This document discusses Lean Six Sigma and how implementing it can help organizations improve efficiency beyond 99% by reducing various types of waste and errors. It provides examples of inefficiencies in different industries like undelivered mail, lost baggage, delayed trains/flights, medical errors, water leaks, office waste, and more to illustrate what that extra 1% improvement could look like for an organization striving for perfection through Lean Six Sigma.
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Lean Six Sigma
1. Lean Six Sigma
Is 99% good enough and what does 1% mean?
Lean Six Sigma
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Many organizations would be more than happy with 99% efficiency.
However, Lean Six Sigma drives companies even further than this.
What does that extra 1% look like for organizations like yours?
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575,342
letters undelivered
by the Royal Mail
each day
Source: Royal Mail
6,246UK flight passengers
losing baggage
per day
Source CAA
240delayed trains per
day in the UK
Source: Network rail
54,797delayed flights
per year
Source: CCA
10millionincorrect medical
prescriptions issued
each yearSource: Health and Social Care Information Centre
3.5millionlitres of water saved per
day from broken pipes
in the UK
Source: Ofwat
No electricity for
7 hours
per month
806,000
tonnes of office waste
which could be
recycled
Source: Envirowise
11,254cars recalled in the
UK per year
Source: SMMT
120million
aluminium cans which
could be recycled
per year
Source: Envirowise
153,424
Unprocessed Direct
Debits each day
Source: BACS
Sources:
SMMT: www.smmt.co.uk
BACS: www.bacs.co.uk
NHS Confederation:
www.nhsconfed.org
Royal Mail: www.royalmail.com
Health and Social Care Information
Centre: www.hscic.gov.uk
Envirowise: www.enviro-wise.co.uk
Network Rail: www.networkrail.co.uk
Ofwat: www.ofwat.gov.uk