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Although you plan to deliver a quality result rapidly with minimum
cost and risk, there are many pitfalls along the way. Resources (people, raw materials, machines, etc.) may not be available,
may be of poor quality or may be delivered late. You may have scrap or rework. Your processes may be very labor intensive
or high cost. In the end, you may deliver more or less than was really needed.
Lean methods and tools can help you
reduce the waste associated with the flow of material and information. Lean focuses on the speed of a process.
Six
Sigma methods and tools can help you remove variation from your processes so that they perform at very high reliability.
Six Sigma focuses on the quality of a process.
OMM adds planning and troubleshooting tools. We call our approach Lean
Six Sigma Plus (LSS+). The troubleshooting tools are geared toward manufacturing and process industries to help you rapidly
troubleshoot failures and isolate probable cause.
LSS+ tools are complimentary and team oriented to help you leverage
the skills and talents of your entire organization.
LSS+ deployment must begin at the top level of a company. It
must be introduced and implemented in a manner that allows it to become part of the fabric of the company.
Key employees
must be trained and projects must be strategically selected to support corporate goals. Projects must be tracked and results
measured.
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