Dumidu Ranaweera   

VOL 2 ISSUE 5, CIMA Edge Magazine,  September to November 2010 (http://www.cimaglobal.com/Documents/Our%20locations%20docs/Sri%20Lanka/The_CIMA_Edge_Sep-Nov_2010.pdf)

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On March 2016, Dumidu Ranaweera - President/ Executive Director spoke to ASQ TV on Lean Six Sigma Deployment strategies (i.e. Applied Lean Six Sigma, iMapping, RAT) during an interview held during 2016 ASQ Lean and Six Sigma Conference.  He was an invited Guest Speaker at the conference for the third consecutive time which held at Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Arizona, USA.

IQPC Lean Six Sigma and Business Excellence Summit 2011

(http://www.sixsigmaasia.com/redForms.aspx?id=466110&sform_id=489188)

 Process Excellence Network, 23^rd May, 2010

 (http://www.processexcellencenetwork.com/methodologies-statistical-analysis-and-tools/articles/six-sigma-what-s-in-it-for-employees/)


Union of Japanese Scientist and Engineers (JUSE), 20th August, 2014

Abstract : Irrespective of the different chronological beginnings, the foundations of Lean and Six Sigma have made them quite complementary concepts when it comes to real-life application. Even though the popularity of the combined concept is still to reach the individual stardom that each concept managed to achieve as a singular application in the past, the trends suggest that organizations are looking to adopt the combined concept more often in recent times. The initiative taken by Motorola, the founders of Six Sigma in 2008 to adopt the combined concept i.e. Lean Six Sigma, became a clear indication that combined application of Lean and Six Sigma could bring about enhanced benefits for organizations seeking improvements. As the demand for Lean Six Sigma continues to grow from various industries, apart from the industries both originated, the need to collaborate its application process with already established best practices in each new industry domain is viewed as essential for its greater success.

‘Applied Lean Six Sigma (ALSS)’, a new concept coined and introduced by the author in this paper has no major change in relation to the key elements focused by Lean Six Sigma (the combined version) or its application process/methodology. Instead, it focuses more on the selection and organization of problem solving tool-set in relation to an industry or a domain. It advocates the importance of domain focused thinking and selecting & organizing the right application tool-set based on its applicability, usability, its environment, set objectives, competency of people, process maturity, future technology and already available best practices. This paper aims to induct the reader to this novel concept and illustrate its benefits with application examples.

(http://www.juse.or.jp/e/conventions/202/)