You can find many different books on Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma. This book is different because it addresses the relation between Lean and other improvement methods that have been proven to be successful over the past decades, such as TQM, Kaizen, TPM and Six Sigma. These methods, tools and techniques have been united in the ‘Continuous Improvement Maturity Model’ (CIMMTM).

CIMM is an open standard and is maintained by the ‘Lean Six Sigma Academy’ (LSSA).

The framework describe...

The structure of this book is based on the LSSA Skill set for Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt All of the techniques described in these Skill set will be reviewed in this book. The Lean elements will be discussed in chapter 1 to 6. The Six Sigma elements will be discussed in chapters 7 and 8. This book can be used for two purposes. Firstly, it acts as a guide for Green Belts undertaking a Lean or Six Sigma project following the DMAIC roadmap (‘Define – Measure – Analyze – Improve – Con...

Besides the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Mindset, Skill Set and Tool set (Reference book) (ISBN: 9789401809733) and the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Mindset, Skill Set and Tool set (exercise book) (ISBN: 9789401809825), you are advised to obtain the corresponding publication Lean Six Sigma Green Belt courseware.

The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training is often followed by project leaders, department managers, process owners, design engineers, process engineers and quality engineers.

After this train...