THE EFFECT OF LEAN SIX SIGMA IN THE SUCCESS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Today, competition conditions are getting harder day by day. The companies incline to reduce their costs in order to gain superiority to their competitors. In this context, the companies attach great importance to the energy costs that constitute a significant part of their costs. Different methods can be used to reduce costs for energy management. In this paper, it is said that the lean six sigma method based on process improvement can be used for the effectiveness of energy management. In the energy management process, it was emphasized that wastes would be reduced by taking the lean six sigma philosophy.