Many years ago now, as technology began to ramp up in the manufacturing world, process leaders began to focus on removing variabilities. The thought was, in operations, “If we can reduce variabilities in our processes, then our finished product becomes much more consistent.” This wasn’t a new thought, even back in the 70’s and 80’s that quest had begun in most operations. However, it was a real challenge without technology to run “in the center”. At times, all we could do is