Most of the large corporations employ a few lean experts. Many mid-size and most small businesses do not have lean manufacturing expertise in the company. It is common that a few individuals have attended a lean manufacturing seminar or read a few books, but lack the expertise to develop a roadmap.
The reason most courses and seminars do not teach a “roadmap” is because the tools are best applied to problems or bottlenecks, rather than forcing the tool use on the opportunity. For example, a machine that sets up once per week in 30 minutes probably doesn’t warrant a week of SMED activity.
However, a roadmap can be used with common sense. Lean manufacturing has been called “common sense manufacturing”, although not always “common practice”.
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The Solution for this issue is: the New Groundbreaking and Revolutionary Lean Six Sigma Concept Called
TPS-Lean Six Sigma;
Linking Human Capital to Lean Six Sigma
It’s A New Blueprint for Creating High Performance Companies
By Hubert Rampersad & Anwar El-Homsi (Information Age Publishing Inc., North Carolina, November 2007)
www.TPS-LeanSixSigma.com
A new blueprint for addressing the primary concerns of manufacturing and service in a more sustainable and humanized way is urgently needed, whereby personal and organizational performance, and learning mutually reinforce each other and create a stable basis for a high performance company. Traditional business management concepts are insufficiently committed to learning, and rarely take the specific personal ambitions of employees into account. In consequence, there are many superficial improvements, marked by temporary and cosmetic changes, which are coupled with failing projects that lack engaged personnel. This new book emphasizes the introduction of this new blueprint, called TPS-Lean Six Sigma. This model entails the integration of Total Performance Scorecard and Lean Six Sigma. TPS-Lean Six Sigma and the related new tools provide an excellent and innovative framework for creating a high performance culture and a sustainable breakthrough in both the manufacturing and service industries.
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I agree most companies large and small need to utilize the Lean Six Sigma strategies. But most of them have never heard of this or don't know where they can go to learn more. I say if you can get to this conference defiantly go, but if you can I also know of two great companies that can help you with implementing the Lean Six Sigma concepts. They are http://www.orielinc.com
http://www.statamatrix.com/
Thanks,
Kerry
Hey great article! I myself have never used the lean Six Sigma Concept but now I am thinking I need to check it out! I have on the other hand used other types of business improvements form a company called www.spisales.com which trains you and your employees on how to sell.
Thanks for the info!
Tiff
I agree. Many Lean implementer only focus on the tools like VSM but theoritically work not mean that it works. Test run is always need
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