Lean Analytics
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorsMark O. George, John Henry Smith
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for improving business processes. In one aspect, a method includes defining, for a workstation, a metric that is a function of multiple process variables, providing, to a Lean practitioner candidate, information that suffices to allow the Lean practitioner candidate to determine outcomes of independently applying a same, pre-defined amount of Lean Six Sigma-related change to each of two or more of the process variables, and obtaining information that specifies the outcomes from the Lean practitioner candidate.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more computers;
- and
- a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- defining, for a workstation, a metric that is a function of multiple process variables,
- providing, to a Lean practitioner candidate, information that suffices to allow the Lean practitioner candidate to determine outcomes of independently applying a same, predefined amount of Lean Six Sigma-related change to each of two or more of the process variables, and
- obtaining information that specifies the outcomes from the Lean practitioner candidate.
A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- defining, for a workstation, a metric that is a function of multiple process variables;
- providing, to a Lean practitioner candidate, information that suffices to allow the Lean practitioner candidate to determine outcomes of independently applying a same, pre-defined amount of Lean Six Sigma-related change to each of two or more of the process variables;
- and
- obtaining information that specifies the outcomes from the Lean practitioner candidate.
A method comprising:
- defining, for a workstation, a metric that is a function of multiple process variables;
- providing, to a Lean practitioner candidate, by one or more computers, information that suffices to allow the Lean practitioner candidate to determine outcomes of independently applying a same, pre-defined amount of Lean Six Sigma-related change to each of two or more of the process variables;
- and
- obtaining information that specifies the outcomes from the Lean practitioner candidate.
A system comprising:
- one or more computers;
- and
- a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more computers having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
- receiving information from a project manager, the information specifying predefined amount of Lean Six Sigma-related change, and a metric for workstation, wherein the metric is a function of multiple process variables;
- determining, using the information, outcomes of independently applying the same, predefined amount to each of two or more of the process variables;
- and
- providing information that specifies the outcomes to the project manager.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.