Process Tools

There are many tools that have been developed over the years to help achieve business success. Some are new, some are combinations of old and new, and some have been around for years.  The most important thing to keep in mind is to maintain focus. There must be a plan that is aggressively maintained by good managers lead by outstanding leaders.  The ideas must focus on the customer... remember "nothing happens without customers."  The tools must be used in a manner that will produce results, not just pretty graphs.  If graphs and statistics are part of the process they need to be focused on achieving a business result, not to show how good you are doing.

Here are some of the process, training and tools available to Leaders, Managers and their Teams...

Over time we will look at, explain, and give examples of each, as well as, when and how they should be used...

 

1              20 Keys

2              5"S"

3              Affinity Diagram

4              Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA)

5              Balanced Scorecard

6              Black Belts

7              Brainstorming

8              Cause & Effect Diagrams

9              Change Management

10           Composite Forecasts

11           Consensus Decision Making Tools

12           Consultants

13           Continuous Process Improvement

14           Control Charts

15           Delphi Method

16           Design of Experiments (DOE)

17           Earned Value

18           Econometrics

19           Ensemble Forecasting

20           Extrapolation

21           Flow Charts

22           Forecast by Analogy

23           Formal Team Building Techniques

24           Gain Sharing

25           Green Belts

26           Growth Curve

27           High Performance Teams

28           Integrated Product Development

29           ISO/QS

30           JIT (Just in Time)

31           Kaizen Bltzes

32           Kanbans

33           Leadership

34           Linear Prediction

35           Linear Regression Analysis

36           Management By Objectives (MBO)

37           Moving Average

38           Non-linear Regression Analysis

39           One-By-One Flow Strategy

40           Poka-Yoke

41           Prediction Market

42           Primary Visual Aids

43           Probabilitic Forecasting

44           Process Mapping

45           Process Re engineering

46           Project Management

47           Scenario Building

48           Shainin

49           Simulation

50           Six Sigma

51           SMED

52           SPC

53           SSU 7 +/- 2 Meetings

54           Structured, Team-Oriented Problem Solving

55           Surveys

56           SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Threats)

57           Tecnology Forecasting

58           Total Preventive Maintenance

59           Training

60           Trend Estimation

61           Visual Displays

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