LEAN SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION IN INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES
Journal Title: Quality Issues and Insightsin the 21st Century - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Continual improvement, as one of the objectives of a quality management system is achieved by the improvement of all processes and activities at a particular stage of the production cycle. Continual process improvement is also the only way how to survive and succeed among competitors. The management of the company will always be looking for opportunities that will enhance the effectiveness of the company’s processes. Lean Six Sigma is one of the significant methodologies of quality management, this seeks to increase productivity and improve quality of process outputs. As a customer oriented managerial strategy, it emphasizes that imperfection is an opportunity for improvement. The Lean Six Sigma system helps to effectively reduce any defective process; it improves the quality of the provided services and makes the management processes more efficient. It focuses on the elimination of waste, thus it focuses on eliminating non-value adding activities. The goal is to eliminate the non-value added activities in order to create continuous flow and shorten the duration of the process. The contribution focuses on some important aspects of implementing the Lean Six Sigma method in industrial companies.
Authors and Affiliations
Marta Kučerová, Miroslava Mĺkva, Dagmar Rusková
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