Lean six sigma framework to improve throughput rate

Engineering education institutions in South Africa are under pressure to increase the throughput rate for undergraduate students, being a developing country with a national throughput rate of 14 percent after 6 years entering the system, the issue is imperial. Although Lean Six Sigma is mainly applied in manufacturing sectors, there is evidence that this methodology can be applied successfully to any process. The researcher is proposing to use this process control strategy of Lean Six Sigma and apply it within an academic education. In other words apply a break through strategy to affect faculty objectives in academia so as to improve the throughput rate and to increase faculty revenue.