BEST Lean Six Sigma®
There are many versions of Lean Six Sigma
A lot has developed since Bill Smith developed the Six Sigma metric in 1986 at Motorola. Most of the Lean Six Sigma courses offered today have their roots in the ASQ program.
From Six Sigma to Lean Six Sigma
A lot has developed since Bill Smith developed the Six Sigma metric in 1986 at Motorola to have a metric to meet the need for exponential improvement in Quality. The process capability index has been used in Japan for process analysis since the 1970s. At the same time as Motorola developed and deployed Six Sigma at Motorola Six Sigma Research Institute, other companies in the United States were developing their own approaches to utilize statistical tools in their problem-solving methodologies. In 1990 Compaq invested heavily to develop its own methodology as did IBM.
A common Six Sigma body of knowledge was developed in 1997–99 by American Society for Quality (ASQ). This program was launched globally in 2000 with public courses offered in Europe. Most of the Lean Six Sigma courses offered today have their roots in this program.
Dr. Gregory H. Watson
Dr. Gregory H. Watson
Dr. Gregory H. Watson served as ASQ Vice President of Research during the development of its Six Sigma program in the late 1990s. He played a central role in developing and launching the training and in the development of ASQ’s Black Belt and Master Black Belt certification programs.
Dr. Watson is the only Westerner to be awarded a Deming Medal by the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers. He has also served as President of ASQ and as President of the International Academy for Quality, and has published more than 12 books and 600 professional papers, videos and speeches.
BEST Lean Six Sigma® in Finland
BEST Lean Six Sigma was registered in 2006 in Finland as a trademark. Dr. Watson has trained over 450 Lean Six Sigma Black Belts and over 50 Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts in Finland. The course content have been updated annually based on the developments in the methodology and needs of the companies.
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Jukka-Matti Turtiainen
- ✓ Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, certified by Gregory H. Watson
- ✓ Co-creator of the ESTIEM Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program
- ✓ 25+ Lean Six Sigma courses delivered · 150+ improvement projects coached