Teamwork has always been as critical component of completing Lean Six Sigma projects, so why is it often overlooked? When team are successful, it is generally attributed to the following reasons: Strong leadership Well-defined goals Clearly defined roles and responsibilities Commitment Effective meetings Action plans There are two Lean six sigma tenants pull everything together to help teams succeed with their projects. The first is to overemphasize communication - with team

DMAIC is a data-driven, structured, customer-centric problem solving methodology. DEFINE tells you what to measure. MEASURE tells you what to analyze. ANALYZE tells you what to improve. IMPROVE tells you what to CONTROL. Each phase has very specific objectives and is supported by a set of activities. Objectives for each stage should be satisfied and approved by project sponsors before the team progresses to the next stage. All the tools in the VRI Toolkit will have one or mor