Lean/Six Sigma
Lean/Six Sigma Operations improvement. Donaldson Group provides instructor led training classes and implementation support services on major Lean/Six Sigma tools including this partial list:
- Toyota Production System,
- Kaizen,
- 8 wastes,
- 5S,
- Value Stream mapping,
- Kanban,
- Metrics and Balanced Scorecard,
- Constraints Management,
- DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve Control),
- Voice of the Customer,
- Quick Changeover.
Our objective is to train people to implement improvements and then to conduct further training within their organization on the applications of Lean/Six Sigma techniques to continuously improve operational performance.
Lean Enterprise Implementation methods:
- Assessment of current state, definition of desired future state, identification of “low-hanging” fruit, quick hits and early pay-back opportunities
- Training and immediate application of concepts learned to produce quick-hit results
- Process improvement opportunities to reduce cycle time, complexity and waste
- Results effectiveness with focus on Value and key performance metrics
- Cost efficiency, eliminating waste, doing more with less