Adaptation of six sigma methodology as environmental management strategy for sustainable development Adaptación de la metodología seis sigma como estrategia de gestión ambiental para el desarrollo sostenible

Abstract

A lean enterprise is the one that achieves continuous improvements in all processes, both administrative and manufacturing. These improvements are achieved by incorporating the philosophies that allow corporate culture to implement projects that respond to environmental situations that may affect the processes, products, environment, business and in general all around them. The important thing about improvement projects is that they generate sustainable competitive advantages. This article focuses on the adaptation of DMAIC Six Sigma as a strategy for environmental management, seeking to reduce the associated cost and the cycle of continuous improvement applied to achieve sustainable development in the production-minimization of environmental impact. Thus, the companies become co-responsible entities of the environment and driving forces of the models of management and sustainable development. This is evidenced in the article by a case study of the proposed model which steps are raised and at the end, its results.