Jay Arthur Article Featured in Quality Digest

Jay Arthur’s article, Visualizing Delay, Waste, and Nonvalue-Added Work was featured in the June 18^th issue of Quality Insider sponsored by Quality Digest.

Mr. Arthur’s article encourages business owners, managers, and others use a time value map to make invisible waste visible. When looking at any existing process, people often have a hard time visualizing the enormous amount of delay, waste, and nonvalue-added work involved.   A time value map shows value-added and nonvalue-added activities and delays

Jay Arthur’s company, KnowWare International, provides tools, instruction and training to help companies minimize error and maximize profit. The company also develops and provides the QI Macros SPC Software, which contains 40+ charts and more than 90+ fill-in-the-blank templates that simplify Lean Six Sigma complexities. QI Macros SPC Software for Excel works with Excel versions 2000-2013. At only $229 (thousands less than competitors), they are the least expensive, most robust solution available on the market.  

Download a 30-day evaluation copy of the QI Macros for Excel at http://www.qimacros.com/trial/30-day/. Readers can also signup for a free email course on Lean Six Sigma. For more information, testimonials, and pricing go to http://www.qimacros.com/qi-macros/excel-spc-software/

Jay Arthur is the author of Lean Six Sigma Demystified, Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals, the Lean Six Sigma System, the QI Macros SPC Software for Excel, and Breakthrough Improvement with QI Macros and Excel: Finding the Invisible Low-Hanging Fruit (McGraw-Hill, March, 2014).