsibilities to teams, proper team structure, how to get the voice of the process, and problem solving.]]></description>
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<title>Episode 010-Six Sigma and Global Warming</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Can the Six Sigma approach help us approach the issue of global warming? What would one do in the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control phases of a hypothetical Six Sigma project on global warming?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>episode 009-Six Sigma in Small Business</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Six Sigma has done well for large companies, but can it work for small businesses too? And if so, what adjustments should be made? This is the topic of an interview in the Business Under Fire interview series with Tom Pyzdek by Carol Dickson-Carr of Power Ed Solutions and Managing Personal Resources and Bea Fields of Five Star Leader. This podcast features that interview.]]></description>
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<title>Episode 008-What Control Charts Tell You</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Control charts are an important tool commonly used in Six Sigma. But what do control charts tell you? How can we determine what to plot on the control chart? How should we determine the sample size and sampling frequency? What do control limits mean? How do we use control charts? These questions and more are answered in this podcast.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 19:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Episode 007-Keeping your project moving</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There's no such thing as a Six Sigma project without obstacles to overcome. In this Podcast Tom Pyzdek discusses a couple of very common problems and how to overcome them.]]></description>
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<title>Episode 006-VOC Part II: Net Promoter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Net Promoter is the latest, greatest way to measure the way your customers feel about you. This podcast discusses how NP is calculated and used in Six Sigma.<br/>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 005-VOC Part I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you don't know <span style="font-style: italic;">for sure</span> what your customers are looking for from your organization, chances are you're not giving it to them. Chances are you are wasting money and maybe even putting your very survival at risk.<br/>This podcast tells you how to obtain the &quot;Voice of the Customer,&quot; or VOC. It walks you step-by-step through a process of building a model of customer requirements using the Critical Incident Technique. A model of customer requirements is the starting point for Six Sigma.<br type="_moz"/>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 004-what does the mean mean?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The mean is an attempt to summarize a lot of data with a
single number that represents a &quot;typical&quot; value. Tom discusses the pros
and cons of several commonly used statistics. He also presents a
quickie mean that can be computed in a pinch without a computer or
calculator.]]></description>
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<title>Episode 003-Black Belt Project Selection Pointers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Here are 9 critical criteria for the Black Belt to consider when deciding if a project is worth pursuing.<br/>]]></description>
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<title>Episode 002-Collinearity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[You've gathered the data and ran the regression analysis. Strangely, the biggest regression weights have insignificant p-values. Some weights even have the wrong <span style="font-style: italic;">sign</span>! What the heck is going on here? Listen to this podcast to find out!<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Episode 001-Dilbert got it wrong!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Is Six Sigma a fad? Has it been widely discredited? Is it incompatible with innovation? These are claims made in the Sunday, November 26, 2006 Dilbert comic strip. Tom Pyzdek discusses each of these claims in depth.<br/>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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