Identify Simplification Opportunities

Depending on what your problem was “Defects” or “Time” you would have created a Process Flow Chart or a Value Stream Map. The next step in our Measure Phase of DMAIC is to identify simplification opportunities.

I always strive to keep things as Simple as Possible. Simpler the Better.

In Lean Six Sigma parlance, the simplification opportunities refers to defects, wastes, bottlenecks, issues,