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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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 ...

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, ...

What is Lean Six Sigma? Lean and Six Sigma, two methodologies evolved separately, share the same ultimate goal: answer voices of customers by achieving process excellence 1. While Lean is famous for ...

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 ...

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 ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. (August 6, 2014) -- Twelve employees from across the Directorate of Training and Development have embarked on a mission to earn their green belts, not in a form of martial arts but ...

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 ...