2019 Manufacturing Week: LEAN Concepts

LEAN Concepts
What is Lean Six Sigma?
With the increasingly competitive landscape, rapid and significant productivity improvement is becoming a requirement for company survival. Six Sigma tools and techniques, in conjunction with methodologies common to Lean practice, have fostered a powerful performance system to enable this productivity growth. Lean Six Sigma provides the basis for the strong complementary relationship between process, quality, and performance leading to sustainable competitive advantages. Lean Six Sigma practitioners are the ultimate source for rapidly improving enterprise performance in cost-effective and timely ways.
Lean Six Sigma Overview
This series is for those who want an overview of Six Sigma, Lean, and Statistics. It is a must for managers who want an appreciation of the commitment necessary to implement statistically based process improvement and the return on investment to be gained. Additionally, for those who are thinking about taking the Lean Six Sigma journey, this is an ideal series.
Program Topics Include:
 
·     Six Sigma Introduction
 
·     What is Statistics?
 
·     Introduction to Lean Principles
 
·     DMAIC process – Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control
 
·     Introduction to reducing resources and waste and obtaining customer satisfaction


Kendall Ross Director

Center for Business & Professional Development

Workforce Leadership