QUESTION: You address questions about lean leadership. What about Six Sigma? Is there a place for Six Sigma in a lean transformation? ANSWER: Great question. The short answer is ABSOLUTELY! There is ...

Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principals are used to improve processes and create efficiencies in the overall manufacturing process. Lean manufacturing is used to minimize waste, while saving costs ...

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Even the most proven business tools and approaches must adapt as time goes on, morphing to suit the state of the market and today’s companies. Six Sigma is no exception, with multiple branches, ...

As we have previously covered on this blog, the primary purpose of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology is to eliminate waste and reduce variation in manufacturing, service and design processes, thus ...

We had a few readers respond to our asking for new questions. Keep’em coming. QUESTION: Given that some companies are already well down the Six Sigma and lean manufacturing path, TQM, JIT, etc., what ...

Quality assurance methods address quality issues in the output of businesses. Lean and six sigma principles apply approaches and metrics to a process to promote efficiency with a minimum number of ...

In today's competitive job market, professionals constantly seek ways to enhance their skills and stand out. One effective method is obtaining a Lean Six Sigma certification, which signifies expertise ...

A methodology known as Lean Six Sigma made it possible for ATC to realize "a forty-percent improvement over the current process as far as cycle time, which means the time span from when a vehicle ...

Although Six Sigma itself doesn’t target time delays, Lean Six Sigma, and its adaptations, does and one of its principles is that “on-time delivery equals quality.” Time delays are chief among the ...

The Department of Defense, thousands of private sector companies and even the state government of Iowa uses it, so why are Congress and the president silent on it? Six Sigma, and more specifically ...