Lean Six Sigma v rychle rostoucím startupu

Only a small fraction of startups or scaleups overcome the negative effects associated with rapid growth, such as inefficient processes, delivery delays, or full warehouse capacities. One way to overcome these effects is to use the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) process improvement methodology, which has the potential to improve the efficiency and process resilience of growing businesses, particularly in manufacturing processes. However, the implementation of LSS in already successfully scaled organisations, more specifically in internal logistics processes, has not been investigated so far. The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the implementation of LSS in a company after successful scaling can overcome the negative effects, induced by rapid growth, operating in internal logistics. The DMAIC methodology was used for the LSS project. The aim of the project was to reduce the number and time of production stops due to material shortages and to reduce the age of the delivered production inventory (improve FIFO compliance). Through Value Added Analysis, ABC/XYZ analysis and the design of a new distribution of warehouse operator positions, a solution was proposed that will improve the ratio of Value Added to Non Value Added operations by 10% and consequently the metrics monitored.