Lean Sigma is a combination of Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma, two powerful and complementary business management systems that your company can use to create a culture of continuous improvement, improve their position in the marketplace and dramatically increase profitability.

Both systems are tried and true and have been proven effective for small, medium and large companies across the globe.

Six Sigma is a systematic, fact based, problem solving methodology that provides businesses with the tools and skills to reduce variation within their processes. A major element of Six Sigma is the DMAIC process which means Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control. It is a rigorous, disciplined metric, methodology and management system that focuses on:

• Understanding and meeting customer requirements;
• Aligning key business processes to achieve these requirements;
• Utilizing rigorous data analysis to minimize variations in those processes; and
• Driving rapid and sustainable improvement to business processes.

Lean Enterprise is systematic methods that companies like yours use to identify and eliminate waste, or non value added activities, across an organization’s operations. Lean Enterprise is a means of effectively helping companies increase productivity and maintain a competitive position in the marketplace.

The most fundamental of the Lean Enterprise tools is Value Stream Mapping. Others include 5S Workplace Organization, Cellular Flow Manufacturing, Poka Yoke Mistake Proofing and Total Productive Maintenance.

Every company has unique characteristics that can affect potential results, but some typical examples of Lean Enterprise projects may include:

• Lead Time Reduction of up to 95%
• Productivity Increases from 20% to 50%
• Work-in-Process Reduction of up to 90%
• Quality Improvement from 50% to 90%
• Space Utilization from 50% to 75%

When trained Six Sigma practitioners lead projects with management support and using the DMAIC process, the results can be rapid and extraordinary. For example, after just several years of deployment in the mid 1990’s, General Electric claimed that Six Sigma had generated more that $750,000,000 in cost savings.

Six Sigma can often be used to solve problems previously considered unsolvable and is particularly well suited to help businesses meet customer needs and address large scale, organization wide issues that affect market share, growth and profitability.

Missouri Enterprise offers a range of Lean Sigma Training Programs. Here are detailed course descriptions.

Lean Sigma Executive Overview

Lean Sigma Champion Course 

To help your company begin to realize results like these, your Missouri Enterprise Area Business Manager will work with your staff to analyze your strengths, weaknesses, resources and opportunities and will prepare a detailed proposal and cost quotation for your consideration.