In Episode 4 of the Business and Beers podcast we are joined by Jason Assir of OpEx Digital Consulting. We give a high level over view of Six Sigma and how it can improve and organizations efficiency and bottom line. Jason is a graduate of Rice Business - Jones School of Business and founder of OpEx Digital Consulting. He is also a Six Sigma black belt. Grab a beer and join us in this timely topic.

You can Reach Jason at:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonassir
Web site: https://www.opexdigital.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalopsguy

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Resources:
* Toyota Way - Jeffrey Liker
* Lean Six Sigma for Service - Michael George
* Lean Turnaround - Art Byrne

Episode Timeline:
00:00 - Episode 4 Introduction
00:10 - Introduction of Jason Assir
01:30 - What are you drinking?
(Jason) Kombucha.
(Mike) Lagunitas Day Time
(Cody) Eureka Heights Mostly Harmless
03:30 - What is Kombucha (Fermented Tea)
04:15 - Beer drinking version of of Lean and Sixth Sigma
05:25 - Edward Deming & Jack Welch proponents of Six Sigma
05:45 - Six Sigma is looking for 99.9999 (6 9s)
06:20 - What is Lean Six Sigma
07:20 - How did Jason fall into this for his career?
08:30 - Jason relates of his passion of making operation more efficient
09:45 - Jason tries to live at the intersection of operation and technology
10:00 - How do you get a Black Belt in Six Sigma?
10:45 - How difficult to get the Six Sigma credentials
12:00 - Getting your hands dirty to gain some experience.
12:45 - 5 phases of Six Sigma Define, Measure, Analysis, Improve, Control
13:10 - Use problems in front of you to learn these methods.
14:20 - Use Six Sigma to change/drive a culture of an organization.
16:00 - An example case study where six sigma drove a culture change
18:15 - Case study of using Six Sigma to millions
20:45 - Getting at the root of an organizations issue rather than working at the edges.
24:00 - Beer #2
24:30 - How can Six Sigma help with COVID?
25:10 - These principles can be used to improve testing.
28:00 - Six Sigma to remove waste from an organization.
29:00 - Dissolve versus Evolve.
29:25 - What are some good books/resources if you want to learn more.
* Toyota Way - Jeffrey Liker
* Lean Six Sigma for Service - Michael George
* Lean Turnaround - Art Byrne
33:10 - How to get in touch with Jason? @DigitalOpsGuy
34:30 - Thanks and Gratitude.
35:30 - New Business and Beers Web Site.
 

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