LEAN SIX SIGMA AND QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT EXAMS SET 2026 FULL
SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● The lean perspective of waste. Answer: §Processes
§NEED inventory to flow (you can't cook a meal without ingredients)
§But inventory also HIDES problems in the process (it is easy to ignore
the fact that you don't have a reliable and consistent shopping process if
you have shelves full of canned goods and cereal)
§Lean systems strive to SLOWLY reduce inventory levels. Reducing
inventory will eventually expose a problem (waste) that can be
systematically evaluated and eliminated.
§Lean managers Encourage and Appreciate problems emerging -
because it gives them a chance to improve the process.
●● Lean Supply Chain Management. Answer: Extending Lean
principles throughout the supply chain - to suppliers and customers.
●● Agile. Answer: §Lean Startups/Entrepreneurism/Software
Development - Applying lean to removing waste from the process of
starting a business from the ground-up. (HOT application area right
now)
, ●● Business utilizing Six Sigma and Lean. Answer: §Manufacturing -
all types of products
§Healthcare (HOT application area right now) (fire)
§Food Services - restaurants
§Construction
§Banking and Financial Services
§Accounting (quickly rising in popularity)
§Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacies
§Travel and Transportation Services
§Insurance & Law Services
§Government
§Information Technology and Software Development (fire)
§Retail & Customer Services
§Farming (fire)
●● Visual Management. Answer: Using simple visual controls to make:
-Normal and abnormal conditions visible
- Make waste and problems obvious
- Make processes simple, straightforward, obvious
- Make it easier to do the right thing and harder to do the wrong thing
- Common Visual Controls: Outlining, shadowboards, color coding
IMPROVEMENT EXAMS SET 2026 FULL
SOLUTION VIEW AHEAD QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
●● The lean perspective of waste. Answer: §Processes
§NEED inventory to flow (you can't cook a meal without ingredients)
§But inventory also HIDES problems in the process (it is easy to ignore
the fact that you don't have a reliable and consistent shopping process if
you have shelves full of canned goods and cereal)
§Lean systems strive to SLOWLY reduce inventory levels. Reducing
inventory will eventually expose a problem (waste) that can be
systematically evaluated and eliminated.
§Lean managers Encourage and Appreciate problems emerging -
because it gives them a chance to improve the process.
●● Lean Supply Chain Management. Answer: Extending Lean
principles throughout the supply chain - to suppliers and customers.
●● Agile. Answer: §Lean Startups/Entrepreneurism/Software
Development - Applying lean to removing waste from the process of
starting a business from the ground-up. (HOT application area right
now)
, ●● Business utilizing Six Sigma and Lean. Answer: §Manufacturing -
all types of products
§Healthcare (HOT application area right now) (fire)
§Food Services - restaurants
§Construction
§Banking and Financial Services
§Accounting (quickly rising in popularity)
§Pharmaceuticals and Pharmacies
§Travel and Transportation Services
§Insurance & Law Services
§Government
§Information Technology and Software Development (fire)
§Retail & Customer Services
§Farming (fire)
●● Visual Management. Answer: Using simple visual controls to make:
-Normal and abnormal conditions visible
- Make waste and problems obvious
- Make processes simple, straightforward, obvious
- Make it easier to do the right thing and harder to do the wrong thing
- Common Visual Controls: Outlining, shadowboards, color coding
