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Lean Six Sigma - OverviewHenry Ford's Mass Production Line - answerFirst breakthrough by using continuous
assembly and flow systems that made parts find their way into finished products
1910s - answerWhen was Henry Ford's mass production line first established?
1940s by Toyota - answerWhen was Henry Ford's mass production line's first inception
and by whom?
Taichii Ohno and Shigeo Shingo - answercreated a new system called Toyota
Production System (TPS)
incorporated Ford production and other techniques - answerToyota Production System
Toyota and Henry Ford's mass production line - answerLean's main historical examples
Motorola and General Electric - answerSix Sigma's main historical examples
"The real problem at Motorola is that our quality stinks!" - answerWhat was Motorola's
biggest issue in 1979
in the mid 1980s, Motorola developed the new standard and created the methodology
- 20MM in savings for their page production line
- Change in mindset (cost of poor quality) and culture - answerHow did Motorola go
about fixing their quality issues and when?
Six Sigma Academy - answerFounded by Mikel Harry and Richard Schroeder
1980s - answerWhen was the six sigma academy founded?
When Jack Welch made it central to his successful business strategy at General
Electric in 1995 - answerWhen and how did Six Sigma become famous?
1995 - answerWhat year did Six Sigma become famous?
Reported $200MM in savings in the first year of Six Sigma implementation (1995-1996)
- foundation of six sigma's success - answerWhy was GE important for Six Sigma's
history?
Lean and six sigma are not only tools or methodologies, but most importantly, they are
mindsets - answerAre lean and six sigma tools, methodologies, or mindsets?
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