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	<title>Gary A. Cone</title>
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	<description>Writer, Teacher, Implementer - This I Know...</description>
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		<title>Six Sigma’s Dirty Little Secret</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Six Sigma’s Dirty Little Secret

Six Sigma is dead, long live Six Sigma.
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		<link>http://blog.gpsqtc.com/?p=61</link>
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		<title>What is the Role of a Continuous Improvement Consultant in this Economy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I just wanted to take a moment to update you on what we are seeing and doing in this tough economy.
1)   We have worked with several folks over the past year just looking for where we could cut costs without sacrificing anything with respect to customers. To that end, I’ve found that the cost of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gpsqtc.com/?p=38</link>
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		<title>Tools You should Know - Measurement Systems Formulas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are fairly simple relationships. With the exception of %Tolerance, all the other metrics are just different manipulations of the same numbers. And for Don Wheeler fans -]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gpsqtc.com/?p=36</link>
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		<title>Tools You Should Know - Defect Densities and the Poisson distribution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most are introduced to the ideas of DPU and RTY as part of Six Sigma training. Where

                           RTY = e-DPU

Most were not exposed to the assumptions behind this or how to use this as an analytical tool.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gpsqtc.com/?p=35</link>
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		<title>A Sense of Urgency?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forbes says it is time for Obama to turn into a pragmatic politician to make sure he is there for 8 years. He has some good thoughts, take some time to understand them and encourage your government officials to understand them as well. I personally would like to keep the smart guy in the White House.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.gpsqtc.com/?p=34</link>
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