Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies

Lean Six Sigma is a powerful method for improving both the efficiency and quality of projects and operations. In this new book, the team that bought you Lean Six Sigma For Dummies shows you how to take Lean Six Sigma to the next level and manage continual change in your organization. You'll learn to design a roadmap for transformation that's tailored to your business objectives; develop and implement processes that eliminate waste and variation across the company; synchronize your supply chain; and successfully deploy Lean Six Sigma over time.

Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies shows you how to:

• Define your transformation objectives and create a bespoke 'Transformation Charter' for your organization.
• Assess your company's readiness for transformation.
• Establish a 'Transformation Governance System' to help you manage the transformation programme effectively.
• Bring your people with you! Plan and achieve the cultural change needed to make the transformation process successful.
• Join up the dots between planning and effective execution with Strategy Deployment.
• Deploy a 'Continuous Improvement' toolkit to achieve everyday operational excellence.
• Sustain the transformation programme and widen the scope across the organization (including deploying to the supply chain).
• Adopt a 'Capability Maturity Approach' to drive business improvement – recognizing that change is a continuous transformational journey, just as pioneers like Toyota have done.
• Use a range of Lean Six Sigma Tools – using the right tools, at the right time (and in the right order!) enables continuous improvement by eliminating waste and process variation.

Part I: Getting Started with Lean Six Sigma 5

Chapter 1: Introducing Lean Six Sigma 7

Chapter 2: Introducing Business Transformation 23

Chapter 3: Learning to DRIVE 43

Part II: Scoping the LSS Transformation Journey 67

Chapter 4: Defining Your Transformation Objectives 69

Chapter 5: Assessing Readiness for Transformation 89

Chapter 6: Establishing the Transformation Governance System 107

Part III: Planning the Transformation Journey 123

Chapter 7: Understanding Business Breakthroughs and Fundamentals 125

Chapter 8: Planning for Strategy Deployment 139

Chapter 9: Implementing Strategy Deployment 157

Chapter 10: Establishing a Continuous Improvement Organisational Structure 181

Part IV: Starting out on the Transformation Journey 193

Chapter 11: Creating the Right Culture 195

Chapter 12: Achieving Everyday Operational Excellence 217

Part V: Sustaining the Transformation 239

Chapter 13: Widening the Scope of the Transformation 241

Chapter 14: Managing the Capabilit y Maturit y Journey 259

Part VI: The Part of Tens 269

Chapter 15: Ten T ips for Smoothing the Transformation Process 271

Chapter 16: Ten Pitfalls to Avoid 277

Chapter 17: Ten Places to Go for Help 285

Index 293

Roger Burghall is Associate Partner at Catalyst Consulting and a highly experienced business consultant and change manager. Vince Grant is a Director of Catalyst Consulting and an expert in Lean Six Sigma methodologies. John Morgan is the author of Lean Six Sigma For Dummies.

Learn to:

• Transform your business
• Manage continual change
• Develop and implement processes that eliminate waste
• Successfully deploy Lean Six Sigma over time

Use the power of Lean Six Sigma to transform your business and manage continual change

Are you ready to take Lean Six Sigma to the next level to manage continual change in your organisation? Inside, you’ll get the tools to design a roadmap for transformation that’s tailored to your business objectives, and develop and implement processes that eliminate waste and successfully deploy Lean Six Sigma over time. Now get started!

• Get down with the basics – find an introduction to Lean Six Sigma fundamentals, including the methods used to improve existing processes or design new ones
• Prepare for the trip – define your transformation objectives and keep making sure they’re feasible along the way
• Take flight – put plans into practice and use formats such as the X Matrix to capture, present and monitor the activities involved and understand how they interrelate
• Continue the journey – look at issues involved in engaging and empowering people as the organisation moves towards a culture of continuous improvement
• Keep it sustainable – discover insights into approaches that will benefit the wider organisation

Open the book and find:

• The key principles of business transformation
• How to work with DMAIC and DMADV
• Why it’s important not to do too much too soon
• An introduction to the DRIVE Model
• Tips for defining your transformation objectives
• How to establish the transformation governance system
• Ways to implement strategy deployment
• Ten pitfalls to avoid