Does management consulting = Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing principles

[merkur]

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[Don Carlos]

On the offchance this isn't a troll threak, I'll bite. Lean, Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, etc., are specific philosophies and approaches to operations. Operations is one aspect of a firm's business, but not all. Many management consultants are not trained in these approaches, and many people who are trained in these approaches are not consultants. The two are not tied together.

 

[chanelle]

Tough one . I am not sure u get to know all these approaches in every management consulting studies, but i think when it comes to the firm business you may come across it

 

[merkur]

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[Bhowie]

Originally Posted by merkur

Hmm. Thanks for the response. I was just curious because some people claim that these operational philosophies/approaches can result in mid to large scale improvements (in some cases) in company performance/metrics at the cost of (almost) micro-managing everything, putting up ridiculous charts everywhere and putting a metric on everything (eg TPS).

How does this relate to your original question at all?

 

[unjung]

PowerPoint != Six Sigma.

 

[yjeezle]

will six sigma be a benefit for consulting at all or even for my MBA? i need my certification anyway... but if it's really important... i might go further into it?

 

[Lord-Barrington]

Six Sigma certification is for ops and it's usually a "nice to have" for most businesses but rarely a requirement. I would imagine that very few management consultants are Six Sigma or lean certified aside from those dealing specifically with supply chain issues all the time.

 

[pebblegrain]

In general MBAs themselves don't do the real 6-sigma dirty work. They get other people to do it. They might recommend it as part of their final deck/report/ppt they charged you a billion dollars for, however.

Management consulting is advice for a fee. You don't know how to do something, or aren't sure, so you try to find someone who does. You end up hiring the most "well-regarded" one you can afford.

As always, advice has a chance of being wrong, terribly wrong.

 

[Flambeur]

Originally Posted by merkur

Hmm. Thanks for the response. I was just curious because some people claim that these operational philosophies/approaches can result in mid to large scale improvements (in some cases) in company performance/metrics at the cost of (almost) micro-managing everything, putting up ridiculous charts everywhere and putting a metric on everything (eg TPS).

they can
and
metrics are good