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Abidian
(ǎ - bǐ - dē’ - ǎn):
Business-speak for Excellent Change

These articles and presentations are
intended to help you better understand the tools available, how others are
using them, the types of results they are seeing, and how they
might best help you and your organization. Feel free to share them with others,
but please do not alter them. Likewise, appropriate credit to
the author is always appreciated!

About Abidian
Abidian is a recognized leader in continuous improvement tools.
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97% of the attendees at Abidian's workshops and kaizens
have rated the knowledge of their workshop facilitator
as excellent.
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94% of all workshop and kaizen attendees rated the
hands-on exercises and practicality of the illustrations
provided as very good or better.
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100% of all attendees have given their kaizen
improvement event or workshop an overall rating of very
good or excellent.
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Projected savings identified by our clients from our
recent workshops, kaizens, and onsite efforts are well
over $80 million.

Tutorials






Abidian YouTube Channel

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Articles and Presentations
Abidian - Lean Six Sigma Maintenance (SMRP Presentation)
Abidian - Assessing Lean Maintenance Excellence
(SMRP Paper)
Abidian - Assessing Lean Maintenance Excellence in an ISO 9000 Facility
(International Lean Six Sigma Conference Presentation)
Abidian - Interview with Mike Chambers, Senior Principal of Abidian,
Inc.
Abidian - Lean and Six Sigma:
Setting the PACE (ASQ Section Presentation)
Abidian - OEE: Overall Equipment/
Service Effectiveness (ASQ Section Presentation)
Abidian - Real-time Production
Efficiency Monitoring (OEE) with Microsoft Excel (Abidian
YouTube Channel)
Baldrige National Quality Award - 2007 Criteria
for Performance Excellence Self Assessment
Boeing - Office Accelerated Improvement
Workshop Methodology (AIW)
Boeing - Lean
Engineering, The Forgotten Element
Boeing - Work Measurement in a Lean Environment
Bristrol-Meyers-Squib -
Lean Implementation
Cudney - Expanding Six Sigma to Suppliers
General Electric - GE's Work-Out Program: Teaching Every Manager
to be A Strategist
Genuine Coaching - What's Your Clutter Keeping You From?
Home Depot - Winning Minds and Hearts at Home Depot
Honeywell - An Interview with Larry Bossidy (Retired CEO, The Thought
Leader
Honeywell - Overview of Honeywell's Six Sigma Plus Initiative
Mehta - Committing to a Lean Six Sigma Roadmap
Oakwood Healthcare - Just What the Doctor
Ordered; Another Acronym in Healthcare, DMAIC
Phelps Dodge - The worldwide mining industry leader presents an overview
of their "Quest for Zero"
Shinkle - Management System Diagramming - Moving Toward
a Lean Management System
Shingo Prize - 2011 NE Conference
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