A successful implementation of lean Six Sigma has an effective process improvement infrastructure and the right people to execute improvement projects.
Successful Implementation of Lean Six Sigma: Project Selection and Black Belt Selection
Traditional lean Six Sigma deployments are not typically long-lasting. Why? The process improvement effort a traditional lean Six Sigma deployment is not integrated within how work is conducted in the business. An Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system addresses that issue.
With an IEE system, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) improvement needs that benefit the enterprise as a whole pull for lean Six Sigma process improvement projects.
An IEE system consists of nine steps:
In the IEE system:
- Step 2 provides the integration of process with their performance output through and IEE value chain.
- Step 6 addresses the identification of KPI metrics that are to improve the business as a whole reported from a 30,000-foot-level predictive point of view.
- Step 7 deals with project identification and execution.
Process identification is determined through an Enterprise Improvement Plan (EIP) noted below. The top labels across the top of an EIP reflect steps of the 9-step IEE system. That is Business Goal is step 4, Strategies is step 5, High Potential Area is step 6, and Identify and Execute Projects is step 7.
IEE lean Six Sigma project execution follows an IEE Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) roadmap:
The IEE DMAIC and 9-step IEE Business Management system is documented at various levels of detail in a 5-book series:
The profile of people who are effective as lean Six Sigma Black Belts is described in the linked-to PDF Internet published article below. This article was reproduced from one of the above books (i.e., top book on left).
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