What are the typical Lean & Six Sigma results?*

Manufacturing results may be as great as:

• 80% reduction in lead time

• 60% reduction in materials handing

• 60% reduction in materials handling

• 75% set-up time reduction

• 25% increase in machine utilization

• 75% reduction in a manufacturing space

Healthcare results may include large reductions in:

• Check-in time at the Emergency Department (register, check-in, etc.)

• Cardiac unit doses of antibiotics

• Ventilator days

• Ventilator associated pneumonia rate and mortality incidence
   

Operating and financial improvements may include:

• Increases in Operating Margins

• Increases in EBITDA

• Increases in on-time delivery

• Decreases in document reproduction costs

• Decreases in revision/rework of the work order process

• Decreases in invoice disputes and errors
   

Sample company savings attributed to Lean & Six Sigma:

• Motorola - $14 billion over 10 years

• GE - $1.5 billion in 1999 alone

• Allied Signals - $600 million per year

*Results from sources including IQPC Conference, 2006, Lean Six Sigma, M. George, 2002, Lean Six Sigma in Higher Education, R. Raifsnider & D. Kurt, September, 2004.