Six Sigma provides a framework for measuring process performance and making improvements to better meet customer needs. Although full-scale Six Sigma implementations are usually limited to large ...

Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that small businesses can use to reduce waste and improve performance throughout their organization. The approach centers on the use of structured techniques and tools ...

Despite the methodology’s quick and sweeping effect on major corporations across the globe, Six Sigma isn’t an idea that sprung up out of nowhere. It represents decades–centuries, even–of innovation ...

Mention lean or Six Sigma and a listener traditionally thinks of waste reduction, optimization and continuous improvement initiatives involving only the production process. But that was yesterday.

A Six Sigma team consisting of five participants (registered nurses and pharmacy technicians [PTs]) was formed. The team had 10 hours of Six Sigma training in the DMAIC (ie, Define, Measure, Analyze, ...