The Lean Six Sigma Algorithm—A Roadmap for Implementation

Abstract

In competitive environments, such as batch manufacturing, Lean and Six Sigma offer the proper tools as a paramount advantage to the companies who choose to adopt their principles. With the main purpose of decreasing the failure rate of continuous improvement projects due to high abandon levels across the globe, a Lean Six Sigma algorithm has been generated, tested and validated in the pharmaceutical industry. The present paper will reveal the core implementation steps regarding the suggested algorithm, the critical tools used and results obtained through implementing the proposed roadmap.

Keywords

• Lean manufacturing
• Six Sigma
• pharma industry
• algorithm
• roadmap
• project structure