Lean Six Sigma Projects That Pass the Test of Time

A basic flow for long-term organizational planning

Many people argue that lean Six Sigma projects—particularly Six Sigma—are not sustained within the organization. Because they are not sustained, over time people may go back to their old ways of doing things. This should not happen if the lean Six Sigma initiative is properly embedded into the organization.

Let’s take a look at the very basic flow of how organizational planning is implemented.

Organizational planning cycle with lean Six Sigma

During the normal course of an annual business cycle, an organization will derive its operational plan and human resource requirements based on its mission, vision, strategies, and values. These plans are executed and implemented, and the performance of the plans are measured and evaluated against predetermined objectives. Upon completion, the cycle starts all over again. Throughout the year, the organization will continuously measure and monitor its performance and implement initiatives to get on target and improve its ability to predict the outcomes of its efforts.

Let’s take a look at the same diagram with a lean Six Sigma initiative properly implemented.

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Go Lean or go Six Sigma? A dilemma?

Kyle, the debate is years long: Lean supporters and Six Sigma supporters claim they are both right. In fact, Facts have still to demonstrate who's right - if to be right is the right question. It seems there's a basic failure in management systems or schemes, and that is the constraining system or scheme in itself: any organization, as any living being, has to freely follow its nature, whatever it is, and wil be - for success. We all sail away from Nature's reality to Ideals islands: Science all too often lives on ideal prnciples rather than observations - Science's curriculum vitae is all too clear on this. Time testing is what it is: Time testing. And Man has not invented Time. Thank you.