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Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that helps companies reduce costs and accelerate growth through discipline and long-term culture change. This methodology is realized through project team work and thus is inseparably interwoven with the disciplines of project management. LSS projects have very specific charters, timelines, and goals and specifically target repeatable, established processes. LEAN focuses on the elimination of waste. It pushes for faster, more efficient processes that require less effort, less inventory, less time, and less space while being highly responsive to the voice of the customer. SIX SIGMA is a methodology to help organizations improve business processes company-wide, providing them with tools to build process capability by reducing variation. The focus is on delighting the customer, providing excellent service, and developing long-term customer loyalty. When Lean speed and Six Sigma quality are integrated, the result is a methodology that operates with these basic principles at its core:
Increases in performance and decreases in process variation across a company often lead to significant improvements in customer satisfaction, quality of products, and growth HOW LSS WORKS At the heart of LSS is the Project Team-a cross-functional group of people with various expertise often related to the product or process that needs improvement. The team is led by a company's employee who is a trained LSS expert. These project managers have titles related to their level of LSS training, such as Black Belt or Green Belt. The team is populated with members who also have some basic LSS training, such as yellow or white belts. LSS PROJECT TEAMS USE THE DMAIC METHODOLOGY The DMAIC (pronounced duh-May-ick) process, layered on a base of project management excellence, is the cornerstone of LSS, providing discipline and structure to specific project teams. DMAIC stands for Define - Measure - Analyze - Improve - Control, which represent the major phases or gates of the project liefecycle.
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