Lean and Six Sigma are widely recognized as the most effective business improvement tools for manufacturers. But trying to use them together often creates confusion:

• How do we use them together?
  
• Which goes first?
• Where do we start?
  
• How long will it take?
• How will we know if we're getting the right results?

For those of you already using traditional Six Sigma, you know how time-consuming it can be, with typical projects normally taking six months or more. LVSI has removed both the confusion and excessive time. Lean Six Sigma is the seamless integration of Lean and Six Sigma - and today's most powerful method for dramatically reducing lead time and process variation.

Lean Six Sigma incorporates the speed and impact of Lean with the quality and variation control of Six Sigma - all at the speed of Lean. To do that, we used Lean tools to remove the unnecessary time and activity from traditional Six Sigma, reducing average project time from six months or more to six to eight weeks by combining Lean and Six Sigma into a single, seamless process that you can use to achieve rapid improvement.

Our consultants are helping discrete and process manufacturers implement Lean Six Sigma in their plants and back offices - and generate continuous growth, profit and market share gains, with minimal capital input. They work side-by-side, hands-on, with client teams to drive Lean culture change and fast, dramatic improvement - incorporating Six Sigma tools within our Kaizen process to quickly resolve variation and quality issues. We can also show you how you can use Lean Six Sigma to develop and introduce consistently innovative new products - in a fraction of your current time and cost. In process environments, Lean Six Sigma combines the rapid waste elimination and lead-time reduction of Lean with Six Sigma's focus on quality and yield improvement, for an unprecedented, one-two improvement punch.

Before we begin a Lean Six Sigma assignment for you, we will provide a detailed projection of the market impact and bottom-line results you can expect. As we work with you, we'll teach you everything we know, so you can create your own engine for continuous improvement