A response by Forrest Breyfogle to a Wall Street Journal Sigma criticism article is provided below. In addition, the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) enhanced approach for implementing lean Six Sigma is also discussed .
Lean Six Sigma process improvement efforts can provide benefits to an organization; however, there are issues with traditional lean Six Sigma deployments. For example, process enhancement efforts often in a lean Six Sigma deployment occur in silos and do not benefit the overall organization’s financials.
An IEE deployment overcomes this silo issue:
6 Sigma Criticism Article Response and Next Generation Implementation
An Integrated Enterprise Excellence lean Six Sigma deployment template addresses this shortcoming of a traditional 6 Sigma deployment, as noted in the following table:
An IEE system also addresses the business scorecard and process improvement issues that are described in a 1-minute video:
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