Lean Manufacturing focuses on cutting down processes to eliminate wastes, and as a consequence, speeds up processes. Six Sigma, for its part, provides the necessary tools to eliminate wastes to please customers. When combined, Lean and Six Sigma, you will have a powerful methodology.
Going farther in Lean Six Sigma, BusinessKnowledgeSource.com outlines some Lean Six Sigma “laws,” which you can use to efficiently reduce waste while remaining up to speed:
- The Law of the Market
- The Law of Flexibility
- The Law of Focus
- The Law of Velocity
- The Law of Complexity and Cost: a product or service that is very complex adds more non-value, higher costs, and more Work-In-Progress (WIP) than processes that are slow or of poor quality. In other words, the complexity of something is more expensive to the organization than something that is lower quality or produced in a lower speed.
Source:
BusinessKnowledgeSource.com, “Six Sigma Laws – The Law of Complexity and Cost” with a link provided by Six Sigma Zone
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