Lean Six Sigma (LSS) enables supply chains to become more efficient and effective in sustaining continuous improvement. The speed, service quality, and the cost of operations impact the supply chain performance. One most popular approach for providing faster responses, improving quality and...

Six-Sigma as a process improvement methodology for enhancing quality levels was developed by Motorola in 1986 for its high volume manufacturing environment in order to increase its competitiveness against Japanese companies. Six Sigma is a well structured knowledge management approach that...

Six Sigma is a disciplined, quality approach and philosophy for eliminating defects in any process – from manufacturing to transactional and from product to service. Six Sigma is flexible enough to be applied to different challenges throughout business and organizations can use it in diverse...

Firms have to analyze, monitor and make improvements of their existing SCM processes in order to beat market competition and stay competitive. Six Sigma's analytical emphasis would steer the improvement projects to investigating and resolving root causes, rather than mere symptoms of SCM...

Firms have to analyze, monitor and make improvements of their existing Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes in order to beat market competition and stay competitive. In this regard, the Six Sigma is a methodology that enables the firms to review their existing SCM practices and guide them in...

Retailers face many challenges due to uncertain business environment negatively influencing their performance. In this context, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) deployment in the retail industry provides various benefits in terms of higher efficiency and effectiveness. LSS is robust and flexible in nature...

Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects in any process – from manufacturing to trading, and from product to service. There is a lot of interest in deploying Six Sigma to sales and marketing to reduce the uncertainty inherent in it....

Six Sigma deployment can bring a valuable process discipline and emphasis on performance measurement to sales and marketing activities. Six Sigma approach adds measurable value to sales and marketing performance and helps in increasing market share and top line revenue in targeted...