How much Lean Six Sigma do Executives and Senior Management need to understand?
Introduction Lean and Six Sigma tend to be fairly well understood and even practiced across many industries around the world. Whereby Lean focuses on the importance of stability through the elimination of waste and setting standards, Six Sigma tends to focus on pushing capability through data analysis and statistics. But what role do Executives and Senior Management play in this improvement journey? In many cases, the reality is they occupy a very passive role, not fully understanding the processes and expectations of such improvement efforts. There is a minimum level of understanding that is required in order to make sure one can ask the right questions and encourage success of these initiatives. In this post, we’ll define what those minimum “elements” should be to better understand Lean Six Sigma, and drive successful improvement initiatives in your company. What is Lean and Six Sigma? So how much Lean Six Sigma do Executives and Senior Management need to understand? Esse...