Lean and SixSigma EQ Peas and Carrots

Lean can accelerate the progress seen in Six Sigma implementations and the methodologies complement one another. ...

... "It has become so obvious that the two go together in Serigraph's lean journey that it almost can be raised to the level of axiom - quality improvements can go only so far without lean - or total quality management is impossible without lean disciplines. " ...

Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Six Sigma, lean strategy

Accelerated Lean Manufacturing Implementation: Aerospace

Aerospace company implements lean manufacturing principles. ...

... "In 2006, the company finalized a labor contract with the union at the Chicago plant to facilitate accelerated implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles, established a satellite support plant in Anderson, Indiana and invested more than $6 million of capital expenditures. " ...

Via Northstar Aerospace: Strong start on 2007 CH-47 Chinook order intake for Northstar Aerospace Inc.

Lean Techniques: GE Transportation Rail Manufacturing Plants

Pennsylvania and businesses invest in the improvement of manufacturing in the state. GE specifically is investing in lean manufacturing techniques to accelerate customer services and increase operational efficiency. ...

... "GE Transportation Systems plans to implement lean manufacturing techniques at its rail plants in Erie and Grove City, Mercer County, a project that is expected to cost $12.8 million. By applying this new operational strategy, the company expects to lower costs and shorten lead times to deliver orders and products. GE Transportation Systems has already fulfilled its commitment to the commonwealth to create 120 new jobs, is also retaining 4,486 existing jobs in Erie and 915 additional jobs at other Pennsylvania locations. The Greater Erie Industrial Development Corporation (GEIDC) supported the company in its efforts to obtain the investment package from DCED that includes a $250,000 Opportunity Grant and $250,000 in Customized Job Training (CJT). GE Transportation Systems manufactures locomotives, off-highway vehicles and wind turbines." ...

Via PA Governor Ed Rendell: GOVERNOR RENDELL SAYS 3 MANUFACTURERS INVESTING $19 MILLION TO GROW NORTHWEST PA OPERATIONS, CREATE 385 NEW JOBS

Six Sigma Change Acceleration Process

GE shares its Six Sigma change acceleration process with non-profit to drive increased contribution to philathropic pursuits. ...

... "A trial ICFC program was just completed in October in Danbury with the Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut. A GE Six Sigma black belt led 24 YMCA employees and board members through a full day session of Change Acceleration Process training (CAP) at GE Capital Solutions Danbury headquarters. CAP is a set of principles and tools GE follows and uses to accelerate the acceptance and implementation of change. " ...

Via GE Capital Solutions: GE Capital Solutions Introduces New Corporate Giving Model Aimed at After School Non-Profit Programs

Lean Simulation Eases Employee Change

Company creates lean simulations to accelerate the adoption of lean manufacturing principles in resistant organizations. ...

... "Visionary Products, Inc. is the only company to offer simulations that help overcome resistance at all levels of an organization while teaching the fundamental concepts of lean. The company offers fun, educational simulations designed to stimulate, educate and motivate employees to embrace organizational change, desire improvements, and gain a fundamental understanding of lean practices. Packaged in a unique kit format, Lean Zone simulations allow managers to easily and cost-effectively train employees in a matter of hours. " ...

Via Visionary Products: New Simulation Brings Benefits of Lean Manufacturing to the Office

Six Sigma: Data-Based Motivation

Motivation is needed to accelerate culture change. A data-based approach to change can be motivating to the workforce if key variables are tracked. ...

... "A more significant impact on organizational performance improvement has been obtained from initiatives like Six Sigma and TQM – systematic, data-based methods for solving operational problems and enhancing performance. " ...

Via Management Issues: The behavior-consequence relationship

Lean Manufacturing Accelerates Product Development Programmes ...

Princess Yachts leverages lean manufacturing techniques to accelerate the time to market of new development programmes. ...

... "David Pyle, Sales Director, comments, The implementation of lean manufacturing throughout our production facilities is achieving increased levels of productivity and further refined quality. With similar principles being applied to a number of new development programmes our outstanding design and development teams are given the opportunity to really deliver. An accelerated schedule to introduce a selection of exciting new models from concept over the next 18 months will expand and further strengthen our motor yacht range. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Accelerates Product Development Programmes: Via bymnews: Princess Yachts International to launch four models at Southampton Boat Show ...

Accelerate Lean Manufacturing to Improve Production Difficulties ...

CIRCOR sees lean manufacturing initiative as means to restore profitability and improve nagging production difficulties ...

... "Production difficulties continued as operational changes, consolidation projects and constraints on the supply of certain raw materials added costs and lowered our expected profitability. In response to these issues, we are strengthening our supplier management processes and expanding our international sourcing programs. We are also accelerating our Lean manufacturing improvement initiatives with a focus on manufacturing constraints, and initiating further facility consolidations. As a result, we expect to show an improving profitability trend during 2006. " ...

Accelerate Lean Manufacturing to Improve Production Difficulties: Via CIRCOR: CIRCOR Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results ...

Six Sigma: Cessna Success ...

Cessna Aircraft Company leader, Jack Pelton, discusses the company's success and achievements in 2005, enabled by its Lean Six Sigma program. ...

... "He attributed the year's success to a world class Cessna team, award winning customer support, a broad product line that is responsive to the marketplace, emerging global markets, and implementation of lean manufacturing processes. During the year, Cessna delivered 249 Citation jets, 822 single engine pistons, and 86 Caravan single-engine turboprops; won FAA certification for two new jets -- the CJ1+ and CJ2+; and built its order book up to 788 jets and 1,198 single engine aircraft with a total value of $6.3 billion. The company also achieved significant refinement of its processes through implementation of the Textron Six Sigma Lean program, resulting in a more efficient, leaner company. " ...

Six Sigma: Cessna Success: Via Cessna: Remarkable Gains, Significant Achievements for Cessna in 2005 ...



Textron Six Sigma: "Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is one of the three major elements of Textron Six Sigma, and the one that's most directly tied to meeting customer requirements. Through DFSS, we identify what our customers need and deliver it better than anyone else. It's a proven way to develop top quality products, services and processes right the first time, faster, and at a much lower cost. At Textron, we are combining the key principles of DFSS with a common method for designing all new products and services across the enterprise. "

Textron Annual Report: "The next step is Textron Six Sigma, a company-wide approach to improving our processes and delighting our customers through improved enterprise excellence. Textron's unique Six Sigma model is a comprehensive, common set of tools and techniques rigorously applied to all operating and functional areas to eliminate waste, reduce variability, and accelerate growth and innovation. While the concept of Six Sigma is not new, our unique combination of best practices and powerful methodologies into a single, holistic approach makes Textron Six Sigma the most important improvement process at Textron. "

Peter N. Riley, Senior Vice President Textron Six Sigma, Integrated Supply Chain and Transformation: "Peter N. Riley is senior vice president, Textron Six Sigma, integrated supply chain and transformation. In this role, Riley works closely with all Textron business units to continue the rapid deployment of critical enterprise-wide processes and systems to improve business performance and ensure the achievement of Textron's vision. He is also responsible for driving Textron's efforts to leverage its purchasing power and improve manufacturing processes across and among its business units. "

Lean Manufacturing Methods Accelerate ...

Marketing firm uses lean manufacturing methods to accelerate set-up and tear-down times. ...

... "Livonia-based Exhibit Works uses lean manufacturing methods and its own engineering processes to keep installation and tear-down budgets on track, said Matt Hubbard, corporate director of marketing and communications. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Methods Accelerate: Via Crains Detroit: Automakers to appeal to all senses at auto show ...

Six Sigma Producitivty Increasing Value Proposition ...

Lilly drives productivity through Six Sigma, outsourcing, and hiring limits to increase its value proposition to shareholders and the Wall Street. ...

... "Lilly is utilizing several tools to increase productivity and lower its cost structure, including applying Six Sigma across its global operations, which is expected to free up resources, accelerate R&D output, enhance customer satisfaction, and improve earnings with a portion of the overall benefit; expanding the use of biomarkers to more than 90 percent of the company's clinical candidates to facilitate earlier development decisions; maintaining the July 2004 hiring limits that have already reduced headcount by 3,100 or nearly 7 percent, without using disruptive layoffs; and leveraging outsourcing when the work represents non-core business or can be done at a lower cost and similar quality. Lilly's initial efforts have resulted in productivity increasing about 15 percent in 2005 compared with 2004 as measured by adjusted operating income per Lilly employee. " ...

Six Sigma Producitivty Increasing Value Proposition: Via Eli Lilly: Lilly Tells Wall Street It's Uniquely Positioned To Deliver Sustained Growth ...

Lilly, a leading innovation-driven corporation, is developing a growing portfolio of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products by applying the latest research from its own worldwide laboratories and from collaborations with eminent scientific organizations. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., Lilly provides answers -- through medicines and information -- for some of the world's most urgent medical needs.

Merck Transformation: Lean Manufacturing Drives Operational Efficiency ...

Merck is in the midst of a major restructuring and lean manufacturing transformation to drive operational efficiencies. Jacob Fenton explores Merck's sale of manufacturing assets, headcount reduction, and impact on the surrounding community. ...

Merck Transformation: Lean Manufacturing: Via North Penn Life: Merck won't close West Point facility ...

... "Manufacturing jobs are being trimmed throughout the company. And while lean manufacturing is at the heart of the company's restructuring plans, Merck also plans to close one basic research site and two preclinical development sites by 2008. " ...

Major restructuring announced by Merck. ...

Via Merck: Merck Announces Initial Steps In Global Restructuring Program: Initial Phase of Cost Reduction Program Expected to Yield Cumulative Pretax Savings of $3.5 Billion to $4.0 Billion in 2006-2010 ...

... "Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) announced the first phase of a global restructuring program designed to reduce the Company's cost structure, increase efficiency, and enhance competitiveness. The initial steps will include the implementation of a new supply strategy by the Merck Manufacturing Division (MMD), which is intended to create a leaner, more cost-effective and customer-focused manufacturing model over the next three years. The actions we are announcing today are an important first step in positioning Merck to meet the challenges the Company faces now and in the future, said Richard T. Clark, chief executive officer and president of Merck & Co., Inc. We are engaged in an ongoing effort to enhance efficiencies throughout the Company and improve the way we discover, develop, manufacture and market our medicines and vaccines and ensure that we get them to patients who need them as quickly, safely and efficiently as possible. Going forward, we also plan to pursue improved approaches to R&D, and marketing and sales. " ...

Emphasis on streamlined business processes and operational efficiency when announcing new CEO of Merck. ...

Richard T. Clark Named Chief Executive Officer and President of Merck; Company Veteran with Managed Care and Manufacturing Experience to Lead Merck ...

... "Here at Merck, Dick Clark has been the architect of some of this Company’s most important strategic initiatives. He has been a force within Merck to maximize the potential of the pipeline, accelerate the introduction of new medicines, streamline business processes, and focus resources in ways that maximize competitive advantage. Dick is uniquely experienced and exceptionally well qualified to lead the Company in turning Merck’s excellent science into innovative products that benefit patients and build shareholder value. " ...

Merck & Co., Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Established in 1891, Merck discovers, develops, manufactures and markets vaccines and medicines in more than 20 therapeutic categories. The Company devotes extensive efforts to increase access to medicines through far-reaching programs that not only donate Merck medicines but help deliver them to the people who need them. Merck also publishes unbiased health information as a not-for-profit service.

Design Engineer Job: Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology ...

Design Engineer Job: Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology: Via Renewable Energy Access: Lead Design Engineer, Location: Austin, Texas ...

... "Communicate, accelerate, and institutionalize process excellence and standardization at all levels; preferably with the use of Six Sigma DMAIC methodology; Identify and leverage best practices across functions and departments; Work with quality and operations teams to develop and utilize Six Sigma tools and methods; " ...

Six Sigma Productivity Advancement: Dupont Actions Drive Value

Dupont leverages their Six Sigma heritage and SAP ERP information technology foundation to drive to new levels of value through the advancement of productivity. ...

Six Sigma Productivity Advancement: Dupont Actions Drive Value: Via DuPont: DuPont Announces Actions To Increase Shareholder Value ...

... "Productivity Advancement: DuPont will accelerate work already underway to standardize and simplify its operating processes and will reduce its functional support costs to externally-benchmarked top-quartile standards. This work will make full utilization of the investment in new state-of-the-art information technology for business and financial systems (SAP) implemented over the past five years. Building on its well-established Six Sigma base, the focus will include lean global supply chain practices to strengthen service, reduce costs and reduce inventory. Chief Operating Officer Richard Goodmanson will manage the process, with quarterly external progress reports. " ...

Lean 5S: Technology Success ...

Learn from mistakes, accelerate improvement cycle times, and adopt the 5S principles of lean. Peter Coffee touches on the lean and agile approach to software development, celebrating recent technology success at the DARPA Grand Challenge, which incorporate elements of lean manufacturing 5S principles ...

Lean 5S: Technology Success: Via eWeek: Little Things Mean a Lot

... "The Five S philosophy of removing the unrelated, arranging the useful, discarding the distracting or dangerous, standardizing the proper practice, and systematizing the overall process has much to offer in application development efforts. " ...

cGMP LeanSixSigma Accelerates Pharma Commercialization ...

cGMP LeanSixSigma Accelerates Pharma Commercialization: Via Cambrex: Innovative Biosensors, Inc. and Cambrex Establish Manufacturing Relationship ...

Manufacturing partnership will build upon a Lean Six Sigma and cGMP foundation to accelerate pharmaceutical commercialization ...

... "Cambrex's state-of-the-art facilities and scale-up expertise are among the many advantages of this manufacturing relationship, said Joe Hernandez, IBI's President and CEO. Cambrex's commitment to quality through cGMP and Lean Six Sigma will quicken the commercialization of our human clinical diagnostic products. " ...

Cambrex Corporation (NYSE: CBM) is a global, diversified life science company dedicated to providing products and services to accelerate the discovery and commercialization of human therapeutics. The company employs approximately 1,900 people worldwide.

DFMA Design For Manufacture

Via American Society of Mechanical Engineers: DFMA to RP, ASAP

Mastering DFMA, or design for manufacturing and assembly, can accelerate time to market and lower the total life cycle costs of new products and their facilities. Here are background and references on DFMA ...

... "The concept of DFMA was developed in 1980 by Geoffrey Boothroyd and Peter Dewhurst, professors of industrial and manufacturing engineering at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. The following year, they founded Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc. to market proprietary DFMA packages. " ...

Via ACC: Acquisition Community Connection: Design for Manufacturing and Assembly ...

... "DFMA is a systematic analysis of the design of an assembly or subassembly to reduce product cost by simplifying its design, assembly, and manufacturing without impacting performance. The analysis allows you to determine the theoretical minimum number of parts that must be in the design for the product to function as required. As you identify and eliminate unnecessary parts, you eliminate unnecessary manufacturing and assembly costs. " ...

Via Army Logistics Management College: Smart Simple Design

... "The Smart Simple Design initiative encompasses two processes. The first step is using Design for Manufacture, Design for Assembly, and Design for Service (DFMAS) software in the early stages of the design process to achieve significant benefits from reducing costs and logistics support requirements. The second step of the Smart Simple Design initiative is assembling a design oversight and comparison process team to reduce the number of needed parts and standardize parts across different product lines. " ...

Via American Machinist: Technologies to reduce production costs ...

... "Companies can slash costs by improving the design process at its beginning. Design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA) software includes a design-formanufacture module, with which engineers obtain early cost estimates on parts or products, and a design-for-assembly module, which they employ to determine the best methods to manufacture products. " ...

DFMA consists of complementary Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacture (DFM) software. Engineers use DFA software to reduce the cost of a product by consolidating parts into elegant and multifunctional designs. DFM software then helps engineers quickly judge the cost of producing the individual components of the new design. Used together, DFM and DFA software give engineers an early cost profile of product designs, providing a basis for planning and decision making. When performed in the earliest stages of concept design, DFMA analysis has the potential to dramatically reduce manufacturing and other product life-cycle costs before they are locked in. DFMA software operates in MicrosoftÒ Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., is a winner of the 1991 National Medal of Technology Award, presented by President George H. Bush. Other recipients of the award have included William Gates of Microsoft Corp. and Robert Galvin of Motorola Inc. Boothroyd Dewhurst is dedicated to continually developing the DFMA knowledge base through its integrated software programs, workshops, consulting services and international conferences. For more information, contact Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., 138 Main Street, Wakefield, R.I. 02879, USA. Tel.

Lean Manufacturing Visual-Marking Requirements

Lean Manufacturing Visual-Marking Requirements: Via Daily News: AliMed adds DuraStripe to its workplace safety line ...

Lean Manufacturing techniques can be as simple as marking visual lines on the factory floor to accelerate the flow of materials, using products such as Durastripe. Visual markings are a direct contributor to an corporate 5S program ...

... "DuraStripe, DuraShapes and DuraSigns are all marking products designed to promote on-the-job safety through visual communication. DuraStripe offers a solution to any company's safety or 5S programs and enables businesses to meet their lean manufacturing marking requirements. " ...

Additional references for applications of visual-marking in the manufacturing environment and the visual 5S factory:

Lean Building Blocks: MAMTC LEAN: Manufacturing consulting company helping small to ... The intent of a visual factory is that the whole workplace is set-up with signs, labels, etc.

5S Supplies: Where would you use this floor marking tape? "A place for everything, ... of visual controls needs to be part of a much larger lean manufacturing effort. ...

5S | Lean Thinking | Lean and the Environment | EPA: 5S provides the foundation on which other lean methods, such as TPM, ... The Visual Factory: Building Participation Through Shared Information (Portland, ...

Visual 5S Case Study: Factory simulation, to introduce the team to lean manufacturing tools and the ... 5S and Visual Management. The aim was to introduce the team to a method of ...

Lean Six Sigma: Proven Productivity Tools ...

Lean Six Sigma: Proven Productivity Tools: Navy's Virtual SYSCOM Transforming Business Processes

... "Among its significant goals, the Virtual SYSCOM is focused on continuing efforts to increase productivity and accelerate the process of innovation across the Navy SYSCOMs through the application of proven productivity tools such as Lean, Theory of Constraints and Six Sigma, and to employ opportunities for cross-SYSCOM efficiencies such as best practices, centers of excellence, shared service models and leveraging core competencies. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Kaizen Event: Success Story ...

AFRL/ML Success Story: Engine Supplier Base Initiative - Casting Sector

... "A Kaizen event or workshop is a Lean tool that is often considered the bread and butter of the Lean manufacturing world. An Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) team is put together representative of every key position in the production process. Depending upon the size of the operation, the team numbers eight to 20 employees. The Kaizen team meets for four or five days, and focus in some particular area or operation of the plant to be improved. A Kaizen's popularity comes from the fact that every team member is encouraged to participate in the improvement process. " ...

2005 Cincom Manufacturing Conference

2005 Cincom Manufacturing Conference

... "Learn firsthand how top companies are accelerating operational excellence, driving lean initiatives, and capturing competitive advantage. Plus, find out how these same principles can be applied to your business.

Accelerate
2005 Cincom Manufacturing Conference
May 22-25, 2005
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Microsoft Supports Lean Manufacturing Software Capability in Automotive Industry ...

Microsoft Drives Insight and Innovation for the Automotive Community With Peak Performance Initiative

... "At the Microsoft Global Automotive Summit,Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates teamed with Microsoft Corp.'s automotive team in announcing the Peak Performance Initiative, designed to help the automotive community accelerate insight through advanced analysis services, drive innovation through collaboration, and improve performance via increased visibility into operations across the automotive supply chain. ... Automotive OEMs and suppliers are under tremendous pressures to improve performance in a highly competitive, cost-sensitive environment. To succeed, these companies are looking for solutions that cut across and integrate the entire value stream. In support of Microsoft's Peak Performance Initiative, we are coupling Microsoft technology with Avanade's holistic enterprise expertise to meet the challenges of the automotive industry. Avanade's solutions enable collaborative product design, demand-driven lean manufacturing and supply management, global sourcing, and global operations management. " ...

-- Michael Merfeld, Solution Director, Microsoft Business Solutions, Avanade

Microsoft has been working with the automotive industry for more than a decade. In manufacturing, Microsoft works with industry-leading partners to develop solutions based on Microsoft technologies that enable OEMs, suppliers and customers to improve efficiency, effectiveness and knowledge across the business. Through business applications, .NET technologies and enterprise platform support, manufacturers are able to accelerate time to market, collaborate globally with engineers, reduce costs by leveraging the power of the Internet, and increase visibility into their production and supply chain processes. From an in-vehicle technology perspective, Microsoft's Automotive Business Unit works collaboratively with the auto industry to deliver technology designed for advanced in-car information, navigation and entertainment systems. Microsoft technology is on the road today in 25 preinstalled and aftermarket devices from 13 world-class automakers and suppliers, including Acura, BMW, Citroën, Clarion, Fiat, Subaru, Honda, Hyundai, DaimlerChrysler, Mitsubishi, NexTech, Toyota and Volvo.

Lean Manufacturing Operational Improvement Program ...

Ferro Announces First Quarter 2005 Unaudited Financial Results

... "Hector R. Ortino, chairman and chief executive officer, commented, First quarter operating results were in line with our expectations and demonstrate we are making rapid progress on improving the Company's performance. The positive trends shown in the first quarter are expected to accelerate in the second quarter, improving profits significantly. We will continue to take action across the Company to further improve operating results through aggressive marketing tactics and operational improvement programs such as lean manufacturing and supply chain management while continuing to invest in growth opportunities. " ...

Ferro Corporation is a major international producer of performance materials for industry, including coatings and performance chemicals. The Company has operations in 20 countries and reported sales of $1.8 billion in 2004.

Lean Business Summit June ...

Lean Summit - Lean Conferences

... "Business Process Summit
Applying Lean Thinking Across the Enterprise
June 8 - 10, 2005, Hilton Boston Logan Airport

The power of lean thinking has been transforming manufacturing processes for decades. Now, pioneering executives and managers are applying the principles of lean thinking to business processes to dramatically improve competitiveness and accelerate growth. " ...

Summit is sponsored by the Lean Enterprise Institute: James P. Womack is the founder and president of the Lean Enterprise Institute a non-profit educational and research organization chartered in 1997 to advance a set of ideas known as lean production and lean thinking. The Institute is conducting a series of research activities to create a tool kit of methods for implementing lean thinking in a wide range of industries. The Institute also sponsors a series of educational meetings through the year and helps people to apply lean thinking in entirely new applications such as health care, construction, and distribution.

Six Sigma Global Implementation Experience Strengthens CEO Skills ...

Six Sigma Global Implementation Experience Strengthens CEO Skills: Avery Dennison Elects Dean Scarborough Chief Executive Officer ...

Experience in the global implementation of Six Sigma improvements is helpful to executive career progression to the CEO suite.

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... program. He also directed the successful global implementation of Six Sigma productivity improvement efforts across the Company. ...

... Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) announced that its board of directors has elected Dean A. Scarborough as president and chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2005. Scarborough, 49, has been president and chief operating officer of Avery Dennison since 2000, reporting to Philip M. Neal, chairman and chief executive officer. Neal, 64, will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors until May 1, 2006. Scarborough, as president and chief operating officer, led key initiatives to accelerate top-line growth, including the Company's global Horizons program. He also directed the successful global implementation of Six Sigma productivity improvement efforts across the Company. Scarborough was responsible for the successful integration of operations resulting from several key strategic acquisitions, including RVL, a brand identification products supplier for the apparel and retail industries, and Jackstadt, a German-based pressure-sensitive materials manufacturer. ...

Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive labeling materials, office products and retail tag, ticketing and branding systems. Based in Pasadena, Calif., Avery Dennison is a FORTUNE 500 company with 2004 sales of $5.3 billion. Avery Dennison employs approximately 21,400 individuals worldwide who apply the Company's technologies to develop, manufacture and market a wide range of products for both consumer and industrial markets.

New Product Innovation Essential in High Technology

New Product Innovation in High Technology: White Electronic Designs First Quarter Fiscal 2005 Financial ...

Research and development investment is necessary to grow and sustain innovation in new product introduction. Six Sigma techniques, such as DFSS, DMADV, QFD, and VOC Voice of the Customer, are appropriate in the new product introduction process to accelerate innovation ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... We remain committed to new product innovation in the areas of circuit complexity management, interface communications and display enhancement technologies ...

... White Electronic Designs Corporation (Nasdaq: WEDC) is pleased to report results for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 ended January 1, 2005. Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 were $28.9 million, up slightly compared to sales of $28.8 million in the immediately preceding quarter, and up approximately 12% compared to sales of $25.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2004. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 was $1.2 million or $0.05 per diluted share, compared to net income of approximately $905,000 or $0.04 per diluted share in the immediately preceding quarter, and net income of approximately $1.7 million or $0.07 per diluted share in the first quarter of fiscal 2004. ...

White Electronic Designs Corporation designs, develops and manufactures innovative components and systems for high technology sectors in military, industrial, medical and commercial markets. White's products include advanced semiconductor packaging of high-density memory products and state-of-the-art microelectronic multi-chip modules for military and defense industries and data and telecommunications markets; anti-tamper products for mission-critical semiconductor components in defense and secure commercial applications; enhanced and ruggedized high-legibility flat-panel displays for commercial, medical, defense and aerospace systems; digital keyboard and touch-screen operator-interface systems; and electromechanical assemblies for OEM's in commercial and military markets. White is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and has design and manufacturing centers in Arizona, Indiana, Ohio and Oregon.

BioInformatics Software Integration Supports Data Analysis ...

BioInformatics Software Integration Supports Data Analysis: Rosetta Biosoftware Integrates Affymetrix GeneChip Operating ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... rosettabio.com. Rosetta Biosoftware is a leading provider of enterprise bioinformatics solutions for life science research. Its ...

... Rosetta Biosoftware today announced the integration of the Affymetrix GeneChip(R) Operating Software (GCOS) with version 5.0 of the Rosetta Resolver(R) gene expression data analysis system. The integration between the two systems will ease collaboration efforts between scientists, improve productivity in high-throughput gene expression laboratories, and seamlessly allow advanced data interpretation and data mining of results from Affymetrix GeneChip brand microarrays. ...

Rosetta Biosoftware is a leading provider of enterprise bioinformatics solutions for life science research. Its enterprise software solutions, including the Rosetta Resolver and Rosetta Luminator gene-expression data analysis systems, empower life scientists with advanced, scalable, and easy-to-use analysis platforms that accelerate discovery research. Rosetta Biosoftware is a business unit of Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK). The Rosetta Resolver system is a high-capacity data storage, retrieval and analysis solution for gene expression data. The system is ideal for life science research organizations that need to assess compound specificity or toxicity, identify new genes or therapeutic targets or compare and analyze large databases of expression profiles. The Rosetta Resolver system combines flexibility and ease of use with high-performance algorithms to produce an enterprise solution for rapid analysis of gene expression data. The Rosetta Resolver system can accept and analyze data from a wide variety of expression profiling formats, including Affymetrix GeneChip, Agilent DNA and GE Healthcare Biosciences CodeLink microarrays, and applies Rosetta Biosoftware's proprietary error models to yield quality statistics for every gene expression measurement within the system. These statistics are automatically leveraged by Rosetta Resolver system analysis tools for optimal results. The system is also highly customizable, and includes a Software Development Kit (SDK) for extension and customization. Life science research organizations that have licensed the Rosetta Resolver system include many of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world, such as Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co., Inc., as well as premier academic institutions such as the Harvard University Center for Genomics Research. The Rosetta Resolver system is distributed exclusively by Agilent Technologies.

Lean Approach Enabled by Product Lifecycle Management PLM Software ...

Lean Approach Enabled by Product Lifecycle Management PLM: Agile Customer Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc. Receives ...

From PR Newswire, Jan 13, 2005 ... "Agile PLM is a critical enabler for our lean manufacturing approach that has become necessary throughout our complete supply chain. ...

... Agile Software Corporation (Nasdaq: AGIL), a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, today announced that its customer, Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc. has been recognized by industry-leading publication, InfoWorld, as having one of the 100 most innovative corporate IT solutions in 2004. Each year, InfoWorld names 100 companies that have made the best use of technology to enhance their business. This year, the InfoWorld 100 included Saturn Electronics & Engineering's use of Agile PLM to reduce product development time, improve customer satisfaction, increase automotive business win rates and increase product profitability. ...

Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc. is a supplier of components and sub-systems to Original Equipment Manufacturers and their Tier 1 suppliers within the automotive industry. It offers its customers integrated, cost-effective solutions that are responsive to outsourcing needs and provides a broad range of services, including design and engineering, supply chain management, manufacturing and assembly, testing and qualification, and post-production support. Saturn's highly innovative products are designed, engineered, and manufactured worldwide.

Agile Software Corporation helps companies drive profits, accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and ensure regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle. With a broad suite of enterprise-class PLM solutions, time-to-value focused implementations, and a unique Guaranteed Business Results program, Agile helps companies get the most from their products. Alcatel, Boeing, Dell Inc., Flextronics International, GE Medical, Haemonetics, Hitachi, Johnson & Johnson, Leapfrog, Lockheed Martin, Magna Steyr, Siemens, QUALCOMM and ZF are among the over 1,200 customers in the automotive, aerospace and defense, consumer products, electronics, high tech, industrial products, and life sciences industries that have realized high impact results through their use of Agile solutions.

Additional resources on PLM enablers for lean manufacturing ...

Society of Manufacturing Engineers: SESSION: (327) Engineering Enablers for Lean Manufacturing. ... ROI they've derived from implementing PLM. ... re probably incorporating lean manufacturing within your ...

Leveraging associative product, process, plant and resource data: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Teamcenter for Manufacturing enablers 7 ... fits all” approach to product lifecycle management (PLM). ... for Manufacturing enables lean manufacturing by helping you ...

PLM - A New Era of Collaboration: One of the key enablers is the Web, which serves ... focus on a particular slice of the PLM pie is ... Economy With the revitalization of the manufacturing economy our ...

PLM: Revenue Booster: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... among its enablers are a speedy and collabora- tive development function ... the PNPD and M&S functions to become lean, agile, and ... They are a key element of a PLM ...

Lean Operations Software Deployment at Johnson Controls ...

Lean Operations Software: Johnson Controls Automotive Group Begins Largest Deployment of ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... 5, 2005--Factory Logic(TM), the leading provider of lean manufacturing and supply chain management solutions, announces that the Automotive Group of Johnson ...

... Factory Logic(TM), the leading provider of lean manufacturing and supply chain management solutions, announces that the Automotive Group of Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE:JCI) has initiated deployment of the Factory Logic Lean Operations Management System across 30 Johnson Controls manufacturing facilities in North America. Johnson Controls is one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, and this implementation of Factory Logic is the largest deployment of lean operations software ever undertaken. Factory Logic is a comprehensive operations management solution built around key concepts of the Toyota Production System (TPS). It complements existing business systems to help manufacturers accelerate the adoption of lean techniques, sustain their benefits, and ensure their consistent application across the enterprise. ...

Factory Logic is dedicated to helping companies improve customer responsiveness and eliminate waste by delivering manufacturing and supply chain management solutions that support and enhance the use of key techniques pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS), and that make lean manufacturing practical for a wider range of manufacturing environments. Factory Logic is the first company to team lean manufacturing specialists with experienced software professionals to develop a standard software product built around the principles of lean production. The result is the Factory Logic(TM) Lean Operations Management System -- a new breed of factory and supply chain management system that truly addresses the operational needs of the lean enterprise while integrating smoothly with enterprise level business systems. The Factory Logic software integrates heijunka scheduling, inventory projection monitoring, flexible cell resource planning, kanban supermarket management, and operational alerts into a comprehensive solution design to work in harmony with visual factory controls and scale to the level of an entire factory, enterprise, or supply chain. For its pioneering work, Factory Logic is the first software company to have been awarded the Shingo Prize.


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