TPS-Lean Six SIGMA

Hubert K. Rampersad, Anwar El-Homsi

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9781593118259, 9781593118266
• eBook ISBN: 9781607526575
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Strategy
• Index: Business

We have been deploying Lean Six Sigma in various large and medium size companies for many years and have realized excellent results in most instances. We found that while Lean Six Sigma does a great job addressing the primary concerns of manufacturing and service, we felt that there was something missing in the deployment of Lean Six Sigma programs at many companies. Something that could help foster sustainable breakthroughs; something to realize durable performance and sustainable quality enhancement based on a happy and engaged workforce, something to create a real learning organization in which people are working smarter, are committed and improve themselves continuously. We found that the results could be enhanced if the importance of Human Capital is considered as an integral part of the process. We learned that Lean Six Sigma, in itself, does not sufficiently address Human Capital at many companies. While expected results from Lean Six Sigma alone will be good, we believe that adding the human component to Lean Six Sigma has the potential to realize sustainable, long-term growth and produce a transformation into a lean, learning, prosperous organization.

That's why we are launching a revolutionary, holistic concept in this book called TPS-Lean Six Sigma. Combining these complimentary processes actively brings human involvement into Lean Six Sigma in a manner that not only stimulates commitment, integrity, work-life balance, and passion, enjoyment at work and employee engagement but also stimulates individual and team learning in order to develop a happy workforce and sustainable performance improvement and quality enhancement for the organization.

TPS-Lean Six Sigma is a continuous voyage of discovery involving continuous personal and organizational improvement, development, and learning. The starting point in this concept is a journey to understand personal goals and ambitions of the workforce. Then we take the organizations goals and ambitions and marry them with the workforce, and find the best people for the job. Using our structured approach for aligning the personal scorecards with the organization's scorecard, we are able to create a symbiotic relationship between employees and organizational desires through the establishment of Lean Six Sigma project teams that will enthusiastically drive positive results. TPS-Lean Six Sigma is like a 'turbo-charged' Lean Six Sigma program. All of the proven, sound methodologies of traditional Lean Six Sigma are charged with highly motivated team members. The result is a powerful people driven Lean Six Sigma program called TPSLean Six Sigma that leads to a High Performance Culture and allows employees to realize their full potential and contribute creatively while the organization benefits from increased profitability, market share, and customer satisfaction.

Table of contents

• Cover
• TPS-Lean Six Sigma: Linking Human Capital to Lean Six Sigma: A New Blueprint for Creating High Performance Companies
• TPS-Lean Six Sigma: Linking Human Capital to Lean Six Sigma: A New Blueprint for Creating High Performance Companies
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• 1: INTRODUCTION
• 2: THE FOUNDATIONS OF TOTAL PERFORMANCE SCORECARD
• 3: THE FOUNDATIONS OF LEAN SIX SIGMA
• 4: TPS-LEAN SIX SIGMA
• 5:DESIGN FOR TPS-LEAN SIX SIGMA and TPS-Lean Six Sigma in Service
• 6: IMPLEMENTING TPS-LEAN SIX SIGMA
• 7: SELECTING WINNING TPSLEAN SIX SIGMA PROJECTS
• 8: MANAGING AND TRACKING TPS-LEAN SIX SIGMA PROJECTS
• 9: TPS-LEAN SIX SIGMA BELT CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
• 10: BECOME A CERTIFIED TPSLEAN SIX SIGMA COACH
• 11: BECOME A CERTIFIED TPS-LEAN SIX SIGMA CONSULTANT
• 12: BECOME A CERTIFIED TPSLEAN SIX SIGMA COMPANY
• EPILOGUE
• APPENDIX
• LIST OF ACRONYMS
• REFERENCES AND RECOMMENDED READINGS
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• Backcover