... Tools The initialphasesin the DMAICprocessinvolveanalyzing the sourcesofvariationandproblemsin the process. The following tools are examples of tools that exist to gather data and evaluate the existing process. • Descriptive Statistics:Statisticaltoolsareused to organize,summarize,anddescribedatathat ... get the wealth of environmental management tools that exist into the right hands, morewouldbedone.Whilethisthinkingisclearlyimportant,thereisreason to suspectthereismore to the ... The TPS“house”(Figure2.2)hasbecomeacommonsymbolofLean. The roofrepresents the customer-oriented goal of Lean: to provide the highest quality products and services, at the lowest cost,with the shortestleadtime.At the coreof the “house”is the involvementofallemployeesinacultureofcontinualimprovement. The pillarsarejust-in-timeproductionandjidoka(builtinquality),while the foundationisstandardization. The individualtoolsandtermslistedin the TPShouse...