Most businesses and manufacturers have heard of the Lean and Six Sigma strategies. In fact, businesses around the world have been using these extremely powerful tools for years now. They have helped in process improvement and increased business productivity. Overall, they resulted in a richer customer experience. However, it is unfortunate that many businesses have […]
Using Lean Six Sigma to Achieve Operational Excellence
OpEx and Six Sigma make for a powerful combination. The concept of Operational Excellence (OpEx) has been around for almost two decades. In the most basic terms, OpEx is a way of looking at a business as a whole rather than considering its individual parts separately. Using the principles of Lean Six Sigma and Operational […]
How Does Continuous Improvement Help Procurement?
Six Sigma is a methodology whose origins can be traced to manufacturing and uses metrics to determine the quality of the processes. What is its objective? To fine-tune processes to perfection. This is done by identifying faults and reducing deviations within the system. Six Sigma has been found to boost the motivation of staff, quality […]
Understanding Product Design at HP
HP focuses on an innovative approach to product design based on the Six Sigma approach. The company calls this “The HP Method.” The company believes that there are several advantages to be gained by having a “process focus.” In addition, there is also a focus on design. When Motorola introduced the Six Sigma approach, HP was […]
Strategies for Identifying Potential Lean Six Sigma Projects
The main aim of any Lean Six Sigma project is the elimination of defects and variation in processes. The outcome of this effort is improved business efficiency and better quality of products or services delivered. This outcome can only be achieved when business processes have been streamlined and wasted resources and effort have been eliminated. […]
5 Benefits of Standard Work
Standard work is a common practice used by many who apply lean and Six Sigma into their workflow, and it has many benefits that can be realized by pretty much every organization out there. It’s important to study the implications of standard work and consider its integration into your own company’s workflow if you want […]
How LSS Can Improve Supply Chain Processes in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Process improvement has already brought about a revolution in the way companies approach management of their operations. Now, it has become an indispensable part of the development of any effective supply chain. There are several tactics, methodologies and tools that have been developed to help organizations improve their processes in order to gain a competitive […]
How to Apply Lean Six Sigma to Your Marketing Process
Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is becoming more and more established in various industries and sectors, and it’s slowly but steadily taking over the market. It’s clear that it has applications even outside fields like production and development, and there is a particular interest in the use of Lean Six Sigma in marketing recently that’s been […]
Big Data and its Six Sigma Application in Manufacturing
As the adoption of big data technology is on the rise, we keep seeing some amazing applications in various industries. It should come as no surprise that manufacturing is one of the prime areas for development in this regard, and we’re already seeing some great improvements in many manufacturing sectors thanks to the correct application […]
How to Use the Six Sigma Methodology to Improve Student Performance
As a service which is delivered at cost to its customers, education requires that product and process be carefully defined. However, a lack of definition has resulted in a large number of institutions proving inferior services and resulting in poor student performance. This has led a large number of research scholars to look into methodologies […]
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