When Worlds Collide: Lean and Six Sigma

摘要

Facing unprecedented pressure to improve performance across the board, organizations cannot afford to forego the benefits of either Six Sigma or lean. Organizations are expected to improve their performance as measured by, among other things, yield, capacity and productivity, defects, downtime, scrap and waste, on-time delivery, cost of goods, cycle time and customer satisfaction. And they must translate those improvements into increased market share, profitability and shareholder value. But proponents of differing performance improvement methodologies sometimes look like members of warring religions.