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Application of Lean Six Sigma
Application of Lean Six Sigma
● Process
● Project flow ● Summary of ● Alternatives
Charter contributing that can be
● Risk
factors applied to
Analysis ●
● Review solve the Summary of
● Ranking of problem control plan
Existing ● Cause &
factors
data Effect
analysis ● Option
selected
● 5 Why’s
DMAIC Cycle - Define
Objectives:
• Define the issue
• Define the project scope
DMAIC Cycle – Define
PROJECT CHARTER
Project Title: Improving emergency rescue response time in Natural Disasters - Caucasus area
Project Title: Improving emergency rescue response time in Natural Disasters - Caucasus area
Objectives:
• Deep dive into the process
• Identification of factors
• Validation of measurement system
DMAIC Cycle – Measure
DMAIC Cycle – Measure
What can be noted from the process relating to delays (time wastage):
● First despondents arrive at the site to assess the scene before a formal
disaster alert is issued
● Only once the alert is issued does a full scale evaluation commence
Objectives:
• Determine variations
• Determine which factors are most important
DMAIC Cycle - Analyze
*Note: Extracted from article in International Conference on Total Risk Management 2003
DMAIC Cycle - Improve
Objectives:
• Define alternatives
• Select optimal and implement
DMAIC Cycle - Improve
Ranking the factors linked to response time:
DMAIC Cycle - Improve
Ranking the factors linked to response time:
DMAIC Cycle - Improve
Lack of preparedness/early warning is impacted by the most number of of wastes:
● Transportation
● Motion
● Waiting
DMAIC Cycle - Improve
Have live view of they can locate a natural disaster Emergency crew
emergency site all survivors occurs and I deploy drone to
have poor pinpoint survivors
visibility from the using GPS
ground coordinates
indicated
Objectives:
• Create a control plan
DMAIC Cycle - Control
Department: Process: Performance Outcome: Measurement Technique:
Emergency crew
DMAIC Cycle - Control
Analyse number of
crew dispatched
To ensure emergency crew
dispatched as per severity of
Excel plot of number of
emergency crew dispatched at
time intervals from initiation to
emergency
end of emergency