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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Combining the Theory of Constraints and Lean Six Sigma

 

Bob Sproull was my guest on the Business901 podcast. Bob is an experienced manufacturing executive with a distinguished track record of achieving improvement goals in Manufacturing, MRO, Quality, Product Development, and Engineering. His experience base ranges from low-volume custom products (truck bodies) to process industries (tires) to service industries (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul). He is a nationally known speaker and author on problem-solving and statistical techniques, as well as his latest book on implementing an integrated Lean, Six Sigma and the Theory of Constraints.


Our discussion centered around The Ultimate Improvement Cycle: Maximizing Profits through the Integration of Lean, Six Sigma, and the Theory of Constraints show you how to draw the best from Lean and Six Sigma by employing principles drawn from the Theory of Constraints. This approach will ensure that your effort is focused in the right place, at the right time, using the right tools, and the right amount of resources. This multi-pronged approach addresses cost accounting, variation, waste, and performance measurements. But most importantly, it focuses your organization on the right areas to optimize.

You can listen to the podcast by clicking on the Podcast link on the right or download the podcast from the Business901 ITunes store. The site offers visitors the opportunity to listen to current business and nonprofit topics such as discussions on Social Media, Lean Six Sigma and Marketing.

About Sproull Consulting
Unlike most other consulting companies, we don’t believe that simultaneously attacking every facet of your operation and attempting to implement across-the-board improvements offers the most expeditious or optimum return on your investment $'s. Instead, we believe that there are only a few key leverage points in your business that limit your ability to increase throughput, revenue and profits. We identify these leverage points and make them the focus of the improvement efforts. We understand that you have limited resources and you don't want them wasted on improvement efforts that yield only minimal bottom line improvement. By identifying and leveraging the right area of focus, the improvement results that you realize are significantly better and hit the bottom line at a much faster rate than any other approach on the market today.

About Business901
http://Business901.com provides direction in areas such as Lean Six Sigma marketing and organized referral marketing. Business901 has designed their services and product offerings so that they are implementable systems that work in the real, not enough time, not enough people world we operate in. We provide tools that simplify the marketing process, not complicate it. Joe Dager, President of Business901 is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a Duct Tape Marketing authorized coach.

P.S. During the podcast we discussed the value of Value Stream Mapping.

Listen to the Podcast here.

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