Lean

  

Lean Six Sigma

 

Six Sigma

 
   

Leading companies synergize their processes.

 

  

 
 

What Is Lean Six Sigma?

Lean Six Sigma is about combining Six Sigma quality with Lean Production efficiency.

Lean Six Sigma is a team-focused managerial approach that seeks to improve performance by eliminating resource waste and defects. It teaches that any use of resources that doesn't create value for the end customer is considered a waste and should be eliminated.

  

Lean vs. Traditional

Applications of Lean

Kaizen and Lean

Kaizen and TQM

Six Sigma at GE

Barriers to TQM

  

 

 
 

Lean Six Sigma combines Six Sigma methods and tools with the Lean Manufacturing/Lean Enterprise philosophy. It is a method for improving performance by systematically removing waste and reducing variation that relies on a collaborative team effort. Increased performance and decreased process variation contribute to defect reduction and improvements in profits, employee morale, and product or service quality.

Lean Six Sigma strives to eliminate the waste of physical resources, time, effort, and talent while assuring quality in production and organizational processes.

  

Process-managed Enterprise

Synergize EBPM, TQM, and Six Sigma

Integrate Six Sigma and Business Process Management

Quality Management

8 Rules for Quality Management

  

 

 
 

The 5 principles of Lean Six Sigma

Define, measure, analyze, improve, and control are the five principles and phases of Lean Six Sigma. They're the steps practitioners take to create more efficient processes and a workplace culture that's focused on continuous improvement.

DMADV and DMAIC

DMADV is the acronym for Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, and Verify, the Lean Six Sigma method for designing new processes and products.

DMAIC is the acronym for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control, the five key phases of the Lean Six Sigma framework used in solving business and process problems.

  

Performance-based Company

3Ss of Outstanding Performance

Lean Production

Transition to a Lean Enterprise

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Deming's 14 Point Plan for TQM

Areas Targeted by TQM in Japan