New Frontiers for Lean and Six Sigma

At their core, lean and Six Sigma methodologies eliminate waste, optimize processes, streamline business, and improve product and service quality. Thanks to digital disruption, healthcare transformation and a growing emphasis on soft skill development, there is an opportunity to apply lean and Six Sigma practices to a new and ever-changing landscape, and in the process discover significant gains in productivity and quality.

Those gains, however, can only be attained with a thorough understanding of these frameworks. At the 2022 Lean and Six Sigma Conference quality professionals will explore how to link lean and Six Sigma fundamentals to the latest tech innovations and ensure excellence through quality on an enterprise-wide basis in an array of industries. In addition, the 2022 LSSC technical program includes a selection of sessions from an expert perspective for a sophisticated understanding of current trends, emerging best practices, and advanced applications.

 

A Quality Cure: Lean and Six Sigma in Healthcare

Taking a cue from the corporate world, the healthcare industry has increasingly turned to lean and Six Sigma and methodologies to reduce waste, decrease errors, improve quality, and optimize patient outcomes. Sessions in this track offer real-world examples of how implementing lean and Six Sigma in healthcare has contributed to cutting red tape, preventing error, improving care, and creating cost savings.

• Lean & Six Sigma’s role in improving healthcare processes
• Change management for medical professionals
• Lessons learned and solutions identified from the COVID pandemic

Digitalization, Lean and Six Sigma: Beyond Business as Usual

With digital transformation bringing innovation to organizations, lean and Six Sigma methodologies are emerging as a recognized platform upon which efficient operational processes can be built. This area of focus demonstrates how integrating digital capabilities into lean and Six Sigma frameworks can elevate organizational change, technology implementation and process standardization.

• Measuring the success of a digital transformation
• Applying lean and Six Sigma methods to technology adoption
• Virtual QM tools and strategies: What COVID taught us

The Human Side of Lean and Six Sigma

Organizational change succeeds when the workforce is engaged and committed to transformation. Lean and Six Sigma tools provide visibility to concrete facts and data, which in turn contributes to a problem-solving culture that empowers employees to make improvement through process changes. Sessions in this focus area emphasize power and impact of these tools and provide insights into how they can be applied to manage the human side of change.

• Change management strategies
• Gaining stakeholder buy in
• The voice of the customer

Lean and Six Sigma Essentials

There are basic and foundational tools and techniques that represent the core of lean and Six Sigma methodologies. This area of focus explores these foundational aspects through topics such as practical application, technical and statistical tools, and common terms and methodologies.

• Common lean & Six Sigma terms and trends
• Teaching tools with exercises
• Strategies for sustaining results

CALL FOR REVIEWERS, SUBMISSIONS AND SESSION TIMELINE

Call for Reviewers Opens	Monday, June 28, 2021
Call for Reviewers Deadline	Friday, August 13, 2021
Call for Proposals Live	Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Call for Proposals Deadline	Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Proposal Review and Selection	September 2021
Selected Submissions Notified	Friday, October 29, 2021
Declined Submissions Notified	Friday, November 5, 2021
Presentations due to TPC	Friday, January 7, 2022
TPC Review Complete	Friday, January 21, 2022
On-demand presentations recorded and uploaded	Monday, February 7, 2022

Selected LSSC speakers can review their session details and any outstanding tasks on our Speaker Management Page here https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/LSSC/  using the login credentials you used to submit your Call for Proposals.