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Lean six sigma |
Eliminates wasteful activities, ensures continuous improvement, reduces defects, adds value to end customer and makes the process flow customer oriented Its a fusion of lean and seix sigma |
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Lean |
Evolved of TPS. Focus on the elimination of waste and smoothing the process flow. It is not about cutting cost. Removes waste without sacrificing quality |
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Six sigma |
Seeks to improve by reducing defects and variation. Emphasis on making decisions based on data rather than opinions or common beliefs. Developed by Motorola |
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Lean 5 steps |
1- identify customer and quantity needed 2- identify and map the value stream 3- create flow by eliminating waste and organizing steps to occur in the best sequence 4- respond to customer pull 5- seeks perfection and there is always more to be done |
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Lean and six sigma overlaps (tools and philosophy) |
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Six sigma helps lean by: |
Lean dont have a formal project methodology, whereas 6sigma has DMAIC Lean can be subjective as thrre is no defined measure matrix.however 6sigma uses DMAIC to set clear targets Lean does not consider variations, but 6sigma aasist by utilizing stadistical modeling |
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Lean helps 6 sigma by |
Providing alternatives to DMAIC for less complex improvements areas Lean focus on waste and end to end low 6sigma levels are reached faster by also targeting waste |
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Lean and six sigma culture shift |
Back (Definition) |
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Lean sex sigma should have |
Professional and functional workspace, high quality, motivated managers and teams. Everyone should focus on waste elimination, inventory control, easy use of workspace, happy customer, visible information and evidence of working together |
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Lean six sigma mission statement |
Produce products which supper-pass the expectation of the customer in an efficient and waste free way. Requieres lean thinking, a passionate believe there is always a simpler and better way A continuous drive to identify and eliminate waste and have improvements |
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Lean six sigma hierarchy |
Black- full time technical experts Green- small scale improvements experts Yellow- SME’S experts White- awarness of lean |
