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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Is ISO 9001 Dead?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Spooky,
It seems to me that you are talking about two things:
1. Making sure your management system for converting customer needs into cash in the bank is process-based and continues to conform to ISO 9001:2008; and
2. Keeping that system certified as conforming to ISO 9001 by an independent accredited registrar respected by your customers.
Continuing with item 1 provides the infrastructure your organization needs to continue to benefit from its lean six sigma processes.
Continuing with item 2 is largely a marketing decision (although I have heard some System Managers say they need the threat of losing certification to get people interested in their system from time to time!).
If the marketing decision has already been made to drop item 2 then continue with item 1.&amp;nbsp; This may require some other way than relying on the loss of certification to keep people engaged with their system.
Here are&amp;nbsp;a few&amp;nbsp;suggestions:
A. Ensure your internal auditors come from a cross-section of departments and take a risk-based approach to scheduling the process audits (only very occasionally&amp;nbsp;do you need system audits);
B. Upgrade your process for Investing in Continual Improvement so top management reviews result in State of&amp;nbsp;our System reports to inform the employees what their system does well, what it does less and well and what the leaders are doing to improve it; and
C. Do not refer to your process-based management system as your &quot;ISO system&quot;, re-name it after your company or invite the employees to name it; if they name it after you then highlights one of the reasons they are not actively engaged in using it and improving it.
D. You may need to redesign your management system so it does focus on improving the core process for converting customer needs into cash in the bank, just make sure it also conforms to ISO 9001.
I find it strange&amp;nbsp;when&amp;nbsp;our national standard for quality management systems is seen only as a certification standard.
John]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:44:44 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[John Broomfield]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Is ISO 9001 Dead?]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[My Company is thinking about dropping ISO 9001 Certification as a cost savings citing the low number of customers that prefer ISO over merely a document Quality System and the slow growth in ISO Certified companies.&amp;nbsp; Is ISO dead or dieing, or is this a sign that my employer has decided to place less importance on Quality?]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:12:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Spooky]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Neead a help in Attrition Tracker]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi,
I am in MIS operations, I need a help from you guys, I am preparing a Attrition&amp;nbsp;Dasboard for the employees, I have some names of empolyees which have left, please suggest me how we calculate the attrition % month by month and total overall attriton %. I have made a tracker but it is not giving me brief picture. It gives me month my month %, I want to incluse one more column which show me total over all&amp;nbsp;attriton % . 
Now I am calculating like this&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 








Totals
Jan
Feb

Monthly Attrition
=SUM(B59,B65,B71,B77)
=SUM(C59,C65,C71,C77)

Cumulative Attrition
=B83
=B84+C83

Monthly Head Count
0
0

Annualized Attrition %
=((B84/1)*12)/AVERAGE($B$85:$M$85)
=((C84/2)*12)/AVERAGE($B$85:$M$85)
&amp;nbsp;
Please tell me the easy formulas from which I can calculate the numbers.
Thanks.
Arun]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:19:57 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Arun Sharma]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: UK Companies Using Six Sigma]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Try Tony tcurrie@ancon.co.uk as he is the opex lead and very helpfull also operating Six sigma are Morgan elector ceramics near wrexham Airbus in Chester.
&amp;nbsp;
Rgds.
&amp;nbsp;
Dazz]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:23:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Darrin Witcher]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Lean with Lego]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello,
please send also the documents to my adress.
Thank youBerndHallo,
ich würde mich über die Dokumente auch sehr freuen. Kann sie gut gebrauchen.Danke&amp;Gruß
Bernd
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			<link>http://europe.isixsigma.com/forum/showmessage.asp?messageID=2919</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:36:12 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Bernd]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Attrition]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi
I would think it depends on WHERE you want to measure it.
If you want to measure attrition on TOTAL strength at END OF MONTH&amp;nbsp; then it is: 10/(10+1) = 10/11 = 91%.
If you want to measure on how many people you had at START of month then it is 10/10 = 100%.
I think it is better to use the second method because it gives you the real picture --- 10 of 10 people left - therefore 100%. It does not dilute this by the fact that you may be recruiting heavily.
Rajesh]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:51:32 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Rajesh S]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Design of Experiments]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[About the differences between REPLICATION and REPETITION, the answers&amp;nbsp;that have been showed in this discussion still not enough. So, I would like know if replication is better than repetition, because this design technique can bring us aditional information, such as the effects of the some condition or machine or operator or raw material.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:43:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Monica Suede]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Attrition]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Let take a simple case.
If we have 10 people at start of month and 10 people resigned and u have added up 1 resource. What would be ur attrition %.
should it be 10/((10+1)/2)=10/5.5=182%
[or]
10/10 = 100%]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 21:38:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Dhanasekar]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: AQL1 &amp; Cp-Cpk]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Good morning,ISO 2859 sampling plan is used when you receive or complete a batch and you want to check there is less than x percent non-conforming items. It is an attribute test.Control chart is used to monitor your production while it is going on : are all items between LSL and USL? If your Cpk is more than 1,33 means that there will be less than 0,25 percent items outside tolerance range. It is a variable test.Best regards,DANG Dinh Cung
ddc92290@gmail.com]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:58:48 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[DANG Dinh Cung]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leadership&apos;s effect on Lean Six Sigma Deployment]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[I&apos;m researching on &quot;Impact of Leadership on Lean Six Sigma Deployment in Organizations&quot;, with special focus on Europe. 
Are you aware of any recommended readings on this topic (i.e. articles/books/white papers, etc..). 
Thank you]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:37:43 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Alessandro Laureani]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ordinal Logistic Model]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear all,
Can you please tellme the general equation (Model) for Ordinal Logistic with over 2 categories (let say 3).
Gration]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 22:51:20 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Gration]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: UK Companies Using Six Sigma]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Chas / Andrew? Just a thought....
Does your current company use Six Sigma? Might be good to use your own experience and what the benefits have been / are to your own company.
Guess it also makes your dissertation more realistic to you (i.e. the MBA candidate).
Going elsewhere may get you a comparative to work on, but may also risk either unrealistic benefits being claimed (where the experience has been good) or alternatively the opposite (where implementation has been poor)
Just a thought. Good luck
Also - as a pointer, perhaps trying to get some info from someone like Minitab (e.g. how many companies and which ones have bought licences) - could give you a few companies to make contact with. They may not be able to give out certain info about clients&amp;nbsp;- but you could also find some company names on their marketing information - a starter for 10.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 7 Jul 2008 20:11:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Davy T]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[AQL1 &amp; Cp-Cpk]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi all,
I performed a search in this forum but I didn&apos;t find anything about my issue. 
My question is: is it possible to convert a reinforced sampling plan AQL1 (ISO 2859) in terms of process capability, or better what are the Cp and Cpk values that better approximate the reinforced sampling plan AQL1.
Thanks to all.
Bye, Francesco]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:29:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[fdigius]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Attrition Calculation]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[It is very easy, dont make it complex
Opening balance as on date-300
Emp Resigned-10
Emp. Joined-5
Closing Balance-305
Attrition:-10/305*100
&amp;nbsp;
Thanks]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:47:51 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[saurabh sharma]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Repair Loop]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[ANY Work required to correct damage or deficiency of the product that should have been completed during the normal process.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:39:13 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[psyc20]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to calculate the monthly Attrition &amp; Absentism]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[How to calculate the monthly Attrition &amp;amp; Absentism]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:28:36 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Akkashh]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Gage R &amp; R on Automated Test Stations]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Filip
The purpose of the MSA is to understand if the historical (existing measurement) data is trustworthy or not, and if not, to get your project to a point where the data is trustworthy. That being said, a couple of questions come to mind. 1) can you save any faulty boards that your system produces? 2) can you run a faulty board through each of your test stations (test steps)? 3) can you classify &quot;faulty&quot; boards into categories that each step should be able to detect?
If your answer is yes to these questions, then i would run each catergory of &quot;faulty&quot; boards through the gage system that is designed to check for that issue and run your MSA that way (on a single test step until you have tested them all - here you are testing for detection of specific defects). If you cannot run through each step individually, you will have to look at a single output for all of the test stages as pass/fail. In which case, you will still need to save the &quot;faulty&quot; parts and run through all of the steps in one MSA (test aborted means that the system found a defective - here you will just be testing for defectives).
It all depends on what you want from your data.
Hope this helps.
Wood]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:35:58 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Wood]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gage R&amp;R on automated test stations]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[I&apos;m looking for a gage R&amp;amp;R to validate our automated test stations. The test stations consists of several software test steps which mainly results in a pass/fail per test step.
I know that there are several techniques to do gage R&amp;amp;R on attributive data as we have here, but the problem is that due to the nature of the&amp;nbsp;tested products,&amp;nbsp;we don&apos;t have the ability to create &quot;faulty&amp;nbsp;boards&quot;&amp;nbsp;(digital&amp;nbsp;computer boards). From the moment we have&amp;nbsp;a fail the tests are aborted.&amp;nbsp;
Does anyone have an idea how to validate&amp;nbsp;systems like that ?
Can we use&amp;nbsp;existing measurement data for that?&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Filip]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Normality Test]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi, Nusha. You see, the Central Limit Theorem rises again. Let me know if you need more help.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:16:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Rick]]></postedBy>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: UK Companies Using Six Sigma]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear David
Many thanks for your post.
I would certainly be interested in details of the&amp;nbsp;depolyment leads.&amp;nbsp;
Regards
Chas
&amp;nbsp;]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:38:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<postedBy><![CDATA[Chas Walker]]></postedBy>
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