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1.  When developing the implementation plan for your company it will be important to use strategies and methods to ensure that the product or process the company sells will be provided in a timely manner, efficiently, and at the lowest reasonable cost. 

Investigate: 

Six Sigma

1.Six Sigma Fundamentals at Lynda.com

2.Evaluation of the Success of Six Sigma Projects by Data Envelopment Analysis

3.Six Sigma Tools (https://asq.org/quality-resources/six-sigma/tools)

4.Six Sigma: Maximize the Benefits(https://www.qualitymag.com/articles/84518-quality-management-six-sigma-maximize-the-benefits)

Lean

1.Lean Six Sigma Fundamentals at Lynd.com

2.Lean vs agile from an organizational sustainability (https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00691694/document)

3.Lean Production Principles

4.Lean Manufacturing: Implementation and assessment in the Lebanese Pharmaceutical Industry(http://www.m-hikari.com/ijco/ijco2014/ijco1-4-2014/harbIJCO1-4-2014.pdf)

Agile models

1.Adopting Agile Software Development: Issues & Challenges (http://airccse.org/journal/mvsc/papers/0911mvsc01.pdf)

2.Agile Manufacturing Transitional Strategies (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.203.4484&rep=rep1&type=pdf)

What if you combined models? Review Bankston’s article on Combining Lean, Six Sigma & Agile Why and How and discuss possibilities with your team.  Can Agile and Lean Six Sigma Coexist (https://www.techwell.com/techwell-insights/2013/05/can-agile-and-lean-six-sigma-coexist)

Complete the Kanban Tutorial http://www.tutorialspoint.com/kanban/kanban_introduction.htm

Assignment

Decide which method you believe is most beneficial to your project for the company chosen. Support your decision with cited references.