Month: May 2007

Transactional and Manufacturing Lean Six Sigma – Process Mapping

Many individuals consider these as two different sets of tools, or two different training courses. Why is that, because it sells better or even sounds better? Who knows and what are the real differences? Differences in the way a Process is viewed: In manufacturing it is easy to see the work as a process. Building …

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Enhanced Business Excellence Model

Through Lean Six Sigma many businesses have reported significant performance improvements. Though management may be satisfied with project selection and project execution, there is nagging doubt about whether enterprise as a whole is benefiting. Quite often Lean Six Sigma projects are often not in direct alignment with the achievement of corporate financial goals. Lean Six Sigma is not a business system. Lean Six Sigma is a project execution system. Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) is a business governance system that takes Lean Six Sigma and traditional scorecards to a new level. IEE is a business system where performance improvement metric needs pull for the creation of IEE projects. IEE replaces firefighting with fire prevention and integrates scorecards, strategic planning, business improvement, and control. IEE helps organizations move toward achievement of the 3 Rs of business; i.e., everyone doing the Right things, and doing them Right, at the Right time. IEE provides the framework for achieving maximum, measurable, predictable and sustainable bottom-line results.