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Fish Bone Diagrams – Helpful or Not?

7 January, 2012 by James Lawther 12 Comments

Fish Bone Diagram

I was late for work.  I am always late for work (ask my boss, he will confirm this) One of the guys I work with told me I need to work out why I am late all the time and fix it before I get the sack.  He suggested I do some Fish-bone analysis and a […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: six sigma, template

Swim Lanes

27 September, 2011 by James Lawther 5 Comments

Swim Lanes

From time to time, people ask me what is the best way to draw a process map.  (Maybe they, or I, should get out more.) A better question is why are you drawing a process map? So that you can agree what the process is So you can communicate a process So you can spot […]

Filed Under: Blog, Process Improvement, Tools & Techniques Tagged With: process mapping, template

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