A lean Six Sigma deployment for process improvement typically involves the creating of improvement projects that are to have reported financial benefits. These cost savings projects are to be facilitated and/or executed by lean Six Sigma Master Black belts, lean Six Sigma black belts or lean Six Sigma green belts.
Lean Six Sigma belts are to be trained in process improvement tools. In a lean Six Sigma deployment, projects are to be selected by management. Lean Six Sigma champions are to be executives that are involved with not only project selection but making sure that process improvement efforts get completed.
However, in a traditional lean Six Sigma deployment often projects never get completed or improvement efforts are in silos that do not have big-picture benefits. Lean Six Sigma deployments are frequently terminated because executive leadership is not seeing tangible results.
The issues with a traditional lean Six Sigma deployment are overcome when an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) deployment. With IEE, predictive performance scorecards that would benefit the business as a whole when improved pulls for process enhancement efforts.
IEE could be considered lean Six Sigma 2.0.
A Wall Street Journal Six Sigma assessment article has issues, as highlighted in the attachment below. However, an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business management system deployment of lean Six Sigma concepts takes the concepts to a next generation enhanced business management system.
Debunking Dubious Statistics from a Six Sigma Critic: A Six Sigma Assessment Read More »
This article describes a lean six sigma implementation example deployment provided by Smarter Solutions at Cigna Insurance Company.
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A criticism of the Six Sigma approach was presented in the “Wall Street Journal and Chief Executive Magazine”. The article below rebuts the critic’s dubious statistics.
Response to Criticism of Six Sigma Approach Read More »
This article provides a Cigna Insurance Company leadership excellence example for implementing lean Six Sigma in an organization.
Cigna Leadership Excellence Example Read More »
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 Read More »
Six Sigma in small businesses have similar issues to those that occur in larger organizations; e.g., making improvements so the big picture benefits.
Six Sigma in Small Businesses Read More »
As an introduction to a lean Six Sigma deployment, organizations need to address the article-described issues (provided in a PDF below) so there will be big-picture will benefits.
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma: Important Implementation Aspects Read More »
The benefits of an organizational lean Six Sigma Implementation is enhanced through an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) deployment of this process improvement methodology.
Benefits of Lean Six Sigma: An Enhanced Approach for Bottom-line Success Read More »
