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Implementation of Lean Six Sigma in Municipal Government Operations to Improve Efficiency and Quality: A Case Study

지방 자치 기관의 운영 효율성과 품질 향상을 위한 린식스시그마 방식의 채택사례

  • 김카이 (단국대학교 경영경제학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.14
  • Accepted : 2020.08.08
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

Municipal governments today are facing increasingly complex issues while resources continue to be constraint but the service quality expectation from citizen is more demanding. They must develop and implement tools that help manage operations more efficiently. While Lean Six Sigma principle and tools have been widely applied to profit organizations, the extant literature has not provided many cases of such application to local governments. This research presents a case study of applying Lean Six Sigma approaches and tools to a municipal government of a small town in USA to improve process efficiency, quality performance, and citizen satisfaction. In this case study, DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Implement, and Control) is used as a tool to define current issues, develop, and measure performance metrics, and recommend action plans. The result of this case study shows that applying the principles and tools of Lean Six Sigma provides an excellent way to improve the process efficiency and quality of providing public work services at a local government.

오늘날 지방 자치 기관은 재원이 계속 줄어들고 시민의 서비스 품질 기대치가 높아지면서 복잡한 문제에 직면하고 있어 문제해결을 효율적으로 관리할 수 있는 도구를 개발하고 실행해야 한다. 문제해결을 위해 린식스시그마 이론과 도구들이 영리 집단에는 광범위하게 사용되고 있지만, 공공기관에 사용된 사례는 희박하다. 본 연구는 린식스시그마 방식과 도구들을 미국의 한 소도시 산하 지방자치단체의 효율적인 운영 프로세스와 서비스 품질 그리고 시민의 고객 만족을 향상하기 위하여 사용된 사례를 다룬다. 본 사례 연구는 DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Implement, and Control) 방식을 채택하여 문제를 파악하고 수행지표를 개발 및 측정하여 시행할 수 있는 계획을 제안한다. 본 사례 연구의 결과 지방 정부 공공 업무에 린식스시그마의 이론과 방법을 적용하는 것이 서비스를 제공하는 프로세스의 효율성과 서비스 품질을 개선할 수 있는 훌륭한 방법이 될 수 있음을 보여준다.

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