《IBM-Implement Lean with Six Sigma Advantage 01Oct03》.pdfVIP

Business Consulting Services Implementing Lean with Six Sigma Advantage Webcast 1st October 2003 © Copyright IBM Corporation 2002 Agenda ?My Introduction ?Lean Enterprise ?Six Sigma Methodology ?Lean Six Sigma ?Example of a battery company ?Questions and Answers ?IBM Business Consulting Services 2 | 2-Oct-03 | My Introduction ?Udit Sharma - Senior Consultant, IBM Business Consulting Services ? Educations: MBA in Strategy and Operations, BE in EE and CE ? Industry Experience – Steel, Electrical Storage Devices, Health Care, etc. ? Global Lean Implementations (North America, Europe, and Asia) ? Global Six Sigma Deployments (North America and Asia) ? Focus of Research - Combination of Lean and Six Sigma methodologies - Formalization of the strategy development process by use of six sigma 3 | 2-Oct-03 | Lean Enterprise Definitions - Lean Enterprise is, in it’s most basic form, the systematic elimination of waste, and the implementation of the concepts of “Continuous Flow”and “Customer Pull”. - It is a philosophy of supply chain efficiency which, when implemented, shortens the time between customer order and factory shipment. General Characteristics - Uninterrupted flow of materials from suppliers to customers - Close to 100 percent first time through - Optimal size of inventories stock located at appropriate points in the supply chain - Standardized Work Flows - Leads the industry in value added time activities throughout the supply chain - E.g. Toyota, Herman Miller, Bank? 4 | 2-Oct-03 | Lean Enterprise Themes Supplier Flow Partnerships