The first of these latter-day prophets was Joseph Smith, a man God called as a prophet in 1830 in much the same way as He chose the ancient prophets and apostlesâfrom among the most humble and unlikely of candidates.
adage. A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true: aphorism, byword, maxim, motto, proverb, saw, saying.
The âDâ (Define) in DMAIC is focused on selecting high-payback projects and identifying the underlying metric(s) that will reflect project success. In some cases, the underlying metric will be a performance measure, as in the example to the right, where warranty rates for a specific product line are being addressed.