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Lean Six Sigma, explained simply

Dr. Murali publishes regularly on LinkedIn — breaking down Lean Six Sigma tools, quality pioneers and problem-solving concepts for working professionals. A selection is below; the full archive lives on his LinkedIn profile.

Fundamentals

History of Lean Six Sigma

How Lean and Six Sigma evolved from separate manufacturing disciplines into the combined methodology used across industries today.

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Fundamentals

What is Lean & Six Sigma?

A plain-language introduction to what Lean and Six Sigma actually are, and why they matter for anyone solving problems at work.

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Tools

Understanding Voice of Customer

Why every improvement project should start by listening — and how to translate what customers say into what a process must deliver.

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Tools

Understanding CTQ — Critical to Quality

Turning customer requirements into measurable specifications your process can actually be checked against.

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Tools

Know About Process Mapping

The simplest way to see where a process actually breaks down — before you try to fix it.

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Tools

Understanding S.I.P.O.C

A high-level tool for mapping Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs and Customers before diving into detailed analysis.

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Tools

Introduction to Value Stream Mapping

How to see the full flow of value — and waste — across an entire process, not just one step of it.

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Fundamentals

Kaizen Simplified

What continuous improvement actually looks like day-to-day — and why small, consistent changes beat occasional big ones.

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Tools

Exploring the Power of FMEA

Failure Mode & Effects Analysis, explained as a practical way to catch problems before they reach a customer.

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Leadership

Managing Change

Why most improvement initiatives fail at the people stage, not the technical stage — and what to do about it.

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Strategy

What is the Theory of Constraints?

Why fixing the busiest-looking part of a process is often the wrong place to start — and how to find the real bottleneck.

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Quality Pioneers

W. Edwards Deming

The ideas of one of the most influential figures in the quality movement, and why they still shape Lean Six Sigma today.

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