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Lean management originated as a manufacturing philosophy pioneered by Japanese engineers in the Toyota Production System with the goal of eliminating "waste." Six sigma was developed at Motorola Corporation in the 1980's (and popularized in large part by General Electric in the 1990's) with the goal of reducing variation in all critical processes in order to achieve continuous and breakthrough improvements that impact the organization's bottom line. Currently, the trend is to integrate lean management and six sigma. Why do you think this is happening? What additional benefits can lean organizations derive from six sigma? What additional benefits can six sigma organizations derive from lean management methods?

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lets first discuss about the terms in the question. Lean manufacturing or lean production, often simply "lean", is a systematic method for the minimization of waste within a manufacturing system without sacrificing productivity, which can cause problems. while Six Sigma is a disciplined, statistical-based, data-driven approach and continuous improvement methodology for eliminating defects in a product, process or service.

the trend is to integrate both of them in an organization is to get the maximum benefits of both of them so that both approaches together help the organization to cut down its cost and improve production and other business activities.When you have tools at your disposal which can give great benefits and you do not have the option to choose so you can use both tools and get benefits of both.

Lean Six Sigma increases your organization’s profit by streamlining processes.Streamlined processes result in products or services that are completed faster and more efficiently at no cost to quality.

Simply put, Lean Six Sigma increases revenue by enabling your organization to do more with less – Sell, manufacture and provide more products or services using less resources.

Lean Six Sigma decreases your organization’s costs by:

• Removing “Waste” from a process. Waste is any activity within a process that isn’t required to manufacture a product or provide a service that is up to specification.
• Solving problems caused by a process. Problems are defects in a product or service that cost your organization money.

Basically, Lean Six Sigma enables you to fix processes that cost your organization valuable resources.

the additional benefits that lean organizations derive from six sigma that Six Sigma principals strive to cut costs, improve processes and maximize production value . this helps in process of evaluation and adjustment in management and processes.

the additional benefits ix sigma organizations derive from lean management methods that it strives to maintain or increase productivity, while also minimizing waste, so as to create the maximum possible efficiency .

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