Introduction
I wholeheartedly concur with Brian’s assessment that the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 brought to the attention of the financial media, academics, and bankers the difficulties that can arise when attempting to measure inflation amid a pandemic. However, even though social distancing and lockdown mandates affected consumption patterns, these sudden changes can introduce biases in inflation measures (Gursoy & Chi, 2020).
Discussion
During that time, most companies worked from home, which decreased the production of goods and services even though demand was at an all-time high. As a direct consequence of these price shifts, the new prices were relatively high (Gursoy & Chi, 2020). I agree that the Lean Sigma Six model is the most effective strategy for addressing the issue at hand, given that Food World Grocery is negatively impacted by the pandemic, inflation, and stiff competition that has led to financial constraints. Customer satisfaction and cost reduction are two significant benefits of implementing a Lean Six Sigma strategy (Mishra et al., 2021). It leads to an increase in revenue as well as productivity improvements.
Since most of the workforce was laid off, an organization will ultimately benefit from increased profits and decreased operational costs due to this change. On the other hand, putting Six Sigma into practice can be challenging. The entire organization needs to be on board with the initiative for the company to commit to Six Sigma (Sá et al., 2020). In that case, there is a low probability of success because the methods for improving communication, inventory control, and measures dealing with customer service are all tightly defined.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Six Sigma performs minute-by-minute audits of business processes and generates significant quantities of empirical data, both of which result in time-consuming and complicated processes.
References
Gursoy, D., & Chi, C. G. (2020). Effects of covid-19 pandemic on hospitality industry: Review of the current situations and a research agenda. Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management, 29(5), 527–529. Web.
Mishra, M. N., Mohan, A., & Sarkar, A. (2021). Role of lean six sigma in the Indian MSMEs during COVID-19. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, 12(4), 697–717. Web.
Sá, J. C., Vaz, S., Carvalho, O., Lima, V., Morgado, L., Fonseca, L., Doiro, M., & Santos, G. (2020). A model of integration ISO 9001 with lean six sigma and main benefits achieved. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 33(1-2), 218–242. Web.