The main goal of Lean Six Sigma is to make a business process easier — and it’s not in the same context as you think. If you’re thinking about literally making it “easier,” then you’re wrong. What Lean Six Sigma wants is for the customers to have the best customer experience while they work with you. As a matter of fact, everything goes behind it — the ultimate endpoint of Lean Six Sigma should always be towards the experience and the benefit of the client or the customer.

Here at Maximum Potential, everything you need that revolves around Lean Six Sigma, we’re sure that we’ll be able to give you. Our company has provided exemplary services and assistance to all our clients, both locally and internationally. Whether they needed regular Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification, or the expert Lean Six Sigma Consulting that we offer, we were able to give them.

The Define Phase of Lean Six Sigma

In Lean Six Sigma, knowing what you need and what you want to get is part, if not the most important phase of the improvement process. Two (2) of the most used methodologies and frameworks of LSS is the DMAIC and the DMADV — both of which start with “D” for Define.

From its word alone, define is the phase or the part of the Lean Six Sigma process in which the company needs to determine or “define” what their goals are, as well as what their problems are. Through this definition, how would you describe the Lean Six Sigma Define Phase? Would you see it as something that’s irrelevant that can be skipped? Or is it so necessary that everything would depend on it?

The objective of the Define Phase of Lean Six Sigma

Going with the latter is actually the correct definition of the Define Phase of Lean Six Sigma. The main goal of Define is to summarize and to simplify the improvement or the development of a plan. In fact, the main focus of this would be on the following:

• The specification and the distinction of the problems
• What goals are involved
• Why Lean Six Sigma is needed
• Scope of the project

There would be a lot of suggestions in the Define Phase; there could be intervention from the customers, the business, and in some cases — the intervention and the voicing out of employees. Through these inputs and capabilities, the improvement process would be easier.

Best Way to Describe the Define Phase

For you, what is the Define Phase? What would be the best way to describe it? In the simplest terms, the Define Phase would be the catering of the ideas as well as the things that could contribute to the success of the idea. At Maximum Potential, we’ll help you with the Define Phase as comprehensive as you want it. In fact, we impress our clients even at the start of it through the creation of a blueprint depending on what their requests are.

The reason why we’re deemed as the best and the most efficient Lean Six Sigma Consulting and Training Company is that we are able to provide the following information and elements in the charters that we create:

• The Problem Statement
• Business Case
• Scope of the Project
• Statement of Goals
• Time Plan and Timeframe
• Team and Responsibilities
• Benefits of the Project

Without Define, You Can’t MEASURE

Define is the first action of both DMADV and DMAIC because, without it, a company or a business would not be able to measure the variable needed to be modified and changed. Without the Define process, there wouldn’t be something to measure, there wouldn’t be something to improve and analyze — and there wouldn’t be something to control.

Through the identification or the defining of the problem, as well as the goals, a business would be able to seek a resolution for the problems currently existing under their wing. And with our help here at Maximum Potential, we would impart the best knowledge and best practices that we can so that we can help you produce the highest-caliber and quality of the process you’re looking at. One good way to try to “define the Define Phase of Lean Six Sigma” is that it gives direction to the business improvement or development process. It’s the first step of business process improvement and development and it’s something that would shed light on the path of it.

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We all know Lean Six Sigma to be a methodology and a discipline that promotes business process improvement and development through an analytical approach using data, statistics, and the like. One of the techniques that can assure clients of the solution they need is through Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Root Cause Analysis is a technique that provides a long-term solution that is driven towards the root of a problem. Unlike the usual solution to a certain problem, solving it using RCA will allow a certain client to be able to distinguish the reasons why a problem occurred in the first place. Here at Maximum Potential, we’ll help you learn how you can use RCA to solve company problems and to put an end to all of the mishaps you’re experiencing within your company. We’ll discuss everything such as what RCA is, how it’s important, as well as answer the age-old question: what are the tools used for Lean Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis?

Before we get deeper into that, let’s first discuss how RCA is done through an example.

Root Cause Analysis In-Depth Example

In order for you to have a better and a more comprehensible sense of how RCA is done is through an example; here’s one for you:

You’re a convenience store manager and every single day, you get egg deliveries because you sell egg sandwiches in your convenience store. The time you open is 7:00 A.M. and the eggs need to be delivered to you at 6:00 A.M., just in time for the preparation. However, the eggs always arrive at 7:00 A.M., making the early birds ineligible to get the eggs. You get a lot of complaints and negative feedback about it. What do you do?

Through RCA, you’ll be able to determine that:

• The problem is with the delivery; it takes the delivery guys 1 hour to reach your convenience store.
• For the solution, they need to leave at 5:00 A.M. to arrive at your convenience store at 6:00 A.M.

You solved it using a long-term method!

Tools Used for the Lean Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis

So what tools and resources are used for the RCA? What are the techniques and the things that people do to arrive at a conclusion using Root Cause Analysis? To tell you, there are a lot of Lean Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis Tools that are used by various experts and professionals but among the most famous include:

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis

Being considered as the best and the most efficient Lean Six Sigma Practitioner in the industry, we at Maximum Potential will be able to teach you one of the simplest but the most impacting methods — through the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis or the (FMEA).

In this tool, you’ll be determining the faulty and the failing processes so that they are corrected. In addition to that, the FMEA also tackles detecting and reading different numbers of failures, the activities and responsibilities implemented, and the like.

More often than not, the FMEA is done every single time there’s a new process or product generated.

Five (5) Whys Analysis

Probably the most unorthodox and the most unique out of all the tools, the five whys analysis is the technique that would get to the bottom of a specific problem by asking the question “WHY?” five times. Using this technique, you’ll not just be able to understand the problem, you will also trace where it came from — even questions and related queries about it.

This technique can be used to save a new process, even an old process or procedure that has been outdated.

Fishbone Diagram

Do you imagine a fishbone? Well, it’s one of the tools used for Lean Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis and it’s famous because of the fact that it’s used by companies and departments when they need to solve a certain problem with multiple instances and sub-categories.

The main benefit of this tool is that it’ll be able to analyze even a complex system that works and operates simultaneously — even when a series of problems are existing.

The Fault Tree Analysis

Akin to how the fishbone diagram works, the fault tree analysis is also one of the most aged and the most used tools for Lean Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis as it outlines the root cause of a certain problem by listing down the “possible and feasible” causes in the branches with the tree being the main cause or the main problem.

Should you have any type of request as regards assistance and guidance; even questions about what tools are used for Lean Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis, remember that Maximum Potential is just a call away. We are equipped with the best, the most experienced, and the most trustworthy coaches, instructors, and consultants — and we offer the best Lean Six Sigma Curriculum in the industry too! Contact us and we’ll always be prepared to help you out!

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Attempting to name the top five skills every high school student needs to have upon graduation is a daunting task. Everyone has their own opinion and no one wants to stop at “just five?!” In today’s fast-paced ever-changing world, labeling five that may stand the test of time is difficult. I dive into my research like every high school graduate should know how to do, find credible sources, and determine five I deem appropriate. The conclusions arrived here are mainly from a variety of backgrounds: 1) The Ohio Department of Education (ODE)  2) Recruiters and hiring managers, and 3) A brief look at the Mission and Vision statements of the Top 10 Ranked Schools Districts in Ohio, according to the 2018 State Report Cards. 

Currently, the ODE has adopted a new direction of focusing on the “whole child.” “We felt it was really important to develop the profile…the characteristics and attributes that a graduating senior should have in order to make a successful transition to adulthood,” said ODE board member Linda Haycock of Lima. “We really need to start looking at the student as a whole person and not just as an assessment-taker.” Twelve (a thirteenth in discussion) attributes were determined and the “Model Profile of a Future Graduate” was created as part of the strategic plan. Other ODE members are working to categorize goals into four “domains” to guide discussions moving forward and to track progress. This article will have references to the ODE attributes and domains. Found to be the top five skills every graduate should possess are:

1.Problem Solving/Critical Thinking

This skill is also important enough to be one of the ODE’s four domains. The two skills can be addressed separately or together, but most often a great problem solver is also a great critical thinker. There are two general features to any problem: a solution and an obstacle. Someone who thinks critically will be able to work through the obstacle methodically in order to solve the problem.  Perhaps that is why employers rate problem-solving skills so highly. Problem-solving and its core ingredients, such as critical thinking, are relevant to virtually any job role. Writer Lewis Ashman states, “No matter the sector, industry, or job function, challenges and problems that you need to solve will occur regularly, and will often be the measure of your success in the role.” Educators have a very difficult task as they are preparing students for jobs and careers that do not even exist yet! With the world changing as fast as it is, critical thinking and problem-solving are considered to be the key skills for the future. Consider how many positions have become remote today as to just twenty years ago. Workers need to be prepared to work independently, think critically for themselves and problem solve as managers are not always on-site to supervise. Being able to self-manage has always been important for life success; now it is becoming even more important to meet the needs of the future workplace. Problem-solving is so important that ODE placed Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (3 points) and Green Belt (6 points) in every Industry Recognized Career Pathway available for graduation. 

2. Foundational Knowledge and Skills

Problem-solving and foundational knowledge and skills are the first two attributes listed in the referenced ODE related article. Foundational skills are a must and are also an ODE domain. We still need to teach the students the basics – reading and mathematics and a host of other subjects. That list is constantly contracting and expanding as debates over skills such as shop and sewing are as important as technology and coding. These additional courses are what the ODE defines as the “Well-Rounded” domain. The exact right blend will always be debated, but the fact that Ohio’s Each Child, Our Future initiative with its $8 million in grant funding is currently in the expansion phase of opening up a variety of career options to all students, is exciting for Ohio’s students.

3. Leadership

Leadership was mentioned in the Mission and/or Vision statements of three of the top five ranked schools in Ohio: Indian Hill (#3), Marion (#4), and Madeira(#5). Leadership definitions vary, but they generally define someone that a school district would be proud to claim: confident, responsible, positive, collaborative, and possessing integrity.  All of those characteristics define the fourth domain of the ODE: addressing the social-emotional aspect of our students. Not every graduate needs to be a leader, but don’t we want every graduate to feel confident in themselves, take responsibility for their actions, have a positive outlook on life, be able to work well with others personally and professionally, and have the integrity of Abraham Lincoln? Guidance counselors would agree that positive self-esteem in a high school student serves them well.

4. Citizenship & Global/Cultural Issues

“Culturally aware” is the thirteenth attribute in the discussion phase at the ODE and is a topic often grouped with citizenship. Many of Ohio’s top ten ranked schools had a variation of this skill in their missions/visions, including Solon and Ottawa Hills, #1 and #2, respectively. Oakwood City School District (#7) states that they “…educate students to become ethical decision-makers … and contribute to the greater good of the world.” Today’s world is much different than the world we all grew up in, regardless of our age. With technological advancements, talking to someone on the other side of the world is at our fingertips. It is important to be not only civic-minded of our own country but to understand and respect those values and beliefs of other countries. Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Annapolis, Maryland, piloted a high school course in 2017 titled Global Community Citizenship. Leading tenets of the course were inclusion, empathy, and acceptance with the goal of developing students as thoughtful citizens and changemakers. It has currently been expanded into two courses.

5. Communication

“Communication is the key to success” is a common phrase, and it too was common among the top-ranked schools, the ODE attributes, and is actually integrated into just about everything we do in life. According to a survey released in August of 2018, “Executive and hiring managers said good oral communication is the skill they want most from job candidates.” Whether graduates are interviewing for that first big job, conversing with a client, delivering a presentation, or styling hair, good verbal communication skills are a must in just about every position. This involves a multitude of considerations from planning visuals for your target audience to voice, speed, gestures that will all be most beneficial in accomplishing your goals. Good oral communication involves the aspect of being an interactive listener as well.

Graduates will also need strong communication skills in the written form. Current graduates may one day be writing assembly instructions for IKEA, construction proposals, proposals for grant money, or SOAP formatted notes in an electronic medical record. Monique Felder of Nashville, Tennessee’s Literacy Program told Education Week that “Being able to communicate clearly (in speech), to a variety of audiences, is the 21st-century demand on workers, and our students need to be ready.”

How these skills compare to the top five skills taught in the thirteen original colonies are interesting. The commonly accepted list of the 1700s includes a list of five subjects: reading, writing, arithmetic (the three “R’s”), history and geography. Much of that was taught by rote memorization and flat chalkboards in a one-room schoolhouse, a scene a bit different from today. The top five skills chosen here in 2020 include problem-solving and critical thinking skills, foundational skills such as reading and math, leadership characteristics, a sense of global/cultural citizenship, and the ability to communicate well. It looks like we still have the basics covered; however, the 21st-century education scene does appear a bit rounder.

References

1. acer for education, “Why are critical thinking and problem solving essential in today’s education?” 2018, https://eu-acerforeducation.acer.com/learning-skills/why-are-critical-thinking-and-problem-solving-essentialin-todays-education/.
2. Anne Arundel County Public Schools, 2017, https://www.aacps.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=16747&dataid=33596&FileName=faqs2.pdf.
3. Lewis Ashman, “Why Problem solving skills are so important for your career,” 2019, https://graduateland.com/article/problem-solving-skills.
4. Catherine Gewertz, “Speaking Skills Top Employer Wish Lists. But Schools Don’t Teach Them,” Education Weekly,  Vol. 38, Issue 06, 2020, pp. S7,s8,s9, https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/09/26/speaking-skills-top-employer-wish-lists-but.html
5. Patrick O’Donnell, “What attributes should a high school graduate have? It’s not just the “three R’s anymore,” The Plain Dealer, 2018, https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2018/01/what_attributes_should_a_high_1.html.

Further detail on the footnotes and references can be supplied upon request.

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Lauri King, Maximum Potential

Seth Hummel, Maximum Potential

Lean Six Sigma is a comprehensive methodology that addresses problems through the use of data, statistics, reliable history, as well as the certain behavior of a business or a company. One of the tools and the strategies used in the process is SIPOC, short for (S) – Suppliers; (I) – Inputs; (P) – Process; (O) – Outputs; and (C) – Customers.

This tool is responsible for the organization and the easy distinction of suppliers from clients and customers as well as the needs of a company from both ends. Have you heard of this tool? Do you need a professional that can help you in understanding it more and deeper? Do you need a professional to help you Describe the SIPOC Process in Lean Six Sigma? Should you need that, you can count on us here at Maximum Potential, the Lean Six Sigma Consulting and Certification company considered by dozens of companies, businesses, and organizations as the best and the most trusted company.

Defining the SIPOC Process

Lean Six Sigma is all about process mapping; it’s technically part of the steps and the principles of Lean Six Sigma. The SIPOC diagram is one form of process mapping and it’s mostly utilized to define a certain task, putting the goal of a project as well as the steps on how it’s going to be done and accomplished.

• Supplier – The supplier is the one to provide the inputs in the business process;
• Input – This is what the supplier would be providing a business; it could be anything from information, resources, tools, systems, etc. to assist in completing a process;
• Process – The process is what would make inputs into outputs through a series of steps;
• Outputs – The outputs are the products and/or the services that are the result of the process; and
• Customer – People and companies who are the receivers of the

Importance of the SIPOC Process

You might see the SIPOC process as a simple diagram or a simple process map but it actually has relevance to it. When you work with us here at Maximum Potential, you will definitely see and be able to Describe the SIPOC Process in Lean Six Sigma better and more effectively. If you’re an observer, you might be asking, where does the SIPOC diagram fall within the DMAIC or the DMADV method? Is it in the last part? Is it in the middle part? Or is it finalized in the latter part of the framework?

With all technicality, the SIPOC process falls under and is duly completed in the “Define” phase. This is because of the fact that it studies how a certain product, output, or service is completed and is given; it needs to be studied and distinguished early on in the process. Here are some of the most important factors of the SIPOC process:

Easy Tool

Out of all the many tools that can be used in Lean Six Sigma, the SIPOC process or diagram is considered as the easiest and the most sought after. It’s detailed and at the same time, it’s easy to learn and to navigate.

Fast and Accurate Data

Because it involves the comprehensive part of the elements in a business process, it can guarantee to yield accurate data fast and efficiently. Moreover, there’ll be little-to-no errors because all data and information would be coming from the company based on the company’s history and detail.

Everything is Considered

Nothing’s left out in the SIPOC process; in fact, one of the reasons why many companies and businesses look into finding out and learning about the SIPOC diagram is because of its complexity and comprehensiveness.

From the roots of the process or the supplier, following the process — and then the output, everything is looked at, considered, and studied carefully and thoroughly.

Herewith us at Maximum Potential, whether you want to be taught and trained in the SIPOC process, or if you want to be trained and certified, you can count on us the same way other companies, businesses, and organizations have.

Our Reputation

We’ve helped and assisted a whole wide range of well-renowned companies and establishments both locally and internationally as regards the education and the training for the understanding of the entire SIPOC Process for Lean Six Sigma. You can bank on us and you can be given the assurance that we’ll never fail you!

We always have gone over and beyond the expectations of our clients and you can count on our skill and our overall excellence! Maximum Potential is the company that can enable your company’s maximum and fullest potential through the use of technology.

Dial us or send us an email and we’ll be more than happy to help you with whatever you need! Experience high-quality training and certification when you decide to work with the best and the most trusted Lean Six Sigma Training Institution in the industry!

Many working professionals consider Lean Six Sigma as a process that would help increase their capabilities and their skills in contributing to the overall success of the companies that they work for. In their eyes, it’s for personal improvement; when looked at from the perspective of companies and business owners, it’s a different story.

Brief History About Lean Six Sigma

For the knowledge of everyone, Lean Six Sigma is defined as merely a discipline, a methodology that incorporates the use of data, statistics, as well as history in determining and amplifying the success rates of business processes. Through Lean, which aims to identify and reduce — or totally eradicate wastes in a business process, to Six Sigma that aims to improve a business process through the removal of variations, the minimization of defects, and so on, Lean Six Sigma is the perfect practice that would help out in the business development and improvement process.

Lean Six Sigma Consulting and Training

You have two (2) options should you need the help and the assistance of an expert; you can get Lean Six Sigma Consulting or Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification — both of which are services that we, at Maximum Potential, are capable of helping you with. Our experience of over 150 years combined through all of our coaches, instructors, and consultants, make us the best and the most reliable Lean Six Sigma company in the industry.

What we focus on, in this case, is not just the teaching of students —we also pay close attention to how they’ll be able to integrate everything they’ve learned, how they can apply it to their daily jobs and responsibilities, as well as how they’ll be able to manage self-improvement.

Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement

Since we’re now all aware that the goal of Lean Six Sigma is to improve certain business processes and procedures, let us discuss one of the most sought after and the most used Lean Six Sigma methodologies and frameworks: the DMAIC.

DMAIC, short for (D) – Define; (M) – Measure; (A) – Analyze; (I) – Improve; and (C) – Control is the Lean Six Sigma Methodology for process improvement. Going through the process would not just enhance and develop a certain business process, it’s also going to promote the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the process through the eradication of variation, the different types and kinds of waste, as well as irrelevant and inessential processes, materials, people, and materials.

Through the Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement, everything that needs to be addressed within a certain business process will be done and developed without you spending a fortune for it.

Benefits of Process Improvement

It might sound obvious to you, and you might tell yourself that it’s a simple thing to understand. However, not many people are inclined and adept enough to understand the advantages and benefits of business process improvement.

But we here at Maximum Potential, we’ll be more than happy to help and assist you with everything you need. Should you find yourself in a situation where you’re in need of a company that you can bank and count on for the Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement that you need, we’re just a call or an email away!

Businesses and Industries We Cater To

The most common misconception around Lean Six Sigma is it’s a methodology and a discipline that’s only going to be effective in the manufacturing and the production industry when in reality, it’s not limited to that.

As a matter of fact, tons of businesses are using it now for the overall improvement and development of their businesses. The most common organizations and industries that come to our aid include:

• Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
• Customer Service Industry
• Sales and Marketing (Digital Marketing)
• Healthcare and the Medical Industry
• Manufacturing and Fabrication
• Automotive
• And Many More

It really doesn’t matter what your business is and you don’t need to be a company that produces goods; as long as you have a business process and you’re looking at improving it, going for the Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement plan would be the best course of action you can take.

Why Work With Us?

There might be other companies that can offer the same services we do — and there might be other Lean Six Sigma Training and Consulting Services that have better technique than us. However, no other company is capable of providing the same level and quality of application we do.

At Maximum Potential, all of the Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement procedures you need would be given to you. With the robust framework that we offer, you’ll never feel a shortage of what we offer!

We offer Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification via Zoom too! Wherever you are, you can count on us to be the answer to all the problems that you have!

Understanding and fully comprehending Lean Six Sigma could be a challenging task — but it doesn’t always have to be. Should you be new to the topic, you might be aware of how everything works such as the levels involved, the different types of roles, as well as the kind of responsibilities each role has in the business process development or improvement project.

Lean Six Sigma Levels and Martial Arts

Because of the flexibility and the type of responsibility each belt has, different levels of Lean Six Sigma have been patterned from the proficiency levels and belts of Martial Arts, starting from the White Belt up to the Black Belt. Each level has its own responsibility and its role in a business, but this doesn’t mean that one can go without the other. As a matter of fact, Black Belts wouldn’t be successful without the efficiency and the help of Yellow and Green Belts, and vice versa. And if you’re interested in knowing more about this topic, or even applying and being certified, you can count on us here at Maximum Potential, the most trusted and the most effective Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification company.

Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification

Maximum Potential is a company that can help you with the following Lean Six Sigma Levels:

• White Belt Level Lean Six Sigma
• Yellow Belt Level Lean Six Sigma
• Green Belt Level Lean Six Sigma
• Black Belt Level Lean Six Sigma

Roles of Different Levels

We all are aware that the Lean Six Sigma discipline aims to improve and to further develop business processes. Basically, that means that each belt has a particular role and responsibility in a Lean Six Sigma project.

White Belt

White belts are the type of people that can be tasked to work projects that would be collaborative. What they do is they support team and group-based projects; however, they might not be a part of the Lean Six Sigma project team.

Their level of awareness of Lean Six Sigma is only awareness of how it works, how it’s done, and the like.

Yellow Belt

Being a Yellow Belt, you first need to be knowledgeable on how Lean Six Sigma is; and it’s also included in the program that we offer here at Maximum Potential. The role of a Yellow Belt is technically the same as the White Belt. The only difference is that they’re recognized and deemed as a part of the Lean Six Sigma project team. Part of their responsibilities includes checking and assessing business process improvements, assisting Green Belts with their task, basic analogy, and so on.

Green Belt

A Green Belt-certified Lean Six Sigma professional plays a critical role in the project. They’re the masters and the experts in data collection, translation, and analysis for the projects lead by Black Belts. They’re considered as the source of data. Simultaneously, they’re also the people who would lead Green Belt projects.

Black Belt

In Martial Arts, being a Black Belt means everything; it’s a usual sign of extreme proficiency and with it comes great responsibility, too. The main role of Black Belts is to help out and lead Black Belt projects for process improvement and development.

However, that’s not everything they do. They also train coaches, Green Belts, as well as other teams that are less adept and coherent about the overall Lean Six Sigma project.

Master Black Belt

The top of the Lean Six Sigma Levels — the Master Black Belt is known as the “guru” of Lean Six Sigma. Their role in a Black Belt project is to train both Black and Green Belts, in order to juice and maximize the efficiency and the effectiveness of business processes.

Their eyes are always on the prize — they lead in the development of metrics, strategy, decisions, as well as the crucial factors and aspects of the business process improvement or development. They’re the maestro of the developmental projects as they’ll be the creator of everything that a company needs for it to improve and develop on a large scale.

At Maximum Potential, there’ll be nothing you’ll ask for; we would provide everything that you need in as fast as we can get them to you. We’ve trained and certified tens of thousands of students, from all the belts.

Many well-recognized international institutions have trusted us and our skill — what makes you think we can’t help you? Should you be in dire need of a company that you can trust, you can bank on us here at Maximum Potential akin to how companies, businesses, and even international organizations have.

Contact us through any of the channels we have and we’ll be prepared to provide the highest quality of consultation and training that you need. Maximize your resources and assure yourself through the exemplary quality of Lean Six Sigma Levels nurturing that we have.

When you know about Lean Six Sigma, what are the first things that come to mind? Do you think about its effects as well as its benefits and its advantages to a certain company or business? Or do you specifically think about the processes and the procedures involved in it?

One of the most used and sought after tools is the 5S tool; many people are not aware of what it is — they’re not even sure that it exists. We here at Maximum Potential are more than happy to help you as we can describe the 5S Lean Six Sigma Tool and what it’s all about.

Lean Six Sigma Goal

Technically speaking, the goal of Lean Six Sigma is to make sure that a certain business process is in its best and most maximized, giving it the flexibility and the overall versatility in adjusting to certain circumstances. Part of the advantages and the benefits of Lean Six Sigma for a business or a company includes:

• A more simplified business process
• Develop business strategy
• Waste management and reduction
• Removal of variation
• Better customer satisfaction
• And many more

The 5S in Lean Six Sigma

Because Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that aims to identify and reduce waste, the 5S is a concept that deals with the five (5) words that start with the letter “S.” This concept was taken originally from the Japanese and is comprised of:

• Seiri (Sort)
• Seiton (Set in Order)
• Seiso (Shine)
• Seiketsu (Standardize); and
• Shitsuke (Sustain)

These steps are what’s commonly used in eradicating and in organizing a specific workplace. As a matter of fact, this is what’s used to eliminate all the eight (8) types of wastes determined by the Lean Manufacturing System. And that’s what we at, Maximum Potential, will be helping you within your journey in learning and in embodying Lean Six Sigma into your business process development and improvement plans. We’ll take a deeper look at this 5s Lean Six Sigma Tool in order for you to have a better and a more comprehensible understanding of it.

Seiri — Sort

Organization starts with sorting — it can be the sorting of the workplace material, the clutter of a company, the designation of work and responsibilities, and the like. In this step, the following benefits would include:

• Better and simplified individual tasks
• Decreased hazard and accidents
• Reduction of irrelevant and non-valuable activities

Seiton — Set in Order

After sorting, the next step is to set everything in order. In this step, the goal is for a certain company to be able to observe and to know about the storage or the management of teams, inventory, as well as the materials needed by a company.

This phase is one step closer to the full rehabilitation and development of a business process. Some of the benefits that seiton offers businesses and companies include:

• The efficiency of space and storage
• Use of employee or worker talent and skills
• Location of items, materials, files, and the like

Seiso — Shine

So, all the unneeded and the inessential clutter and waste is gone, the question is this: what do you do with it? What are the things that can make you benefit from it? In this step, it’s relevant to make sure that the first two steps are to be followed up.

Let’s take an example; here with us at Maximum Potential, once we figure out the problem and we’ve filtered the waste, we’ll go and promote the cleanliness and the organization of each process because you’re the one who’s going to benefit from it, too.

Seiketsu — Standardize

Once you successfully perform the first three (3) steps, you’ll be good to go. The only thing you have to do is to make those practices standard so that employees and workers would know about it. Standardize it or shift it to normalcy; that way, everyone will be following and will be doing according to the changes.

Shitsuke — Sustain

So you’ve made everything standard, the last but definitely not the least of the steps is to sustain it. You may be successful in doing it for months — but would you be able to sustain it for a year? That’s where the real challenge is at.

Don’t worry, if it’s about business process improvement, we here at Maximum Potential are ready to help you. It doesn’t matter what industry you’re working at, so long as you need expert and professional help, we’re just a call away. Whatever help you need, whether you need regular Lean Six Sigma Consulting or Training, you can count on us!

You’re now able to describe the 5s Lean Six Sigma Tool — you can use it for your own benefit and for the improvement and the larger development and expansion of your business or your company. Should you need extra assistance, you know who to call and contact!

When it comes to business process improvement, there’s no other technique or methodology that has proven its worth and efficiency other than Lean Six Sigma. This methodology has been around for tons of decades and many different companies and organizations have benefited from it.

What is Lean Six Sigma?

Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that has been derived from Lean and Six Sigma — two practices and disciplines that both have the same goal — to make sure that a certain business process is at its maximum and its most efficient. It is a discipline that has been practiced by people from different kinds of job titles in various business industries and it’s been effective and efficient for them.

Today, we here at Maximum Potential are considered by many companies and businesses as their go-to consultant and training facility because of the exemplary work we offer. We’ve helped out and assisted many different clients some of which include LBrands, Graham Local Schools, KoneCranes, P&G, The World Bank, and many more.

Lean Six Sigma Methodology

Since Lean Six Sigma is a practice that’s aimed towards business process improvement and development, part of its main frameworks is the DMAIC method. The DMAIC method, short for (D) – Define; (M) – Measure; (A) – Analyze; (I) – Improve, and (C) – Control, is the framework used by companies in order for them to have a more developed and an improved business process.

Under this methodology, all our consultants, coaches, instructors, and experts here at Maximum Potential can all guarantee students, learners, and other clients who can be company or business owners that they’ll be getting step-by-step instructions as to how they can maximize and improve their overall business processes.

The Benefits of Lean Six Sigma

With the Lean Six Sigma Methodology, there can be two (2) faces; one is the face of the business or the company owner, and one is the face of a professional worker. There are many advantages of Lean Six Sigma and it’s not something that would be aged; it’s a timeless strategy, a timeless structure that can be used generation after generation by companies for the improvement and the development of their businesses.

For working professionals, they can expect things and outcomes such as higher pay, better promotion opportunities, and even leadership roles. For companies and businesses, on the other hand, they have a deeper and more sensible reason for it such as increasing company credibility, profitability, managing costs and expenses, and the like. When you choose to work with us here at Maximum Potential, you’ll not only get the quality consulting and training that you need; not only that, you can expect to have a high caliber of diversified programs and certification as well. Here are some of the advantages and benefits of the Lean Six Sigma Methodology that you can take advantage of.

Heightened and Increased Customer Experience

Through the Lean Six Sigma Methodology, a company can expect to increase and improve their ability to provide customer satisfaction and customer experience to their clients. Whatever business industry they might be in, they can expect that their clients would love the efficiency and the effectiveness of their services.

Less Cost, Less Risk

Choosing Maximum Potential as your Lean Six Sigma Consulting and Training provider, you’ll never experience scarcity in the skills and the adeptness you’re looking for. When you decide to go with us, you can expect to have lesser risk and lesser cost, making it better for you as well as your business.

By mitigating the risks involved, you’ll have fewer chances of failing because you’ll know anything around your business processes.

Improved and Increased Profitability

Along with the improvement of customer experience and satisfaction are the enhancement and the overall development of the profits and the cash flow of your business. When you have happy customers, you’ll have a happy company — and that’s inevitable. Those are just three (3) of the most common and the most sought after advantages of Lean Six Sigma, there are more. Should you find yourself in a situation where you need help, always remember that Maximum Potential is just one call away.

You can reach out to us through any of the given digital channels we have and you can expect our response within a business day. Work with the best and never worry about how you’ll improve and develop your business processes ever again! Learn and embody the Lean Six Sigma Methodology in the most natural ways you can for a price that you’ll never regret paying. Never will you find another company that provides the same level of expertise and adeptness the way we do.

Experience robust-framework and world-class quality Lean Six Sigma Methodology practices and disciplines you can get in the industry. Work with us and be reminded of how valuable your company or your business is!

Because both Lean and Six Sigma are methodologies that have been developed by people and professionals in the manufacturing and the production industry, many people had the misconception that it’s only going to be effective and efficient for those specific industries.

What they don’t know is the fact that Lean Six Sigma is now used by millions of companies from various industries — and the manufacturing and production industries aren’t the only businesses benefitting from it. As a matter of fact, one of the biggest industries that ever blew up because of Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare, and it has never gotten any better.

Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare

Are you a business or a company owner in the healthcare industry and you’re looking to get any type of help in improving or developing your company or your business? Have you been wanting to learn more about Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare? If so, we here at Maximum Potential are ready to help.

Our company has been deemed and named as the most successful and the most effective Lean Six Sigma Consulting and Training company — and what your niche or business industry is in does not really matter. Most often than not, the Healthcare Division of Lean Six Sigma focuses on providing fewer prescription errors, fatalities, while promoting healthy and positive experiences to patients and clients. In fact, here are some of the benefits and advantages of using Lean Six Sigma to improve Healthcare quality:

• Faster and Better Turnaround Time for Lab Results
• Shorter and Faster Waiting Times in Hospitals and Private Practices
• Prevention and the Avoidance of Accidents in Hospitals and Clinics
• Relieve Medication and Prescription Errors
• And Many More

Training and Certification

Akin to how all other types of certifications are done, Lean Six Sigma for Healthcare would require students and learners to undergo strict, quality, and intensive training and certification before they can be recognized as a certified Lean Six Sigma specialist. Herewith us at Maximum Potential, all our students can freely have the decision about how they want to learn because we are offering Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification Online! There’s no need for them to visit any type of location or office, and there’s literally no need for them to waste time driving and traveling!

They can attend training and practice sessions through the comfort of their own homes and they can be good to go! We are the innovator; the brain of online or virtual Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification and many other competitors followed. Nurses, Doctors, and Other Healthcare Practitioners can access it while they’re within their duties and shifts! We’ve made the program so easy and simple to the point that it’s easily understood and that even the youngest and the most naïve of students would be able to understand it well.

Making a Change

The Healthcare Division for Lean Six Sigma has one goal — and that is to make everything, even the littlest things in their business processes as easy and as simple as it can for better productivity, higher profitability, and a higher quality of customer service or experience.

That being said, here are some of the job titles that would commonly need Lean Six Sigma Certifications in order to provide the change needed in the healthcare industry:

• Clinical Transformation Consultant
• Process Consultant
• Quality Improvement Consultant
• Quality Control Analysts
• Chief Patient Experience Officer
• Senior Director of Patient Experience
• Strategic Process Improvement Vice President
• And So On!

If you’re seeing a job title, not on the list, don’t fret; those aren’t the only accepted job titles, there are a lot more. You can contact our team here at Maximum Potential to get you started!

We’re the Best

Lean Six Sigma for the Healthcare industry is a big thing because it’s something that most professionals in the industry would care about. Without business process improvement or development, all processes and procedures in the healthcare industry would come to waste — there would be a lot of defects and errors, and it can spark small to big problems in the future.

Whether you need help in Lean Six Sigma Consultation in the Healthcare industry, if you need Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification, or you just need help on how you can be boarded, you can trust us here at Maximum Potential the same way dozens of our clients have. In our experience, we always met – and even exceeded the expectations of our clients as regards their knowledge of how we perform Lean Six Sigma Training and Consultation.

We’re just one call or email away from wherever you are in the world — achieve the Lean Six Sigma Certification you’re looking for effortlessly and be certified within the walls of your own home! Contact us now and don’t miss the chance to work with the best!

All practices and methodologies have their own principles — it is, in fact, the foundation or the fundamentals of all practices and beliefs. Lean Six Sigma, being one of the most sought-after and most popular practices and disciplines in business, has its own principles and that’s the main essence why companies and businesses look for it.

We here at Maximum Potential can absolutely give you the answer to all your questions about the principles of Lean Six Sigma. As a matter of fact, you’ll see the effectiveness and the overall efficiency of it because we do it in all of our services too!

Brief Info About Our Company

When it comes to Lean Six Sigma, there’s no other company, businesses, and organizations trust but us; and it’s all because of the dedication we have. Should you feel the need to ask about experience, all of our people, when combined, have a total of 150 years of experience and we can’t be prouder about it.

From our regular coaches to our experienced and tenured instructors, you’ll never see or even feel a shortage of information and techniques.

The Principles of Lean Six Sigma

If you Google the word “principle,” you’ll be welcomed by a definition discussing what a principle is; and what it states is that it is the truth or a proposition that serves as a belief that made the methodology or a certain system come to life. In short, they serve as the pillars of an idea or a thought.

Knowing about the principles of Lean Six Sigma is like knowing how important it is to be a part or to be an inculcation of your business or your company. Here are the Lean Six Sigma Principles you need to know and be aware of:

Change and Improve for Your Customers

Many people are not aware of it but the main focus of Lean Six Sigma should be towards the customers and the clients. Being the best Lean Six Sigma Consulting and Training company in the scene, we can assure you that we here at Maximum Potential will teach you everything you need to know about Lean Six Sigma in the best and easiest ways you can!

Identify Problems and How Work Gets Done

As part of the Lean Six Sigma process, you need to be able to identify what the problem is in order for you to know how you can get the work done and completed effectively and efficiently. Part of the Lean Six Sigma Principles is that must be informed and equipped with the right amount of skill and technique on how you’ll distinguish defects and errors.

Eradicate Variations

So you were able to identify the problem, time for you to solve it! Instead of focusing on the problem, why not focus on how you’ll be able to remove variations to achieve a better and higher quality of products and goods?

Variations and other forms of processes might not be the best way for you to achieve business process improvements and developments so removing them would be the best way to go.

Clearly Communicate and Equip Team Members

It just goes freely after that — one of the most important principles of Lean Six Sigma, equipping your team members with the knowledge and the skills would be less, easier, and better work for you.

Training your team members is an integral part of the Lean Six Sigma process because it could:

• Reduce the risk of failure
• Improve success rates
• Manage risks more and better
• Increase and heighten the profitability of your company or business

Continue Improvement

One of the things our clients love most about us here at Maximum Potential is the fact that we never stop helping them even after the project. It’s not like we stay up with our clients all the time, because we leave them with the best skills, techniques, and knowledge, they’re able to have a timeless improvement process even when we’re not by their sides. Through the improved and the developed systems we have created, we’re able to help out all of our customers and our clients with the requests they have as regards Lean Six Sigma integration.

It doesn’t matter where you are and what business industry you’re in. For as long as you need help with Lean Six Sigma, do know that Maximum Potential is just an email, a call, or just a message away. Never did we fail to meet and even exceed all of our clients’ expectations, and you can trust us too! We’ve helped tons of different companies and organizations including The World Bank, The US Air Force, Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), LBrands, Graham Local Schools, and many more!

Be aware of the Lean Six Sigma Principles by heart and never worry about how you can provide business process improvements and developments ever again!