Why CICS Training Kits?
As active trainers, we couldn’t find sims that cemented learning at a reasonable price.
We built our own kits over the years and added Quick Start Guides, Exercise Workbooks, Worksheets and Trainer Notes. This translates to a richer learning experience for both trainers and students.
Now they are here for you.
What is the Red Bead Experiment?
W. Edwards Deming developed his classic Red Bead Experiment to demonstrate variation in processes. He demonstrated that trying to manage out the “common cause” variation inherent in the process was independent of any management exhortations or slogans.
Instead, the path to true process improvement lies in understanding and controlling the sources of variation.
The Red Bead Experiment kit is an affordable and interactive activity demonstrating common cause variation in processes. Colored beads represent opportunities for defects in the process. More colored beads mean more issues every day. By controlling what we do in our processes we can reduce the number of colored beads in our day and make days smoother.
For even more learning, the Blue Bead Experiment, available exclusively through CICS as a companion to the Red Bead Experiment, shows the effects on a process with reduced variability in performance, due to a reduced number of “defects” in the process as a result of Continuous Improvement activities
Participants will understand first-hand the nature of variability and how to control it.
Requires no software or batteries to run