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| This month's edition of Fresh Perspectives, New Approaches features Lean Six Sigma -- how to make this evolutionary hybrid work for your organization to realize optimum results! |
Lean Six Sigma: The Evolution of Process Improvement
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| It has been said that Lean Six Sigma is nothing more than Six Sigma (DMAIC) with a few Lean tools sprinkled in. Five years ago this may have been true, but today it is not. Lean Six Sigma has become a hybridized solution – the result of two systems that have naturally evolved into one blended approach, like the cell phone and handheld computer evolved into the PDA. |
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The blending of Lean and Six Sigma is the result of many organizations applying each approach in isolation, and a critical mass of practitioners becoming proficient in one methodology or the other. A few enterprising companies, including AlliedSignal and Maytag, soon realized that integrating Lean and Six Sigma would provide a great deal of synergy, and allow the initiative to be deployed and executed in a more cost-effective manner. As with any true hybrid, the functionality of the whole always exceeds the sum of its parts, and Lean Six Sigma is no exception. More... |
Improving Lead Time in Aircraft Manufacturing
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The NORDAM Group, one of the largest aerospace and aviation companies in the world, has experienced success with many Lean SCORE™ projects. One in particular aimed at reducing the lead time for assembling small aircraft components. |
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NORDAM suspected that its metal bond process for Cessna aircraft contained non-value added activities that, if eliminated, would reduce lead time considerably. More... |
Adding Value to Six Sigma with Lean Tools
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| Many Six Sigma practitioners are discovering the advantages of incorporating value-focused Lean thinking into the DMAIC roadmap. Whether or not you label this initiative “Lean Six Sigma,” you can still benefit from adding Lean methods and tools to your Performance Excellence projects. This article introduces Lean tools that add the most value and explains where they fit in the DMAIC process. More... |
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