Peavey Lean Manufacturing Initiative

Peavey Electronics initiates a company-wide Lean initiative that will drive operational efficiency across 33 facilities and strengthen the company's competitive position globally. The initiative will be staffed by an internal team that will address waste in the company's business processes and streamline the flow of work. ...

... "Lean manufacturing is a philosophy of maximizing efficiency within an organization. Although the movement first gained traction under the term Lean in the 1990s, the roots of Lean date to Henry Ford, and later, Toyota. Courtland Gray, Chief Operating Officer of Peavey Electronics, said that Peavey must refine its business model in order to position the company for continued growth. Peavey's Lean program is part of a massive, multi-million dollar reinvestment that Peavey Electronics has made in its infrastructure just since 2008, including a new ERP computer network to streamline the flow of information, enhance communication and unify its global affiliates. With this next phase, Gray said that Peavey employees hold the key to the company's future. " ...

Via Peavey: Lean Manufacturing Initiative Launched

Challenges Shape Lean Adoption

Challenging economic conditions create an environment that requires business to sense and adapt its models for survival. ...

... "Manufacturing innovations and distribution patterns have been powerfully shaped by economic shifts. Japan’s just-in-time, lean manufacturing system, management experts note, was an adaptation to postwar poverty, a shortage of capital and scarce land for factories ... " ...

Via Ocala Star-Banner: Corporate Models

TQM Advocacy

Executive and workforce commitment is critical to sustaining any quality improvement program. ...

... "TQM fades out the moment an internal advocate resigns without making sure that the program runs its course regardless of its leader. " ...

Via BusinessWorld: TQM program management

Kaizen Idea Submission

Accelerate employee adoption of kaizen techniques by embracing idea submissions by the workforce. Reinforce the concept of open submission and transparency on how improvements are selected. ...

... "Don’t commit the mistake of giving only recognition to accepted employee ideas. Kaizen --- the Japanese word for continuous improvement --- is all about idea submission, and not acceptance, according to Matthew May ... " ...

Via BusinessWorld: Employee suggestions

Lean Manufacturing in Health Care

Healthcare challenges are taking a back seat to economic problems. Meanwhile, exemplars in the healthcare industry are embracing improvement methods, such as lean manufacturing, to drive competitive advantage. ...

... "Weller admires initiatives implemented by ThedaCare to take lean manufacturing methods, which stress efficiency, to reduce costs. In about six years, through streamlining and adopting a model of continuous improvement, ThedaCare has saved $27 million the past three years and a 5 percent improvement in productivity. " ...

Via Appleton Post-Crescent: Health care fixes

Six Sigma Sustainability Impact

Caterpillar's Six Sigma competence is leveraged to drive sustainability goals. ...

... "Projects implemented by Six Sigma teams focused on heating efficiency, more efficient lighting and control of equipment and can be replicated across the globe at Caterpillar facilities ... " ...

Via Reliable Plant: Six Sigma at Caterpillar

Why Do Six Sigma?: "Caterpillar, a Fortune 100 company located in Peoria, had adopted Six Sigma in 2001 and introduced it to its vendors. "

Sticky Lean Six Sigma

Cummins Six Sigma CEO Recognized

Chief executive officer is recognize for his implementation and support of Six Sigma. ...

... "Tim Solso, chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Inc., who won The Six Sigma CEO of the Year Award. " ...

Via The Global Six Sigma Awards: Cummins CEO wins Six Sigma CEO

Quality Award for Army Center

Army engineering center is recognized for its Lean Six Sigma achievements with a Malcolm Baldrige Award. ...

... "Rowland said ARDEC had competed in the President's Quality Award process and used that as an incentive for implementing management programs like Total Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma. Donelle Denery, who manages ARDEC's performance excellence programs, said the agency was able to promote new management programs by getting almost total participation from managers. " ...

Via Government Executive: Army Quality

Via ARDEC: Malcolm Baldrige Award: "The Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center here today became the first Department of Defense organization in history selected to receive the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. President George W. Bush and Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced ARDEC's selection this morning in a joint news release. "

Six Sigma Reward System Scales With Benefits

Fort Leavenworth responds to Six Sigma adoption barriers with a scalable reward system. ...

... "So, the Garrison's Lean Six Sigma Tiger Team formulated a reward system for civilian, military and contract employees. The reward corresponds with the success of the idea. " ...

Via Leavenworth Lamp: Incentives

The Next Generation Factory Uses Lean Techniques to Shift Thinking

AMD's Dr. Douglas Grose sees lean techniques as a strategic imperative to streamline the Next Generation Factory (NGF). ...

... "Building on its pioneering efforts in the adoption of Lean techniques and Automated Precision Manufacturing in semiconductor factories, AMD is joining with industry partners, including ISMI, to develop new tools and processes for further streamlining both front-end and back-end production. For example, current practice across the industry is to move wafers through the process steps in 25 wafer batches, but most of the tools can only process a few or even one wafer at a time, greatly increasing the amount of time it takes to process an entire 25 wafers, slowing the delivery to the customer and extending time-to-revenue for the manufacturer. Small Lot Manufacturing (SLM) and Single Wafer Tools (SWT) are proposed changes that would greatly improve manufacturing efficiency, but requires an industry-wide shift in thinking. Collaborating on addressing this issue and others magnifies the impact by distributing investments of time, talent and money across all the parties that ultimately benefit. " ...

Via AMD: Customer at Center of Chip Manufacturing


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Rapid Prototyping, Tooling and Manufacturing: "A major break-through has been achieved in rapid manufacturing by moving from SLS to SLM. "

Rapid Manufacturing

NGMTI: "The purpose of the Next Generation Manufacturing Technology Initiative (NGMTI) is to accelerate the development and implementation of breakthrough manufacturing technologies ... "

Manufacturing - Next Generation Manufacturing: "This will require factories that can be quickly reconfigured to adapt to changing production and that can be operated by highly-motivated and skilled knowledge workers. "

Customer Centric Enterprise: "Solving the trade-off between customer centric manufacturing on the one hand (meaning high variety and fast responsiveness) and low costs, stable capacity utilization and high quality on the other necessitates incorporating systematic methodologies for manufacturing planning, process design and quality assurance in an integrated manner. "

Six Sigma Maturity Model Results

Instantis makes the results of study on Six Sigma adoption patterns and maturity levels available. ...

... "A key goal of the Six Sigma maturity model study was to provide Six Sigma practitioners with real-world data from their peers regarding Six Sigma deployment critical success and failure factors across industries. A further goal was to validate and further refine the model in order to help guide organizations on their Six Sigma journey. The findings of the study will be incorporated into version 2.0 of the model. " ...

Instantis Publishes Results of Six Sigma Maturity Model Study

DataMining SixSigma DMAIC Methodology

Data mining vendor KXEN adopts Six Sigma DMAIC as its standard implementation methodology for inegrating analytics into corporate business processes. ...

... "The adoption of DMAIC - short for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control - brings for the first time rigidly defined business goals, milestones and measurements to data mining projects. Until now the absence of such discipline has put many businesses off data mining according to Bloor Research analyst David Norris, restricting its use to specialized, low volume projects.

DMAIC is one of two Six Sigma methodologies and is most commonly used to improve existing business processes. It was chosen as the KXEN standard implementation methodology for its completeness, its clear tasks/deliverables descriptions and its suitability for business users. Six Sigma was pioneered by Motorola in 1986 and is a service mark and trademark of that company. The move also highlights KXEN's use in broader Six Sigma projects for overall business performance improvement initiatives where data mining can help identify the true indicators of performance, spot trends and detect failures. " ...

Via KXEN: Six Sigma Methodology For Data Mining Projects

Lean Techniques DataCenter Ops

McKinsey research shows the adoption of lean techniques in data center operations. ...

... "survey of senior IT executives shows a growing interest in service-oriented architectures and lean data center operations." ...

Via McKinsey: CIO Survey ...

Lean Manufacturing Efficient Effective Organization

Local firm plans to transform workforce through widespread adoption of lean manufacturing principles to achieve cost efficiencies. ...

... "Chere Howard, human resources manager, explained that lean manufacturing is about operating a cost-effective and efficient organization. " ...

Via The Daily World: Link

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 Survey Results: Lean Ahead ...

Survey shows lean adoption ahead of Six Sigma ...

... "In the 2006 AMERICAN MACHINIST BENCHMARKING SURVEY, 88 percent of the top-performing benchmark shops reported using lean-manufacturing methods, but only 22 percent of these shops were using six sigma. " ...

Six Sigma Survey Results: Lean Ahead: Ready For Six Sigma?

Kaizen Implementation StockerYale ...

Kaizen implementation is undertaken by Stocker ...

... "The operating loss for the second quarter was $0.7 million versus $0.9 million in 2005, excluding stock-based compensation expense of $0.1 million and asset impairment charges in 2005 of $0.6 million, a 17% improvement. Research and development expenses of $0.7 million, were 3% lower than the second quarter of 2005. Selling expenses increased 24% to $0.6 million due to increased marketing and sales activities in the U.S. and Europe and FX impact in Canada. General and administrative expense rose 16% due to the expensing of stock based compensation resulting from the Company's adoption of FAS123R and consulting expenses related to Kaizen implementation in Montreal. " ...

Via StockerYale: StockerYale Announces Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results

Six Sigma Improves Cummins Cost Structure ...

CEO Tim Solso updates shareholders on Cummins 2006 performance which is forecast to break company records again. He provided details on growth and efficiency, which includes adoption of Six Sigma methodology. ...

... "Cummins is strengthening its balance sheet by paying down debt and significantly improving its cost structure through the use of Six Sigma, global sourcing and technical productivity. Cummins will have paid off more than $750 million in debt in 2005 and 2006. " ...

Six Sigma Improves Cummins Cost Structure: Via Cummins: 2006 To Be Another Outstanding Year For Cummins, Chairman Tells Shareholders ...

Six Sigma: Operating Efficiencies Support Earnings Growth by Manitowoc ...

Manitowoc has an excellent quarter supported by Six Sigma operational efficiencies ...

... "Excellence in Operations: We will continue to improve our processes, which will yield better products. Improved operating efficiencies from enterprise-wide adoption of global sourcing strategies, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing, and other methodologies will generate more competitive costs, better quality, faster deliveries, and improved safety. " ...

Six Sigma: Operating Efficiencies Support Earnings Growth by Manitowoc: Via Manitowoc Company: Manitowoc First - Quarter 2006 Sales and Earnings Set Company Record ...

Organizational Change Management: Six Sigma Change Agents ...

Organizations need to accept change as a routine part of conducting business. The management of change is crucial to organizational transformations, such as Six Sigma adoption and other improvement methdologies. ...

... "Six Sigma Black Belts are taught change management as part of their overall training and make acceptable change agents in most cases. They identify new ways of performing old operations and implement these changes in various parts of an organisation. " ...

Organizational Change Management: Six Sigma Change Agents; Preparing the organisation for change: Via Express Pharma

Lean Manufacturing Employee Involvement ...

Leader knows that lean manufacturing success is driven by employee involvement, which places a premium on driving workforce adoption of the principles ...

... "From became president of the division in August, and since he has come on board, Lincoln Foodservice has sought to involve more employees in the improvement of its lean manufacturing processes. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Employee Involvement: Via Fort Wayne Business Weekly: Lincoln Foodservice to capitalize on toasted craze ...

Lean Manufacturing Executive Focus ...

David Coleal has been promoted to President and COO of Cirrus Design, where he will continue to drive the adoption of lean manufacturing principles ...

... "Prior to joining Cirrus, Coleal held positions at Toyota, Caterpillar and McKinsey. At all his previous positions Coleal focused on bringing Lean Manufacturing and other management techniques to improve the operations of the company. While Lean manufacturing has become an often repeated phrase, in the past 5 years Cirrus has been able to truly embrace these principles. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Executive Focus: Via Aero News: Cirrus Fine-Tunes Their Executive Offices ...

Six Sigma Contact Center Analysis ...

Contact centers can be improved through adoption of Six Sigma methods. Richard Snow explores the challenges for contact centers to reduce costs and drive productivity through technology, automation, and Six Sigma continuous improvements. ...

... "The new technologies also form the basis of two other ways to improve effectiveness: the adoption of Six Sigma quality practices and the determination of which types of contact are best-suited to be made self-service. The principle of Six Sigma is to reduce variation by taking key measures and then identifying and instituting process changes until variation in the measures falls within acceptable boundaries. " ...

Six Sigma Contact Center Analysis: Via TMCnet: Better Analytics in the Contact Center

Manufacturing Yield Management: Software Ranks High ...

Syntricity software ranks high for semicon manufacturing yield management according to study. ...

... "Syntricity's enterprise yield management system allows global companies to quickly and accurately analyze yield information, which enables faster time to market and enhanced supply chain visibility. FSA's study found that Syntricity's software is used by 51 percent of those using commercial yield management systems. Syntricity is also used by the broadest range of companies, with revenues ranging from $6 million to $1 billion. The next closest supplier reflected a share of 14 percent. Syntricity's satisfaction rating was the highest of all yield management system vendors, with a ranking four on a five point scale. FSA's report was compiled from the responses of 28 fabless semiconductor companies, highlighting the MIS systems used by these companies. " ...

Manufacturing Yield Management: Software Ranks High: Via Syntricity: SYNTRICITY YIELD MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE LEADS IN FSA MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM SURVEY: Rates high in customer satisfaction and adoption by fabless semiconductor companies ...

Software Supports Manufacturing Agility ...

Newest release of manufacturing execution software (MES) supports agile and adaptable manufacturing models where market requirements are in a constant state of change. ...

... "FlexNet is a highly pliable execution software that can be deployed stand-alone or to extend the value of an organization's ERP, CRM, PLM or other business systems. The software is both a broad strategic operations execution platform that ties together the diverse activities of a manufacturer's operations, as well as a modular suite of applications that can be deployed as needed to provide a tightly coordinated manufacturing solution. Built for Adaptability, Agility: FlexNet 9.3 has been built for adaptive manufacturing, an emerging strategy driven by operations execution systems that provide the flexibility, visibility and integration required to support constantly changing business requirements. The results are optimal efficiency, quality and responsiveness, which can translate into higher profitability and customer satisfaction. " ...

Software Supports Manufacturing Agility: Via Apriso Corporation: APRISO CORPORATION ANNOUNCES FLEXNET VERSION 9.3: Newest Version of Widely Used Software Provides Greater Manufacturing Agility, Adaptability ...

Additional resources on manufacturing agility:

Via Control Engineering - Role of Controls in Product Lifecycle Management: "Moreover, as an enabler for working collaboratively in the early stages of product development, digital manufacturing enables design and automation engineers to work together to quickly develop designs that can be manufactured most readily and economically within the available production facilities. Such integrated systems also support greater manufacturing agility, giving companies greater flexibility in changing operations according to shifting demands of competition and customer preference."

OUTLOOK 2005: Integration & Data Master: Via Managing Automation: "The goal for every commercial offering is to simplify the integration effort, lower cost and enable business and manufacturing agility. And everywhere you turn a vendor has an integrated solution sell for you. "

Via NEMI: GenRad Product Commercializes Technologies from NEMI’s Plug And Play Factory Project: "The adoption of NEMI's FIS standards could greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to integrate new equipment and software systems into the manufacturing supply chain. This capability is critical for maintaining manufacturing agility as well as for increasing the efficiency of shop floor operations, stated John Cartwright, co-chair of the NEMI FIS TIG and manager of Factory Information Systems at Intel."

Airspeed Lean Six Sigma Methodology ...

Lt. Roy Turner explores the AirSpeed programs and progress being made on lean processes. ...

Airspeed Lean Six Sigma Methodology: Via NavyCompass: AIRSpeed Changing Processes at AIMD Point Mugu ...

... "The tenets of AIRSpeed (Lean, Six Sigma, and Advanced Theory of Constraints) are methodologies that go well beyond a collection of catch phrases and the inspiration of can-do mentalities. Lean in particular is a methodology of continuous process improvement, involving a never-ending quest for perfection. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Forest Products Industry Training ...

Lean manufacturing adoption enables US firms to compete in the global marketplace. Chuck Watson explores the efforts by the University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute to provide area industry with an edge in lean manufacturing. ...

Lean Manufacturing Forest Products Industry Training: Via Business North: NRRI Forest Products promotes ‘lean’ manufacturing processes ...

... "His project team focuses on wood materials innovation and manufacturing, improvement in this vital industry, employing the lean manufacturing model initiated by Taiichi Ohno (Toyota). " ...

DesignFor Six Sigma: AS9102 Aerospace ...

DesignFor Six Sigma: AS9102 Aerospace: Via Cohesia: Aerojet Signs with Cohesia© for Global Specification Management: Requirements flow-down solution that enables 100% digitized characteristic accountability is expected to deliver return-on-investment within 12 months ...

... "The adoption of Design for Six Sigma and the implementation of industry standard process methodologies such as AS9102 for First Article Inspection in aerospace, hold the promise of reducing quality escapes from the product life-cycle. There are many factors that can lead to quality escapes including product requirements that are ambiguous, conflicting or incomplete. Detailed product requirements, which specify the engineering and manufacturing definition of a product, are driven primarily from information detailed in technical specifications. " ...

Lean Manufacturing: Dramatically Cut Turnaround Time ...

Lean Manufacturing: Dramatically Cut Turnaround Time: Via Yahoo! Finance: Motorcar Parts Featured on CNBC's Power Lunch ...

... "Mike Hegedus recapitulated MPAA's 40 year corporate history, highlighting the Company's impressive improvements in efficiency through the adoption of lean manufacturing, which allowed it to dispense with the traditional assembly line and dramatically cut turnaround time. " ...

Lean Six Sigma Transformation: Black Belts Mobilize ...

Minting new Six Sigma Black Belts is key to the initial adoption of the Six Sigma methodology. The Black Belts work with champions to identify the highest impact opportunities for improvement. Heather Paynter explores the Lean Six Sigma transformation of the military as Six Sigma Black Belts mobilize to drive value from their improvement projects ...

Lean Six Sigma Transformation: Black Belts Mobilize: Via NavyCompass: FISC San Diego Black Belt Tackles HHG Project ...

... "Researching, analyzing and developing solutions to improve daily work processes are integral steps followed by Lean six Sigma (L6S) Black Belt graduates like Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) San Diego's Carolyn Wright. " ...

Lean Techniques: Depot Receives Shingo ...

Letterkenny depot receives Shingo prize for performance achieved through adoption of lean techniques ...

Lean Techniques: Depot Receives Shingo: Via Chambersburg PA Public Opinion: Depot gets award for missile work ...

... "... depot Commander Col. Robert A. Swenson in a prepared statement. Today's recognition is not a conclusion. It is really just a beginning as the depot continues to find ways to work smarter and more efficiently through the application of Lean techniques. " ...

Process Management: Six Sigma Digitization

Industry initiatives in BPM develop synergy with Six Sigma process digitization programs. Doug Henschen explores the adoption of business process management BPM with Connie Moore, Forrester Research.

Process Management: Six Sigma Digitization: Via Intelligent Enterprise Magazine: In Focus: 101 Advice for Process Management Neophytes

... "Process owners see this as a way to commit to Six Sigma or other improvement initiatives. BPM touches many pieces of the organization, and that's why you see it described in many different ways. " ...

References on Six Sigma process digitization:

... "Via AWProfessional: From e-Business to Services: Why and Why Now?: The logical next step of Six Sigma is process digitization. The digitization goal: to utilize Internet-based workflows wherever possible to eliminate process friction and streamline the operations of GE. " ...

... "Via Birlasoft: Advanced Digitization of Six Sigma Implementation: One of the key ingredient to the success of Six Sigma implementation is to manage all key Black Belt and Green Belt projects. These projects ideally link up to organizational strategy and goals. " ...

... "Via destinationCRM.com: Bringing Six Sigma to Customer-Facing Business Processes: CRM supports the Six Sigma methodology DMAIC in the following ways: Improve, Control, and standardize processes through automation, digitization, and use of best practices embedded in the business applications. " ...

Lean Manufacturing: Systems Approach

A systems approach to lean manufacturing is a multi-year enterprise transformation. The transformation must be managed as a lean journey with a comprehensive roadmap that includes addressing cultural adoption ...

Via MTES: Lean Manufacturing

... "Lean Manufacturing is a team-baseds systematic approach to identifying and eliminating wasteful or non-value-adding activities within your manufacturing organization. Lean is a whole new way of thinking, and should be considered much more than a series of programs or techniques. " ...

Agile Manufacturing: Profit Velocity ...

Agile manufacturers focus visibility on the profit velocity of the product being produced. Adoption of lean manufacturing principles can be leveraged for agile performance ...

Via Innovation in Canada: The Canadian Manufacturing Processes Sector

... "The proponents of agile state that the goal of manufacturing is to drive as much profit as possible through the facility in the least amount of time. This concept has been termed Profit Velocity. It incorporates the idea that the goal of Customer Relations Management is win-win success, with a higher value to end customers and strong profits throughout the supply chain. Although phrased differently, it emphasizes some of the same basic concepts as lean, which include innovation, creativity, alignment, focus, collaboration, speed and change. " ...

Reference material on the use of profit velocity in agile manufacturing:

... "Agile Manufacturing: Activities are described both financial and non-financial measures. It makes distinctions between absolute profitability and profitability per unit of time.This is achieved through using profit velocity. Profit velocity is based on the observation that company profitability is a function of the absolute profitability and the number of products that can be produced during a period of time. " ...

... "Journey towards agility: Flexible assets and systems refer to facilities, systems and software. This includes buildings, services, production layout, technologies, IT, equipment and control systems. Assets and systems need to be lean – having a minimum of waste with an organisation designed to improve the effectiveness of all aspects of the operations ... " ...

Six Sigma Enterprise Portals ...

Six Sigma Enterprise Portals: Via Express Computer: The importance of enterprise portals ...

Shivani Shinde discusses the adoption of enterprise portals, in areas such as Six Sigma ...

... "Some common varieties of portals are corporate portals, functional portals (eHR, sales etc) and initiative-specific portals such as Six Sigma, NPD, and knowledge management. " ...

Six Sigma Engineering Best Practices ...

Six Sigma Engineering Best Practices: CADTRAIN's COACH/LMS Helps Raytheon with Knowledge Management ...

... "Raytheon has been using CADTRAIN's COACH/LMS product since 2001 and has seen a very high adoption rate for users completing the Pro/E training and developing their Pro/E skills. However, becoming an effective engineer at Raytheon requires more than just Pro/E training. It is also critical to know engineering best practices, corporate best practices, six sigma and other skills related to Raytheon's product development processes. " ...

CADTRAIN was founded in 1989 and focuses on the development, marketing and support of e-Learning and Knowledge Management solutions for CAD and PLM users. CADTRAIN's learning solutions include COACH – a complete curriculum of e-Learning courses for Pro/ENGINEER; COACH/LMS – a complete Learning System for Pro/ENGINEER; and the CADTRAIN Online Learning Center – a hosted learning site for Pro/E professionals. More than 1000 companies worldwide use COACH as a key part of their training and support strategy.

Lean Manufacturing Working Capital Reduction ...

Lean Manufacturing Working Capital Reduction: Terex Reports First Quarter Results; Sales Increased $405 Million, or 39%, to $1,449 Million; Net Income Was $30 Million, an Increase of 78%; Backlog Increased 98% Compared with First Quarter 2004, to $1,570 Million ...

Terex targeting improvements in working capital reduction and line-of-business adoption of lean manufacturing principles ...

... "We are continuing our Terex Business System initiatives," Mr. DeFeo added. The Terex management team continues to drive improvements in many facets of our business, even though we acknowledge that we are at the very early stages of this journey. Many of our businesses continue to deepen their understanding of lean manufacturing and the emphasis on working capital reduction. The benefits of this should emerge over time, but we are bolstered by our team's buy-in and early successes. " ...

Terex Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer with 2004 net sales of approximately $5 billion. Terex operates in five business segments: Terex Construction, Terex Cranes, Terex Aerial Work Platforms, Terex Materials Processing & Mining, and Terex Roadbuilding, Utility Products and Other. Terex manufactures a broad range of equipment for use in various industries, including the construction, infrastructure, quarrying, recycling, surface mining, shipping, transportation, refining, utility and maintenance industries. Terex offers a complete line of financial products and services to assist in the acquisition of Terex equipment through Terex Financial Services.

Lean Six Sigma Company Recognized ...

Lean Six Sigma Company Recognized: CELESTICA NAMED EMS COMPANY OF THE YEAR

Celestica is recognized for its achievements, which have enabled through the company's adoption of Lean Six Sigma principles ...

... "In 2004, Celestica's revenue increased by 31 percent over 2003. The company also worked to maximize return on working capital, in spite of being in a low margin business, by applying aggressive asset management and cost control. Important measures include the company's continued implementation of Lean principles and Six Sigma initiatives across its global manufacturing network. " ...

Celestica is a world leader in the delivery of innovative electronics manufacturing services (EMS). Celestica operates a highly sophisticated global manufacturing network with operations in Asia, Europe and the Americas, providing a broad range of integrated services and solutions to leading OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). Celestica's expertise in quality, technology and supply chain management enables the company to provide competitive advantage to its customers by improving time-to-market, scalability and manufacturing efficiency.

Six Sigma Program Drives Quality Thinking ...

Six Sigma Program Drives Quality Thinking: SANMINA-SCI’S GUADALAJARA FACILITY ACHIEVES ISO 13485 CERTIFICATION FOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS: Top-Tier EMS Company Achieves Key Medical Certifications in Low-Cost Region To Support Medical OEM Customers with High-Standard, Quality and FDA-Regulated Manufacturing Services ...

Sanmina-SCI's is driving quality management into the thought process of its workforce through Six Sigma and other management systems certifications ...

... "Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SANM), a leading global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, today announced that its Guadalajara, Mexico facility has received ISO 13485:2003 certification for medical products manufacturing. The newest certification represents a significant milestone for Sanmina-SCI’s Medical Division and Guadalajara facility, demonstrating a commitment to quality and customer service to medical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that manufacture in Mexico. ... Sanmina-SCI manufacturing facilities are focused on balancing quality issues with customer demand for today’s and tomorrow’s global business environment. Quality certification initiatives and quality tool programs, such as Six Sigma, embed quality thinking into every level of Sanmina-SCI’s operation. " ...

Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering unsurpassed quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, computer technology, and multimedia sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world.

Portfolio Six Sigma Solutions: Partnership ...

Tata Consultancy Services and Instantis Announce Partnership ...

... "Instantis and Tata Consultancy Services announced today an agreement to cooperate closely and bring to market comprehensive Six Sigma solutions for Global 2000 enterprises worldwide. The focus of the agreement is to offer an expanded portfolio of Six Sigma solutions that enable customers to more immediately and widely achieve new levels of results from their Six Sigma and overall business improvement initiatives. The agreement leverages the combined strengths of TCS as one of the world's largest technology consultancies and development organizations with the successes of Instantis as the leading enterprise software company focused on supporting multiple strategic business improvement initiatives including Six Sigma. " ...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the world-leading information technology consulting, services, and business process outsourcing organization that envisioned and pioneered the adoption of the flexible global business practices that today enable companies to operate more efficiently and produce more value.

Instantis is a leading provider of Enterprise Performance Improvement software for Global 2000 companies like Lockheed Martin, McKesson and Xerox that have deployed Six Sigma and other structured, project portfolio based business improvement methodologies. Instantis software automates the end-to-end execution, management and reporting of these methodologies. With a unique capability to provide a bridge between strategic priorities and execution, Instantis solutions allow industry leaders to deliver improved financial results and better alignment of goals and activities throughout the organization.

Six Sigma Partnership Drives Culture Shift Transformation ...

Six Sigma Partnership Drives Culture Shift Transformation: Pelion Systems and the Lean Learning Center Partner to Help ...

Partners strive to transform the Lean Six Sigma culture within organizations ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... Systems Pelion Systems is the market leader in Manufacturing Process Optimization (MPO) software products and services based on Lean, Six Sigma, and Flow ...

... Pelion Systems, the market leader in Manufacturing Process Optimization (MPO) solutions, and the Lean Learning Center (Novi, Mich.), a leading provider of Lean curriculum and consulting to a variety of industries, today announced a partnership aimed at helping manufacturers successfully adopt, implement and sustain Lean manufacturing processes. Pelion Systems and the Lean Learning Center will develop combined solutions that address the cultural side of Lean manufacturing transformation while accelerating the adoption process through the utilization of specialized software products. ...

The Lean Learning Center was founded in early 2001 by manufacturing and consulting industry veterans Andy Carlino, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Dennis Pawley to address the gaps and barriers that are holding back companies from successful Lean transformation. In combination with corporate partner Achievement Dynamics, a provider of management consulting, the companies
provide a full complement of lean transformation services. Industries served include manufacturing, healthcare, public utilities, retail, aerospace, communications, technology, investment equity, service and more.

Pelion Systems is the market leader in Manufacturing Process Optimization (MPO) software products and services based on Lean, Six Sigma, and Flow manufacturing principles. With Pelion, leading manufacturers are able to liberate capital, grow profits and sustain breakthrough performance by optimizing operations and extending their supply network to include suppliers, customers and outsourced service providers in their business transformation. Pelion MPO integrates easily with existing ERP and MRP systems and is available in desktop, site and enterprise editions. Based in Lafayette, Colo., Pelion has sales and marketing offices in Chicago, Detroit and Austin.

Six Sigma Business Analysis Software ...

Six Sigma Business Analysis Software: WARN Industries Deploys QlikView Business Analysis Software

Six Sigma initiatives can benefits from line-of-sight business analysis tools to support executive support and workforce alignment to the improvement objectives ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... lines. Next we plan to work with our internal quality team to build applications to support the new Six Sigma initiative. QlikView ...

... QlikTech Inc., a leading provider of powerful and rapidly deployable business intelligence, analysis and reporting applications, today announced that WARN Industries, the world's most recognized name in off-road products, has deployed QlikView to improve sales, financial and operational performance. WARN has deployed more than twenty-five QlikView business analysis applications to employees across several business functions to analyze and manage sales, finance, production, and operations. WARN's initial QlikView deployment was completed in under two weeks. This deployment began with an implementation of QlikTech's Accounts Receivables and Sales Analysis applications for the JD Edwards OneWorld Xe ERP system. ...

QlikTech is dedicated to simplifying business analysis. QlikTech's game-changing QlikView application is dramatically easier to deploy and use, inspiring fervent user adoption by business professionals who require it to run their organizations. QlikTech's patented technology allows instant, in memory, manipulation of massive datasets on low cost hardware, allowing affordable widespread deployment of highly sophisticated analytic applications in days. QlikView's click driven, visually interactive interface allows users to discover unanticipated insights hidden in operational systems with virtually no end-user training. QlikView has over 90,000 users at 1,500 customers in over 40 countries. In addition to hundreds of small and midsized companies, QlikTech's customers include large corporations such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Top Flite, 3M, and The Campbell Soup Company. QlikTech is privately held and venture backed by Accel Partners, Jerusalem Venture Partners, and Industrifonden. Founded in Sweden, QlikTech has subsidiaries in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Scandinavia, and over 100 partners across the world. Warn Industries is the world's most recognized brand in off-road products such as hub locks and vehicle recovery winches. As a result of its close working relationships with Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler, Warn is also a Tier 1 supplier of powertrain products specified on the leading domestic automobiles, SUVs and pickup trucks. Further, Warn continues to develop an international presence in Pacific Rim countries by working with Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, and Ssangyong. Warn Industries is a Dover Company (NYSE: DOV).

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.


Additional resources on lean operations software ...

Factory Logic lean manufacturing management software: The Shingo Prize winning Factory Logic™ Lean Operations Management System is a new breed of operational management software built from the ground up to ...

Manufacturing Operations - Software, Hardware, Services: gives you the technology platform you need to make your lean initiative a ... Visiprise Operations Performance Management by Visiprise, Inc. (SOFTWARE PRODUCT). ...

Lean Manufacturing: considering Lean software solutions. With this technique, manufacturers first think through how they want their operations to run after the new software is in ...

Lean Manufacturing EPC: Brooks Software Joins EPCglobal US to Develop and Promote RFID ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... software solutions are the foundation for enterprise initiatives in supply chain execution, closed loop automation, lean manufacturing and enterprise ...

... Brooks Software, a division of Brooks Automation, Inc., and a leading provider of real-time applications for enterprises with collaborative, complex manufacturing operations, today announced that it has joined EPCglobal US, an affiliate of EPCglobal Inc. EPCglobal Inc. develops and oversees commercial and technical standards for the EPCglobal Network(TM). As a subscriber to EPCglobal US, Brooks Software will provide support for adoption of the EPCglobal Network and participate in the EPCglobal community's creation of industry standards for electronic product code (EPC) technology. ...

Lean Manufacturing Program ...

From Jim Talent : U.S. Senator For Missouri ...

... "Lean Manufacturing - a provision authored by Sen. Talent directs the Department of Defense to establish a demonstration program to promote the wholesale adoption by the defense industry of lean manufacturing, which would substantially decrease today's long development cycle times, reduce by years today's acquisition cycle, reduce life-cycle costs, reduce tooling investments for production and further improve the quality of America's defense products" ...

SAS70 Certification: USA.NET and CanyonBridge Form Alliance

... "USA.NET, the global eMessaging service provider, is the largest exclusively-focused hosted eMessaging provider in North America, with over 5000 customers of all sizes and complexities. USA.NET is the only hosting provider who is SAS 70-Type II certified, Microsoft Gold Certified, and a member of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program. USA.NET eMessaging solutions are modular and infinitely scalable to ensure customers can grow their business without having to invest additional resources, time or capital into their mission-critical messaging infrastructure. " ...

Kaizen Principles: Transcontinental Announces Major $53 Million Capital Investment in State-of-the-Art Equipment ...

From CCNMatthews ...

... "Transcontinental's review of its manufacturing strategy arose naturally out of its Horizon 2005 business project. This review was the logical next step after the implementation of a continuous improvement approach using Kaizen workshops, the optimization of the company's existing assets, and the adoption of a more integrated approach to capital investments. The review will also enable the Corporation to redirect production to the most appropriate units, taking into account services and operating costs." ...

Six Sigma: To Outsource or Not - The ROI Question, Part 2 ...

From DMReview, Business intelligence, data warehousing and analytics editorial ...

... "One of the major motivators for BPO is often adoption of Six Sigma programs implemented to reduce or eliminate paper. " ...

Healthcare Six Sigma Success: Quest Diagnostics Reports Strong Financial Results in Third ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... advanced information technology, unparalleled access and distribution, and the benefits of our long-standing commitment to Six Sigma quality, enabling us to ...

Quest Diagnostics is leveraging the Six Sigma quality process to drive improvement in revenue growth, operational efficiency, and cash flow. Six Sigma adoption is growing in the healthcare industry as competition intensifies ...

... Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX - News), the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, announced that for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004, net income increased to $130 million, or $1.26 per diluted share, compared to $120 million, or $1.12 per diluted share, in 2003. ...

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, providing insights that enable healthcare professionals to make decisions that improve health. The company offers the broadest access to diagnostic testing services through its national network of laboratories and patient service centers, and provides interpretive consultation through its extensive medical and scientific staff. Quest Diagnostics is the leading provider of esoteric testing, including gene-based medical testing, and provides advanced information technology solutions to improve patient care.

Six Sigma ITIL: BMC Software(R) Announces New Business Service Management Partner ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... We are confident that our current expertise in ITIL and Six Sigma will provide a firm foundation on which to build our BSM practice.". ...

Six Sigma and ITIL provide a competitive advantage to service provisioning in the business service management BSM space ...

... From its exclusive Business Service Management (BSM) Executive Event, BMC Software, Inc., (NYSE: BMC), a leading provider of enterprise management solutions, today announced the launch of its global Business Service Management (BSM) Partner Certification Program, designed to assist solution providers in building BSM skills, expertise and best practices. The BSM Partner Certification Program is providing a key platform to advance customer adoption of BSM and assisting Solution Providers in jointly selling BSM with BMC Software's field organization and providing end-to-end BSM services in customer engagements. With today's news, BMC Software is also announcing that Maryville Technologies is the first partner to be BSM Certified. ...

BMC Software, Inc., is a leading provider of enterprise management solutions that empower companies to manage their IT infrastructure from a business perspective. Delivering Business Service Management, BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications, databases and service management. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide and fiscal 2004 revenues of more than $1.4 billion.

SAP Six Sigma Software: SAP Helps Companies Drive Maximum Performance with Adaptive ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... six sigma, compliant manufacturing (based on 21 CFR Part 11 stipulations*), performance management and radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption for the ...

SAP is investing in keeping its ERP software at the forefront of the industry through investments in six sigma and RFID ...

... SAP AG (NYSE: SAP - News) today announced new and enhanced capabilities to mySAP(TM) ERP, its world-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that will help customers gain new insight to better manage their manufacturing businesses. These capabilities will allow customers to gain improved visibility across plant floor operations and thereby better enable processes in the areas of lean manufacturing, track and trace, six sigma and compliant manufacturing. ...

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions. SAP® solutions are designed to meet the demands of companies of all sizes-from small and midsize businesses to global enterprises. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver(TM) open integration and application platform to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership and empower business change and innovation, mySAP(TM) Business Suite solutions are helping enterprises around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. The unique core processes of various industries, from aerospace to utilities, are supported by more than 25 SAP industry solutions. Today, more than 23,400 customers in over 120 countries run more than 79,800 installations of SAP® software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP."

SAP Six Sigma Software: SAP Helps Companies Drive Maximum Performance with Adaptive ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... six sigma, compliant manufacturing (based on 21 CFR Part 11 stipulations*), performance management and radio frequency identification (RFID) adoption for the ...

SAP is investing in keeping its ERP software at the forefront of the industry through investments in six sigma and RFID ...

... SAP AG (NYSE: SAP - News) today announced new and enhanced capabilities to mySAP(TM) ERP, its world-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that will help customers gain new insight to better manage their manufacturing businesses. These capabilities will allow customers to gain improved visibility across plant floor operations and thereby better enable processes in the areas of lean manufacturing, track and trace, six sigma and compliant manufacturing. ...

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software solutions. SAP® solutions are designed to meet the demands of companies of all sizes-from small and midsize businesses to global enterprises. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver(TM) open integration and application platform to reduce complexity and total cost of ownership and empower business change and innovation, mySAP(TM) Business Suite solutions are helping enterprises around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. The unique core processes of various industries, from aerospace to utilities, are supported by more than 25 SAP industry solutions. Today, more than 23,400 customers in over 120 countries run more than 79,800 installations of SAP® software. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol "SAP."

Heijunka Scheduling: RWD Technologies and Factory Logic Team to Deliver Lean ...

From MMH.com, United States ... The Factory Logic software integrates heijunka scheduling, inventory projection monitoring, flexible cell resource planning, kanban/supermarket management, and ...

... RWD Technologies, Inc. and Factory Logic today announced a strategic relationship to provide lean manufacturing solutions that combine RWD's transformation and implementation services with the Factory Logic lean operations management software. The jointly delivered solution will help manufacturers accelerate the transformation to a demand-driven enterprise through rapid and effective adoption of lean principles, tools, and techniques. Through its Performance Solutions Division, RWD Technologies is a recognized global leader in lean implementation, with offices and clients around the world. Factory Logic is the leading provider of a new generation of manufacturing and supply chain software built from the ground up to support the key concepts of lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System (TPS). ...

Factory Logic is dedicated to helping companies improve customer responsiveness and eliminate waste by delivering factory management solutions that support and enhance the use of key concepts pioneered in the Toyota Production System (TPS), and that make lean production practical for a wider range of manufacturing environments. Founded in Austin, Texas in 1998, 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 Streamline™ - a comprehensive off the shelf Lean Factory Management System. Through the deployment of Streamline software and the guidance of experienced consultants, Factory Logic is helping a growing number of leading companies in the automotive, electronics, industrial equipment and aerospace industries move to the next level of performance on the Journey to Lean.

An overview of FactoryLogic's Software follows...

Factory Logic's Streamline™ Lean Factory Management System provides all the key functional capabilities needed to manage the lean, demand-driven factory, while also enabling faster response to change and extending visual factory concepts beyond the production floor. It integrates and automates daily production management activities utilizing a common base of information with up to date customer demand and process characteristics.

Streamline's net-native architecture is built using proven J2EE technology, which provides the security, extensibility and fault tolerance required for developing enterprise class software. The use of J2EE simplifies development of middleware components that are transactional, scalable, and portable. Streamline uses HTTP tunneling to transport XML documents, providing fast and robust transactions to the factory floor. HTTP tunneling in conjunction with SSL provides added reliability and security. In addition, industry standard databases, stable Java services and XML interfaces are utilized for integration with ERP, Supply Chain, and eCommerce systems.

Six Sigma Software: AlterPoint Unveils Full Potential of Network Change & ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... organizations to align and enforce internal, industry and vendor initiatives, regulations and standards such as ITIL, NSA, ISO, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma. ...

AlterPoint is the leading provider of network change and configuration management (NCCM) solutions for complex, multi-vendor network environments. Our solutions provide visibility, automation and governance over network changes, increasing the availability, performance and security of enterprise networks. AlterPoint's leadership in the NCCM market is based on customer adoption, innovation, vision and product superiority in real-world customer situations. AlterPoint is based in Austin, Texas. For more information,
please visit http://www.alterpoint.com.

Healthcare Six Sigma: LSU Healthcare Network Taps New IDX Flowcast(TM) Business ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... IDX expects to drive quality and performance for each BSO customer using the principles of Six Sigma(R). IDX will use Six Sigma to drive revenue cycle process ...

IDX Systems Corporation provides information technology solutions to maximize value in the delivery of healthcare, improve the quality of patient service, enhance medical outcomes, and reduce the costs of care.
IDX supports these objectives with a broad range of complementary and functionally rich products installed at 3,300 customer sites. Customers include 138,000 physicians who utilize practice management systems to improve patient care and other workflow processes.

Flowcast adheres to a discipline of continuous innovation, powered by Six Sigma™, to ensure each new Flowcast product and service exceeds customer expectations. Success backed by best practices: Flowcast drives best practices into customer organizations, enabling the adoption of standard processes and workflows proven to demonstrate positive results.

Lean Manufacturing: GM to restructure its European operations

From Financial Times, UK ... The company is trying to introduce Japanese concepts of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement to all its factories by the adoption of a standardised ...

Six Sigma Quality: How Important are Big Ideas?

From Working Knowledge, MA ... roadmap tracing the development, adoption, and implementation of management concepts such as reengineering, balanced scorecards, Six Sigma Quality, benchmarking ...

Six Sigma Conference: From the May 28, 2004 print edition

From Phoenix Business Journal, AZ ... Free. 602-745-7280. International Society of Six Sigma Professionals, “Leadership Conference,” through June 4, Hyatt Regency at Gainey Ranch, Scottsdale. ...

ISSSP is committed to promoting the adoption, advancement and integration of Six Sigma in business. Our community supports this mission through advocacy and awareness efforts; professional recognition and development; and by serving as an information and referral source. ISSSP charges its members to take an active role in the Sharing of Experiences and Information for the betterment of the practice of Six Sigma, its implementation, its application, as a profession, and as a positive influence on the impact it can make on an individual's growth.

Lean Manufacturing Career: Army materiel chief to retire

From FCW.com ... for installation of enterprise resource planning software and radio frequency identification technologies, and adoption of lean manufacturing and management ...