Today, Lean and Six Sigma are the most popular business strategies for enabling continuous improvement, CI, in the manufacturing, service, and public sectors. CI is the main goal for any organization wishing to achieve quality and operational excellence and to enhance performance. Therefore, the integration of the two approaches improves efficiency and effectiveness and helps to achieve superior performance faster than the implementation of each approach in isolation. As the competition continues to get tougher, there is much pressure on product development, manufacturing, and service organizations to become more productive and efficient. What is LEAN? The National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, through its Manufacturing Extension Partnership, defines LEAN as a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste, non-value-added activities, through continuous improvement by flowing the product at the pull of the customer in pursuit of perfection. ...