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Applying Continuous Improvement techniques in a manufacturing environment has become an issue when trying to improve a situation known to cause problems to customers, which needs to be stopped immediately. Typically, continuous improvement activities are organized around two major methodologies: Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. While Lean Manufacturing tends to be a perfect approach for most quick fixes, Six Sigma tends to work better when there is plenty of time to conduct deeper statistical analysis. This chapter explores a proposal to combine the Lean Manufacturing speed with the Six Sigma power of analysis, to create synergy amongst the two methodologies. The results presented in this chapter show that the use of a Lean-Sigma approach may lead to improvements in overall performance of up to five sigma levels, and achieve a fast fix of the undesirable situation in a short period of time.
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Estrada-Orantes, F.J., Alba-Baena, N.G. (2014). Creating the Lean-Sigma Synergy. In: García-Alcaraz, J., Maldonado-Macías, A., Cortes-Robles, G. (eds) Lean Manufacturing in the Developing World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04951-9_6
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