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The Impact of Lean Six Sigma on the Overall Results of Companies

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  • Corina DUMITRESCU

    (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)

  • Marilena DUMITRACHE

    (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania)

Abstract

Lean Six Sigma represents a management approach for driving innovating processes inside a company in order to achieve superior results. It involves a practical analysis based on facts, aiming the innovation and growth, not only the efficiency of processes. It is a long term process of gradual and continuous improvement. The application of Lean Six Sigma in companies led to attaining superior financial performance by addressing new needs, by differentiating the products and services or by adjusting the business lines to new processes. Quality is more than making things without errors. It is about making a product or service meet the individual perception of a customer about the quality or value. Therefore, in what regards Lean Six Sigma, the concern is not only to "do the things right" but also to "do the right things right". We focus on the impact of implementing the Lean Six Sigma approach on companies, seeking for what changes and benefits it brings. The key elements it aims at are achieving the best quality, the lowest cost, getting the shortest lead-time, stressing on waste elimination. The requirements of a company for its implementation and the strategy to obtain the maximum practical outcome are investigated. Furthermore, we conduct a comparison analysis with the other methods of the total quality management and see why Lean Six Sigma is a more desirable approach.

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  • Corina DUMITRESCU & Marilena DUMITRACHE, 2011. "The Impact of Lean Six Sigma on the Overall Results of Companies," Economia. Seria Management, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 14(2), pages 535-544, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:econmn:v:14:y:2011:i:2:p:535-544
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    1. Majd Mohammad Omoush, 2020. "Lean Six Sigma effect on the Quality of the Products in Jordanian Food Companies: The Moderating Role of the Manufacturing Process," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 10(6), pages 1-12.
    2. Ľubica Simanová & Andrea Sujová, 2022. "The Impact of Continuous Improvement Concepts on the Performance of Furniture Production Processes," Central European Business Review, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2022(1), pages 111-137.
    3. Nicoleta Dorina RACOL?A-PAINA & Nicolae Sebastian BUNEA, 2020. "The Journey of Adopting Lean Six Sigma – from the Implementation Team’s Perspective: A Case Study," Management and Economics Review, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 5(2), pages 232-245, December.
    4. Simona Andreea Apostu & Valentina Vasile & Cristina Veres, 2021. "Externalities of Lean Implementation in Medical Laboratories. Process Optimization vs. Adaptation and Flexibility for the Future," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(23), pages 1-22, November.

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    Keywords

    Lean Six Sigma; fact-based analysis; innovation; strategy; quality; gradual and continuous process.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • P12 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Enterprises
    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance

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