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 ...

Manufacturing quality evaluation is a critical discipline that focuses on assessing a process’s ability to produce outputs within pre‐defined tolerance limits. Recent advances combine traditional ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UNH has partnered with the Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE) to offer Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. This will be a three-day course from April 22 to 24. March 29, 2016 The program will ...

Six Sigma refers to a data-driven approach used by companies to upgrade their business processes. The method uses a five-step methodology to eliminate defects at all stages within a company. Six Sigma ...

Lean Six Sigma unites tools and techniques from Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to produce real results. It uncovers process waste, reduces non-value adding activity, and increases organizational ...

This course will take you deeper into the principles and tools associated with the "Define" and "Measure" phases of the DMAIC structure of Six Sigma.It is highly recommended that you complete the ...

When it comes to lean versus Six Sigma talent demand, lean wins, hands down. That’s the primary takeaway from a 2022 study by executive search and recruiting firm the Avery Point Group, based on its ...