Today, Operations Excellence (OPEX) processes, knowledge and practices are mature, widely understood and adopted to varying degrees. Deployment of OPEX practices have yielded 1.5% – 2% margin expansion. However, for businesses which have adopted OPEX methods and harvested the associated benefits, future savings and run rates are eroding.

Digital Lean Six Sigma (DLSS) is the next OPEX frontier. Productive data management and analytics, combined with sophisticated visualization capabilities will shape the foundation for the next generation OPEX. DLSS has the potential to provide 3% – 5% margin expansion.