How does Lean Six Sigma differ from past management initiatives?
Lean Six Sigma incorporates many successful elements of past initiatives and builds on them. It combines the Six Sigma performance measure that evaluates processes based on their ability to meet customer requirements, and incorporates Lean approaches to reduce and eliminate waste and its drivers, providing the faster creation of value at the lowest possible cost. It combines two powerful toolsets to provide the tools to address all aspects of quality, cost, and delivery. There are strategies for all three phases of management—process (re)design, process management, and process improvement. There are specific qualitative and quantitative tools and activities for each strategy.
