Category: Lean Six Sigma Topics
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The Epic of Lean Six Sigma Terminology
Is it Lean? Is it Six Sigma? Is it Kaizen, Genryou, or TQC? If the language of process improvement feels like a modern-day Tower of Babel, you’re not alone. Despite…
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Cutting profit, the Cost of Poor Quality
A senior leader once told me, “We don’t have a quality issue, our customers never receive defective products.” But here’s the question every Lean Six Sigma professional should ask in…
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No AI Success Without Lean Six Sigma 🚀
AI promises to transform operations, but only if your processes are already under control. Without clean, consistent data, AI becomes a high-tech amplifier of your existing inefficiencies. 📉 Before you…
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Simplifying Media Service Requests: A Lean Six Sigma Project in Education
At a major educational institution, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project transformed how photography and videography requests were handled. Faced with inconsistent communication channels and missing information in over…
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Streamlining HRM Processes at an educational institution
At an educational institution’s Service Center HRM, a six-month Lean Six Sigma Green Belt project tackled inefficiencies in processing employee data changes, known as HR mutations. Faced with frequent submission…
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Speeding Up Public Record Releases: A Lean Six Sigma Approach
In just five months, a public sector organization cut record request processing time from four hours to under one, a 75% improvement, while slashing operational costs by 50%. This Lean…
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Improving Covenant Monitoring in a Bank: A Practical Lean Six Sigma Journey
In just 4.5 months, a major bank transformed its covenant monitoring process, cutting average response times by over 50% and unlocking an estimated $40.6 million in financial benefits. Using the…
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Improving Customer Communication in Pension Fund Administration
In the world of pension fund administration, clear and timely communication isn’t just important, it’s essential. Faced with a spike in customer inquiries about income statements, one professional services firm…
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Cutting Waste in Corrugated Packaging: A Lean Six Sigma Approach
In the high-volume world of corrugated packaging, even small inefficiencies can add up quickly. This Green Belt Lean Six Sigma project targeted waste at the dry end of the corrugation…
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Uptime Improved Carton Machine
In just six months, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project transformed operations at a consumer goods packaging facility, delivering over $33,000 in monthly savings. By targeting excessive downtime across…