Context: Lean Six Sigma $($LSS$)$ has emerged as a key to achieving world$-$class value$-$added processes. But not everyone has benefited equally from implementing these operating philosophies and their accompanying tool sets.

Discussion: Based on the results of an Internet search$$identify a Lean Six Sigma implementation success story.

$($Note: you may use your own personal experience if you were at a company when the formal lean six sigma implementation took place. You must have experienced the specific events, decisions and investments made by leadership to use this experience. This means that your experience was from the initial implementation and not working projects.$)$

Describe how LSS was brought into the organization. How did the key decision$-$makers use Lean Six Sigma tools to achieve success$$that is$,$ improve value and decrease costs?

Identify the specific events, decisions, or investments they made in order to leverage operations as a competitive weapon.

Now, identify a Lean Six Sigma $$horror$$ story $($a failed implementation$).$

Describe how LSS was brought into the organization. More importantly, describe what went wrong with the implementation $($we are not talking about LSS project failure$).$

Assess how key decision$-$makers failed to appropriately use Lean Six Sigma tools.

As a consultant to the company, how would you help them $$fix$$ the implementation process to achieve success next time? What specific events, decisions, or investments would you promote to help them leverage operations $($or Lean Six Sigma$)$ to improve value and reduce costs?

Organize you post with the following headers:

Keys to a Successful LSS implementation

What not to do when implementing LSS

Correcting the LSS failure with the keys to success

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