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Report on overview of lean six sigma in operations

Viral Patel

2 min

LS Kannan is an MBA graduate in General Management and is the Director of CSense Management Solutions. He completed his Post Graduation in Chemistry and is also a Gold Medallist in his UG. He holds a Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and is a certified lead auditor for ISO 9001.

Mr. Kannan has served as a consultant to a wide range of industries such as Chemical Processing, FMCG, Mining, Logistics and so on.

He has over 15 years of professional experience and 7 years of experience in consulting. His professional experience consists of:

  • 70+ Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Projects
  • 10+ Black Belt Projects
  • Training of over 200+ Green Belts and 50+ Black Belts.
  • Handling of over 30+ Lean Transformation Projects on Kaizen Approach in India’s Top 500 firms to SME’s
  • Delivered more that 200 training programmes on Lean Principles, Kaizen, 5S, Poka-Yoke etc.

He served as a consultant to many organizations such TVS Group, L&T, Ford Motors (India) and many more organizations in the top 500 Indian firms.

ABOUT PARTICIPANTS:

Many students as well as our respected professors joined us in the session. Students across various specializations such as Operations and Supply chain Management (O&Sc) and Digital Marketing Transformations (DMT), Financial Technology (Fintech) and Financial Markets (FM) including the seniors as well as juniors attended the guest session.

Agenda

  • What is Six Sigma
  • Six Sigma Approach
  • How Six Sigma helps
  • Objectives of Six Sigma
  • Lean Operations
  • Case Studies

What is Six Sigma:

  • Lean Six Sigma is a method that relies on a collaborative team effort to improve performance by systematically removing waste and reducing variation. It combines lean manufacturing/lean enterprise and Six Sigma to eliminate the eight kinds of waste (Muda): Defects, Over-Production, Waiting, Non-Utilized Talent, Transportation, Inventory, Motion, and Extra-Processing.
  • Lean Six Sigma not only reduces process defects and waste, but also provides a framework for overall organizational culture change. By introducing Lean Six Sigma, the mindset of employees and managers change to one that focuses on growth and continuous improvement through process optimization. This change in culture and the mindset of an organization maximizes efficiency and increases profitability.
  • In order to successfully implement Lean Six Sigma, a combination of tools from both lean manufacturing and Six Sigma must be used. Some of these tools include kaizen, value-stream mapping, line balancing, and visual management.

Six Sigma Approach:

There are two major methodologies used within Six Sigma, both of which are composed of five sections,

DMAIC: The DMAIC method is used primarily for improving existing business processes. The letters stand for:

  • Define the problem and the project goals
  • Measure in detail the various aspects of the current process
  • Analyse data to, among other things, find the root defects in a process
  • Improve the process
  • Control how the process is done in the future

DMADV: The DMADV method is typically used to create new processes and new products or services. The letters stand for:

  • Define the project goals
  • Measure critical components of the process and the product capabilities
  • Analyse the data and develop various designs for the process, eventually picking the best one
  • Design and test details of the process
  • Verify the design by running simulations and a pilot program, and then handing over the process to the client

How Six Sigma helps:

Objectives of Six Sigma:

The goal of Six Sigma is to increase profits by eliminating variability, defects and waste that undermine customer loyalty. Six Sigma can be understood/perceived at three levels: Metric: 3.4 Defects Per Million Opportunities.

Lean Operations:

End Note:

It was a great experience learning from Mr. LS Kannan. We enjoyed and learnt a lot from the session about the processes and the methods that are being used to improve the efficiency of processes. We all Thank Mr. LS Kannan for giving us such useful knowledge.