Why Lean and Six Sigma Integrate?

We knew we wanted to have Six Sigma Tools, that was clear.

But we also decided that what really makes change in a businesses and cleaning are the Lean tools.

Putting in a pull system, reducing batch sizes, significantly changing setup times, all of a sudden everything starts to flow.

Those are the types of things we saw over time that really made a difference in cleaing services.

Six Sigma with Lean Is the Integration of Two Powerful Business Improvement Approaches

Integrating Lean and Six Sigma Initiatives

Lean and Six Sigma can co-exist independently, but the benefits of integration are tremendous.

• Single channel for employing limited resources
• One improvement strategy for the organization
• Highly productive and profitable synergy …while the pitfalls of not integrating them are formidable.
• Divided focus of the organization
• Separate and unequal messages for improvement
• Destructive competition for resources and projects
• Six Sigma is the “Unifying Framework”
• Six Sigma provides the improvement infrastructure

CEO Engagement

Deployment Champions

Green Belts, Black Belts, Master Black Belts

• Over-riding methodology: DMAIC, DMEDI, DMADV
• Lean provides additional tools and approaches to “turbo-charge” improvement efforts

Tools: Set-up reduction, 5S, Kanban, Waste Reduction

Approaches: Kaizen, Mistake