Lean Six Sigma

The Six Sigma method of operating a business has been proven to be a success, but there is also a new and improved version called the Lean Six Sigma, which is also paying dividends. It is a pared down version of Six Sigma but still is an effective way to improve the work flow throughout your organization while speeding things up at the same time while allowing you to maintain the standards of excellence that you and your company are striving to meet every day.

It is important to note that creating speed in the process does not mean shortening the delivery schedule or compacting the process to make it quicker. Lean six sigma is a process by which to recognize the opportunities to streamline the process, thereby speeding it up. Once the core process is identified, the focus then turns to making the core process run smoother and better without mistakes or defects. Lean six sigma has two basic ways for speeding up the process, short frequent learning cycles or what is called knowledge creation, and delayed commitment.

The main principles of Lean Six Sigma are mainly to provide ways to be more creative instead of simply replicating things that have always worked in the past. If it worked in the past, that's great, but sometimes change is good, simply because it allows employees to perk up their creativity. In any business, no matter how successful, things can get stale and after awhile the effects start to show. It is important to keep your business fresh at all times.

By working with the progress of the Lean system, you are able to tweak it as you go along, never allowing the system to evolve into a mundane and boring approach for your employees. By presenting new challenges to your employees every day through the Lean system, you are giving your employees a chance to work outside the box and allowing them to use their creativity in ways they would have never had before.

Lean Six Sigma will make things a lot more interesting around the workplace and will allow your employees to exercise their creativity in ways that they never would be able to without this method.