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Lean Six Sigma

Lean: Identifying 'waste ' or ‘non-value-added activities’ from the customer perspective and then determining how to eliminate it the 'right ' way.
[Lean Six Sigma Institute]
Lean Six Sigma: A business improvement methodology that maximizes shareholder value by achieving the fastest rate of improvement in customer satisfaction, cost, quality, process speed, and invested capital. [Lean Six Sigma Institute] http://www.army.mil/aeioo/rc/terms.htm Army rallies troops behind Lean Six Sigma program
(Author: RP news wires – February 11, 2006)
The Army’s growing Lean Six Sigma program has its roots in a corporate method of eliminating wasted time, money and material. Lean Six Sigma integrates two independently developed improvement tools: Lean and Six Sigma. Lean is an outgrowth of the Toyota production system, and focuses on increasing efficiency and reducing cycle time by the elimination of waste. Six Sigma was developed by Motorola beginning in the 1970s as an approach to improving quality and effectiveness through statistical control. Its roots go back more than 150 years to a Prussian mathematician who introduced the concept of the normal curve. Together, Lean and Six Sigma are powerful tools in transforming organizations, Army Materiel Command officials said. They said Lean Six Sigma enables a culture of innovation that continuously listens to customers, questions the status quo, and improves results through fact-based decisions…. http://www.sixsigmainstitute.com/news/leansixsigma/2006/02/army-rallies-troops-behind-lean-six.html

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*NOTE: The books listed below are but a sample of materials available on this subject. A call number will be included if located at the
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Devane, Tom. Integrating Lean Six Sigma and High-Performance Organizations (Collaborative Work Systems



Bibliography: Army rallies troops behind Lean Six Sigma program (Author: RP news wires – February 11, 2006) Sheldon, Donald H. World Class Master Scheduling: Best Practices and Lean Six SIGMA Continuous Improvement. (ISBN: 1932159401) Ross, J. Publishing, Incorporated, c2006. ***new – available March 28, 2006*** Womack, James P.; Jones, Daniel T Conferences - 2006 Applying Lean/Six Sigma to Life Cycle Management 15th TACOM LCMC / Industry Logistics Symposium - Dearborn Hyatt Regency, Metro Detroit - March 14-16, 2006 http://www.ndia-mich.org/ILS_intro.htm 2006 International Lean & Six Sigma Conference - March 8 – 9, 2006 · Flamingo, Las Vegas http://www.iso9000conference.com/6SigmaTechnicalProgram.htm Documents

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