Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma is an organizational process improvement methodology. Motorola initiated Six Sigma in the 1980s to address company quality issues.

GE under Jack Welch popularized Six Sigma deployments in the mid-1990s. Many companies have followed the GE Six Sigma model. The GE model for Six Sigma incorporated process improvement practitioners called black belts and green belts to facility improvement efforts. Champions are to be executives that support the completion of the process improvement efforts, which are to have significant financial benefit.

Lean was added to Six Sigma around the beginning of the 21st century.

Six Sigma is traditional considered a methodology for reducing defects. Lean efforts focus on reducing organization waste. The seven types of lean waste are overproduction, waiting, transportation, inventory, over-processing, motion, and defects.

The metrics often associated with Six Sigma are striving to achieve a process output response of Six Sigma or 3.4 parts per million non-conformance rate. This rate of issue occurrence could be expressed as defects per million opportunities. Other metrics associated with Six Sigma are process capability indices such as Cp and Cpk.

Both Six Sigma and lean deployments have issues relative to metric reporting and silo implementations. These issues are overcome with the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system.

AI Business Process Optimization Solutions: Transforming Organizational Performance with Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE)

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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Reimagined: Smarter KPI Integration for Sustainable Results

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Discover why traditional Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training often fails to deliver lasting results. Learn how Smarter Solutions’ IEE approach integrates KPI performance for sustainable business improvement. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt: Why Many Certifications Fall Short Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification is one of the most sought-after credentials in the world of

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Lean Six Sigma Program 2.0: A Smarter Path to Sustainable Results

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A traditional Lean Six Sigma program can be a powerful framework for process improvement. However, many deployments fall short of delivering long-term, enterprise-wide benefits. At Smarter Solutions, we believe it’s time for an upgrade—a Lean Six Sigma Program 2.0—powered by our Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system. The Problem with Traditional Lean Six Sigma Programs While

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Operational Excellence Master Black Belt Certification

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Organizations and Individuals benefit when their Operational Excellence Master Black Belt Certification and Training involves more than the application of advanced statistical tools.  This is accomplished when taught concepts give focus to the enhanced Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) Business Management System.

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Lean Six Sigma Principles and Methodologies: A Better Way

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An enhancement of lean Six Sigma principles and methodologies is provided in the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) Business Management System.   A lean Six Sigma training, certification, consulting and deployment system needs to benefit the organization as a whole.  However, often lean Six Sigma deployments encourage silo thinking, where the business’ big picture does not

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Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training & Certification

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Individuals and organizations can benefit from lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training & Certification. Attendees gain much from a Smarter Solutions’ Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) teaching approach that uses and references our books during training.  These textbooks can be referenced long after training for concept reviews and discussions with team members.     Traditionally our lean

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Enhanced Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification

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Accelerated Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification: An Enhanced Methodology

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This accelerated (and enhanced) Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training and certification provides a two-week over two-month alternative from our traditional four-week over four month lean Six Sigma Black Belt offering.  People attending this shorter training duration need to be Green Belt certified and/or an experienced analytical thinker.

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Lean Six Sigma Champion Training

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Lean Six Sigma Champion Training can be beneficial; however, this teaching should be more than the training of lean Six Sigma tools and creation of a brainstorming process for selecting process improvement projects. Organizations benefit when Lean Six Sigma Champion training is conducted as part of an overall business management system.  When this is done,

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