Lean Six Sigma Benefits and Savings

Your Guide to Lean Six Sigma Benefits

How can Lean Six Sigma make a difference in your workplace?

Every working environment can benefit from introducing some level of process improvement.

Lean and Six Sigma are two of the most popular methodologies for implementing process improvement measures.

Although they both originated in the manufacturing sector, the benefits and savings you can achieve through applying Lean Six Sigma can be enjoyed in every business and organisation, regardless of size or sector.

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What is Lean Six Sigma?

What is Lean Six Sigma?

Lean targets waste in a process, reducing or completely eliminating it where possible.

Six Sigma works to identify and remove variation in any given process.

When combined, Lean and Six Sigma are powerful process improvement tools, capable of transforming any project or working environment.

You can read more about the origins and application of Lean Six Sigma in our popular article, "What is Lean Sigma?" and download our essential PDF guide to Lean Six Sigma by clicking below.

What are the key benefits of adopting a Lean Six Sigma approach?


Lean Six Sigma is practised by implementing the DMAIC Cycle.

This is an improvement model centred around the key stages of:

  • Define

  • Measure

  • Analyse

  • Implement

  • Control
the DMAIC Cycle

By following the DMAIC Cycle using a range of approaches and tools, you can achieve countless improvements and savings. Here are our top 12 benefits of utilising Lean Six Sigma through the DMAIC Cycle.

  • lower operating costs
  • more savings
  • elevated profit margins
  • reduced waste
  • higher productivity
  • shorter cycle times
  • increased revenue
  • improved process capability
  • better quality
  • faster lead times
  • increased capacity
  • improved team motivation

What kind of savings and improvements can a Lean Six Sigma Project achieve?


We have listed some examples of benefits and savings that have been delivered by projects our Lean Six Sigma Green Belt delegates have worked on during their training with us.

This will give you some idea of what you can achieve by introducing lean six sigma to your working environment.

IT: Cloud Services

Project Goal: Reduce customer order processing time

Improvement: Reduced lead time to produce and fulfil orders by 78% from 18 to 4 days

Savings: €152K per year

Savings of €152 Per Year
Savings of €94K Per Year

Manufacturing

Project Goal: Improve cable manufacturing machine efficiency

Improvement: Reduced finished product waste from 52% (from 5.2% to 2.5%)

Savings: €94K per year

Healthcare Sector

Project Goal: Reduce patient hospital scan report time

Improvement: Reduced cycle time to complete and return patient scan reports to hospitals

Savings: €180K per year in financial penalties

Savings of €180 Per Year
Savings of €50K Per Year

Financial Sector

Project Goal: Reduce audit time

Improvement: Reduced audit time by 20% from 41 to 33 days per audit

Savings: €50K per year

Manufacturing

Project Goal: Reduce plastic manufacturing machine downtime

Improvement: Increased machine capacity by reducing downtime

Savings: €230K additional sales per year

Savings of €230K Per Year

How Can You Get Lean Six Sigma Benefits?


The concept of Lean Six Sigma process improvement seems simple from the outset. However, to reap the benefits and achieve sustainable improvements and savings, you need to understand how to apply Lean Six Sigma principles and tools correctly.

That’s where training comes in...

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New to Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement?


If you're new to the concept of Lean Six Sigma, we have two great training and certification options to get you started.

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Yellow Belt


Our Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Course is a focused, 2-day introduction to Lean and the concepts of Six Sigma.

You'll gain an understanding of Lean and Six Sigma tools, including the DMAIC problem-solving framework. This course also leads to a Professional Development Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certificate.

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Green Belt


Our Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course is perfect for those who really want to get to grips with process improvement. It’s a highly practical 5-day workshop, which incorporates project work in the following 8 weeks. You can see some of the results achieved during this project work above!

No experience is needed. This course leads to 2 certifications: a Professional Development Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and a QQI Level 5 Certificate in Lean Manufacturing Tools.

It’s an ideal place to begin actively working on process improvement while learning the ins and outs of Lean Six Sigma.

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Already Working with Process Improvement Projects?


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Black Belt


If you’re already in the flow of contributing to process improvement projects, our Black Belt programme might be the right choice for taking your skills and credibility to the next level.

This 14-day programme is delivered in short, focused instalments over 5 months, and leads to an internationally renowned, ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) qualification.

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Transforming Your Business with Lean Six Sigma


If you’re looking for the right solution for training your team in Lean Six Sigma, or a specific aspect of process improvement, we can deliver a solution specifically tailored to your working environment.

Our in-company Lean Six Sigma courses include:

  • Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
  • International Black Belt
  • ASQ Certified Green Belt
  • ASQ Certified Yellow Belt
  • FMEA Workshop
  • Lean Problem Solving
  • Process Mapping Workshop
  • Introductory Yellow Belt
Lean Six Sigma Greeb Belt QQI Certification

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training

  • Certificate QQI Level 6 Specific Purpose Certificate
  • Award Special Purpose Award
  • Duration: 5 Days
  • Style: Live, online class (trainer-led)
  • Suitable for: All levels, all industries
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