"Why Companies Tend to stay Away From Lean Six Sigma"

In this article, I am going to be going over why Organizations use lean Six Sigma and why some companies stop using it. I will also discuss why companies stop using Lean Six Sigma and other methods halfway through the process.

Lean Six Sigma is used in most companies because most companies find the benefit that it has to offer. When Six Sigma and other Methods are leveraged properly results can be in the organization's favor. Several companies have successfully leveraged these proven process improvement methodologies to raise productivity, increase the bottom line and improve quality and the customer experience. When this is properly done these Methodologies are implemented more often because results are seen more often. Unfortunately, many manufacturers and Companies, in general, have still not discovered the value of Lean Six Sigma. Since many companies have not discovered the value of Six Sigma it turns the company away from the idea because they feel it is too complex. If the organization does not have someone that is skilled enough in Six Sigma, then it would be more confusing because they would not understand how to execute the plan that they are trying to do. Lean focuses on?value?through the relentless elimination of?waste?and?acceleration in the velocity of processes. There are eight commonly known forms of waste that can be remembered using the acronym DOWNTIME:

1.?????Defects

2.?????Overproduction

3.?????Waiting

4.?????Non-Utilized Talent

5.?????Transportation

6.?????Inventory (too much or too little)?

7.?????Motion

8.?????Excess Processing.

Some of the top reasons why a company does not or will not use Lean Six Sigma is

1.?????That they never heard of Lean Six Sigma

2.?????Their company cannot afford to implement a Lean Six Sigma program

3.?????They might be too small of a company and there not a big corporation

These top 3 reasons are valid reasons to not use lean but it is not valid to not learn how to implement it.

The 1 answer: Lean Six Sigma is something that is not spoken of much on the mainstream so this is a valid answer, but they can google it to learn more about it. This can also help them to find out the benefits that it might bring to their company.

The 2 answers: Many smaller companies might feel that Lean Six Sigma is overpriced but when it comes to the long term it is considered an investment. The point is LSS should be looked upon as an investment. An investment that should yield a return of at least 5-10 times in year 1 with the right projects.

The 3 Answer: this is not a valid answer because Lean Six Sigma works well in a small company. If every employee is engaged in the plan. then Lean six sigma can work in any company. But we are consistently using key principles of LSS like the Voice-of-the-Customer to help translate our customer needs into our specific service offerings.

Many Companies will make plans with Lean Six Sigma to increase production, reduce cost, and eliminate waste but when they seem to fail halfway through some companies will stop using Lean Six Sigma. Instead of stopping using this method, you should look at other options and see what is happening and going on that causes the performance and production to drop. If it is something that was happening before then make a new plan. If something new things happens, and this is what we do we adapt to change. If you started with These methods do not stop halfway through because you do not see the progress right away. Ensure that everyone is involved with the plan otherwise, therefore your plan will fail.

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