Lean Sigma: A Practitioner’s Guide

Preface

There is absolutely no doubt that Lean and Six Sigma as process improvement methodologies deliver results, as proven consistently countless times over literally thousands of projects across hundreds of businesses. What is inconsistent, however, is the efficiency by which the Project Leaders (Belts) and Teams reach the delivered solution and sometimes the effectiveness of the solution itself. Typically, this is considered to be the territory of the Consultant or Master Black Belt (MBB), whose role it is to guide the steps of the Black Belt or Green Belt through the available tools depending on the problem.

Therefore, the best guide requires

• A deep enough experience of how to tackle a specific problem to conclusion with an efficient approach ...