A companion to the Lean 6 Sigma Toolkit and the Lean & Process Excellence Templates Pack. It introduces the practical core of Lean and Six Sigma for small and mid-sized businesses: identifying waste, mapping processes and value streams, measuring performance, finding root causes with simple tools, running improvement cycles, and building the standards and habits that keep improvements in place. This is process-improvement education for operators. It does not confer any Lean or Six Sigma belt, certification, or credential; those are issued by third-party bodies through their own programs.

Modules

Lean and Six Sigma in Plain Terms

Lessons

• What Lean and Six Sigma Each Contribute Preview
• Value From the Customer’s Point of View
• The DMAIC Project Structure

Seeing Waste and Flow

Lessons

• The Eight Wastes
• Process Mapping As It Really Happens
• Value Stream Mapping Basics

Measuring Process Performance

Lessons

• Choosing What to Measure
• Collecting Baseline Data
• Reading Variation With Simple Charts

Finding Root Causes

Lessons

• The Five Whys
• Cause and Effect Diagrams
• Pareto Analysis and the Vital Few

Improving and Testing

Lessons

• Generating and Selecting Improvements
• Plan Do Check Act
• Mistake-Proofing and Visual Management

Sustaining the Gains

Lessons

• Standard Work
• The Control Plan
• Building a Continuous Improvement Habit