The application of lean six sigma to process management improvement of a company in the electro-electronics sector: case study
International Journal of Development Research
The application of lean six sigma to process management improvement of a company in the electro-electronics sector: case study
Received 08th April, 2021; Received in revised form 19th May, 2021; Accepted 06th June, 2021; Published online 25th July, 2021
Copyright © 2021, Leildo Jander da Mota Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The application of Lean Six Sigma philosophy or Lean Manufacturing has good results obtained in companies when using techniques and tools continuously with the objective of obtaining improvements by reducing waste and reducing variability. In this context, this work shows the case study carried out in a company in the electronics sector of how. through the application of Lean manufacturing, it obtained good results through the monthly measurements and analysis methodology of Lean maturity, creation of the Lean committee, and application of the tools, value stream mapping, improvement of 5S program, improvement of visual management and application of the ideas program. The study shows the gains obtained in the company reaching a Lean maturity improvement of 42,5% going from Bronze to Silver stage and manufacturing cost improvement of 30%, in addition we can highlight the change in culture mindset that has occurred in the company on continuous improvement.
