How to implement lean Six Sigma so that a long-lasting system is created that benefits the enterprise as a whole? This is an important question; however, the last 14 words of this inquiry are typically not included in the statement but are very important.
Enhanced Approach to Answer the Question: How to Implement Lean Six Sigma
A traditional lean Six Sigma deployment is typically not long lasting and is either significantly downsized in time or eliminated completely. Why does this occur since everyone knows organizations need to improve in order to survive? The apparent reason is that executive leadership is not seeing the benefits of past lean Six Sigma process improvement activities in their business.
The linked-to published PDF article at the bottom of this web page describes 21 problem areas that can occur with a traditional lean Six Sigma deployment and what can be done to address these issues.
An Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) approach provides an effective resolution to all the points made in this article by providing a structured, effective framework for answering the question (long term) “how to implement lean Six Sigma?”.
An IEE lean Six Sigma deployment gives focus to improving Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are important to the business. An IEE deployment addresses the business management performance measurement and improvement issues described in a one-minute video:
The IEE 9-step system and it benefits are summarized in the following PDF article:
Details for implementing a long-lasting lean Six Sigma deployment and positively executing improvement projects that benefit the big picture are provided in our 5-book IEE series
Contact Us to set up a time to discuss with Forrest Breyfogle how your organization could gain much from an IEE response to the question “how to implement lean six sigma”.