Lean Six Sigma and Digital Transformation: Why DMAIC is Still Relevant in Modern Process Improvement

For many decades, Lean Six Sigma has become one of the most widely adopted improvement strategies across various industries due to its capability in achieving enhanced quality, efficiency, and profitability while boosting productivity and attaining continuous improvement. However, is it still relevant today when Agile, AI, and Big Data are taking the business world by…

HOW E-INVOICING ALIGNS WITH THE CONCEPT OF LEAN SIX SIGMA

HOW E-INVOICING ALIGNS WITH THE CONCEPT OF LEAN SIX SIGMA

As the world evolves and embraces digital transformation in all aspects of life, businesses have started adopting digital solutions throughout their organizations to optimize and improve their business performance efficiently and effectively. Now, electronic invoicing (a.k.a e-invoicing) has emerged as another revolutionary digital innovation that works as an automated financial tool for organizations to streamline…

PDCA Cycle - What is it and what can it do (MY)

PDCA CYCLE (Plan-Do-Check-Act) 

­­PDCA Cycle – What is it and what can it do? The PDCA Cycle is a four-step iterative methodology utilized in solving problems, implementing solutions, and fostering change [1, 2, 3, 5]. The “PDCA” in PDCA Cycle stands for Plan, Do, Check, and Act. This methodology is also considered a project management tool that helps…

Critical Success Factors for LSS and Process Improvement Projects

Critical Success Factors For Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Projects

Multiple organizations worldwide are now widely exploring various strategies for quality and process improvements, especially Lean Six Sigma (LSS), to stay competitive in the current business market and meet customer’s expectations [1]. However, to deploy these initiatives successfully, adhering to the critical success factors when implementing them is paramount.  Critical Success Factor (CSF) can be…

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AI In Process Improvement

Will AI Disrupt The Consulting Industry? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the world. Due to the hit of the COVID-19 pandemic, humanity was compelled to adopt digital alternatives to go about their lives as the “new normal” that accelerated the progress of AI development.  Now, with the recent launch of ChatGPT, Bard, and other AI…

Benchmarking in Process Improvement

Benchmarking In Process Improvement

What Is Benchmarking? ‘Benchmarking’ is a systematic management tool in process improvement that measures and compares an organization’s process, product, or service performance[1,2] with those with better performance or those using world-class strategies – a.k.a. best practices[3,4]. Robert Camp (1989)[5], considered the founder of best practice benchmarking, defined the tool as the “search for industry best practices…

What Are The 5 Lean Principles?

What Are The 5 Lean Principles?

What Is Lean? Lean is a philosophical way of working used to detect and eliminate waste in a process based on customers’ perspectives[1,2]. This includes variability and uncertainty involving supply, demand, and time. For instance, prolonged waiting times, delays, defects/errors, and storing and inspecting data – all do not add value that customers are not…