Model-Driven DFSS

The use of models and simulations can accelerate innovation in a product development process that leverages DFSS methods. ...

... "A model-driven development process used in the context of a DFSS methodology can play a vital role in ensuring that the CTQs defined in the Customer Analysis phase are met in the final Verification phase. " ...

Via Embedded: Design for Six Sigma methodology

Process Excellence with Six Sigma Discipline

IDS Scheer and Minitab will partner to integrated their solutions to enable Six Sigma methodology to visualize and enhance enterprise operational performance. ...

... "Customers need BPM to constantly align their processes with business needs. ARIS Six Sigma combines IDS Scheer's proven Business Process Excellence approach and Six Sigma's statistics-driven view. This not only guarantees visibility of the specific reasons for weak points in critical processes, but also enables customers to implement processes for continuous improvement. " ...

Via IDS Scheer AG: Unified Six Sigma Offering for Business Process Excellence

Quality Role in Six Sigma Organization

Quality needs to be repositioned in a Six Sigma culture and organization model. Quality leader(s) can create a strategic view of quality in the business. The quality team has a role in operations to ensure focus on those variables that are critical to quality from a customer perspective. Don't ignore the opportunity to rethink the quality organization as Six Sigma is implemented. ...

... "Strategic quality work begins with an understanding of where the company and its products fit in the marketplace. The vice president of quality or the quality manager must join top management in setting the strategic direction of the company. " ...

Via Qualilty Mag: Quality Evolution

Five-9s Availability Achieved Through Six Sigma Discipline

EMC uses Six Sigma methodology to drive availability improvements in its products to five-9s performance levels. ...

... "Traditionally, only high-end storage systems designed for the most mission-critical applications have delivered Five 9s availability. EMC designed an entirely new midrange architecture - UltraScale - to deliver the highest levels of availability in affordable, scalable and easy-to-use systems that meet a wide range of storage needs. Over the past year, EMC utilized a comprehensive Six Sigma-based approach to track and calculate availability metrics of both the Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel/iSCSI versions of the EMC CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale systems, including a thorough analysis of the root cause of unplanned customer system downtime whether hardware, software or process-related. " ...

Via EMC: EMC Clariion CX3 Ultrascale Systems Achieve Highest Midrange Storage Availability and Quality Benchmark

Quality System Improvement: Medical Manufacturing Practices R Critical

Quality system improvements put Guidant manufacturing back on track. An FDA audit cited 483 observations that required remediation. This prompted Guidant to perform a thorough and systemic review of its quality system. ...

... "The FDA re-inspected Guidant's cardiac rhythm management (CRM) facility in St. Paul, Minnesota between November 9 and December 7, 2006. The re-inspection included an assessment of Boston Scientific's implementation of quality system improvements in response to the warning letter. FDA inspectors noted no observations during the re-inspection. " ...

Via Boston Scientific: Boston Scientific Resolves CRM Warning Letter Deficiencies

Quality Systems Leader: Lean Manufacturing Experience ...

ABB appoints quality systems leader ...

... "Quality Systems will continue its focus on developing data-driven and customer-focused capabilities that result in measurable improvements in product, process & supplier quality, customer support & responsiveness, and reliability science & technology, said Hepperla, in announcing the appointment. This is critical to our continued growth and business success. Beaudet most recently was director of Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement at Waukesha Engine/Dresser in Waukesha, WI. In this role, he was responsible for leading the implementation of Lean manufacturing and quality systems, and had direct responsibility for manufacturing engineering, product engineering and technical support functions. " ...

Via ABB Group: Beaudet named vice president, Quality Systems, ABB Automation Products, Low-Voltage Drives ...

Quality Software: Six Sigma Tool ...

Minitab launches new software for the Six Sigma professional that supports the project roadmap. ...

... "Minitab Inc. announced the release of Quality Companion 2 by Minitab, process improvement software designed specifically to help Six Sigma professionals manage and execute their projects. The new product complements the company's flagship product, Minitab Statistical Software, which professionals worldwide rely on to tackle the sophisticated statistical data analysis at the heart of every Six Sigma project. Quality Companion 2 simplifies the many other challenges involved in quality improvement, and helps teams plan, execute, document and report on their projects. It brings together three elements critical to Six Sigma success: organization, practical tools, and expert guidance. " ...

Via Minitab: MINITAB LAUNCHES QUALITY COMPANION 2 FOR SIX SIGMA PROFESSIONALS ...

Lean Manufacturing Stanley Furniture Efficiency Program ...

Stanley Furniture shows reasonable results for the quarter and highlights its lean manufacturing efficiency program, which has resulted in better working capital performance and higher cash flows from inventory reductions. ...

... "We are very pleased with strong cash flow for the first half of 2006 and the progress we have made in our continuous improvement efforts using lean manufacturing principles. These efforts have already resulted in a significant decrease in inventories while improving customer service levels and we believe we are laying the ground work to further improve processes and efficiencies. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Stanley Furniture Efficiency Program: Via Stanley Furniture: Stanley Furniture Announces Second Quarter 2006 Operating Results ...

Stanley is committed to lean manufacturing as a means of continuous improvement, as shown in its first quarter earnings announcement. ...

Comments on Stanley's lean manufacturing program from its first quarter management discussion: "Recently, we began reinvigorating our continuous improvement efforts using lean manufacturing principles, to improve processes and efficiencies. Near term, as these efforts allow us to continue reducing inventories, we anticipate lower production levels and operating margins. How quickly and to what extent we are able to lower costs, improve quality and reduce inventories is difficult to project, but we are confident this will position the Company to better compete primarily as a domestic manufacturer, execute our strategy and deliver value, concluded Scheffer. "

Stanley has created a competitive advantage through its on-shore manufacturing capability. This flexible blend of manufacturing capabilities is discussed in the 2005 annual report. ...

Stanley's Blended Manufacturing Strategy: Cellular Lean Manufacturing: "Central to executing this blended strategy are our four U.S. factories – domestic manufacturing capabilities we regard not only as our core competency but also a competitive advantage. Very simply, the ability to manufacture an extensive product line – accounting for some two-thirds of our revenues – in close proximity to our U.S. customer base is critical. We don't believe supply chains, which begin on the other side of the world can match our average shipping rate: less than 14 days.

To provide our products and support this broad distribution network, we have implemented a blended operating strategy combining efficient and flexible manufacturing processes with offshore sourcing of component parts and finished goods. We incorporate selected imported component parts and finished items in our product line to lower costs, provide design flexibility and offer a better value to our customers. We emphasize continuous improvement in our manufacturing and sourcing processes to enable us to continue providing competitive advantages to our customers, such as quick delivery, reduced inventory investment, high quality and value.

These manufacturing processes produce smaller, more frequent and cost-effective runs. We focus on identifying and eliminating manufacturing bottlenecks and waste, employing statistical process control and, in turn, adjusting manufacturing schedules on a daily basis, using cellular manufacturing in the production of components and improving our relationships with suppliers by establishing primary supplier relationships. In addition, a key element of our manufacturing processes is to involve all Company personnel, from hourly associates to management, in the improvement of the manufacturing processes by encouraging and responding to ideas to improve quality and to reduce manufacturing lead times. Furthermore, each of our manufacturing facilities is focused on compatible products to improve quality and lower production costs. "

Huntsman SixSigma: Order-to-Cash Efficiency ...

... "SunGard announced that Huntsman Corporation has selected its AvantGard GETPAID Order-to-Cash solution to help improve efficiency and productivity in support of its Six Sigma initiatives. Huntsman, a global manufacturer of commodity chemicals, is integrating AvantGard GETPAID with its SAP enterprise system to help improve cash flow and reduce operating expenses. AvantGard GETPAID helps customers to improve control of financial performance and operational efficiency contributing to working capital optimization.

The Order-To-Cash process links key activities in the financial value chain, including credit analysis and approval, cash collections, dispute resolution, cash application, and financial analysis and reporting. Historically, these operations have been highly inefficient due to the lack of automated and integrated systems for Order-to-Cash management. Effective management of accounts receivable is a critical area to target for process improvements as it is a key driver of cash, cost containment and customer relationships. Business process optimization through quality initiatives such as Six Sigma can help revitalize companies and produce bottom-line results. Fine-tuning processes around the treatment of trade receivables helps yield ROI improvements as evidenced through lower DSO, reduced bad debt expense, interest expense savings and increased productivity. " ...

Huntsman SixSigma: Order-to-Cash Efficiency: Via SunGard: SunGard's AvantGard GETPAID to Help Huntsman Corporation to Manage Growth and Improve Operational Efficiency

Six Sigma Process Engineer ...

Cabot seeks process engineer with Six Sigma quality management knowledge ...

... "We expect you will be a graduate engineer who has gained 4+ years of in-depth technical experience in a quality manufacturing environment. In addition to your excellent critical reasoning skills, you should have knowledge of a wide range of problem solving tools and methodologies including Six Sigma. We expect you will be a graduate engineer who has gained 4+ years of in-depth technical experience in a quality manufacturing environment. In addition to your excellent critical reasoning skills, you should have knowledge of a wide range of problem solving tools and methodologies including Six Sigma. " ...

Via jobs.telegraph.co.uk: Process Engineer ...

SixSigma QFD Quality Function Deployment: Key to Customer Needs ...

The Quality Function Deployment, or QFD, is a Six Sigma technique for aligning, assessing, and prioritizing customer needs with product and service solutions. Paul Born explores Six Sigma techniques for understanding customer needs and delivering quality products and services ...

... " ... the key to growing services in almost any business is to uncover your customers’ hidden needs and then design services specifically crafted and positioned to meet these needs. Using a modified Six Sigma technique specifically adapted for use by service organizations, you can systematically identify areas that are critical to your customer’s satisfaction. " ...

SixSigma QFD Quality Function Deployment: Key to Customer Needs: Via TechLinks: Uncovering Hidden Customer Needs to Grow your Services Business ...

Lean Six Sigma Smart Ops 21 ...

Article explores the Air Force Smart Ops Lean Six Sigma program where asking why is critical to success. ...

... "Air Force Smart Operations 21, which encompasses the improvement tools of Lean, Six Sigma and Theory of Constraints, asks Airmen to consider and answer that very question. " ...

Lean Six Sigma Smart Ops 21: Via Hilltop Times: Why Smart Ops 21? ...

Air Force improving production with Smart Operations 21: "The program is based on both Lean and Six Sigma business process improvement tools. These tools were developed chiefly in the private sector to focus on increasing value to customers, save time and money, reduce waste and improve quality. A process is made lean by re-engineering it to eliminate steps that add no value to the end product or by combining process steps to save time. For instance, moving tools and supplies closer to a work area to reduce the number of footsteps workers must take to complete their jobs. "

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. "

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."

GE Six Sigma Leader Becomes Nortel Exec ...

GE leader with Six Sigma experience joins Nortel as executive for supply chain and quality management ...

... "Hackney has a world-class background in general management, supply chain, leadership skills, and Six Sigma expertise. He has more than 14 years of global leadership experience at GE working for a wide variety of the GE family of businesses including GE Lighting (North America and Europe), GE Aircraft Engines, GE Power Systems, GE Investments, and GE Mergers and Acquisitions, and his leadership roles have spanned audit, supply chain, operations, product management, and general management. " ...

GE Six Sigma Leader Becomes Nortel Exec: Via Nortel: Nortel Appoints New Global Supply Chain and Quality Leader



Implementing Six Sigma, Executive Strategy, Methodology, experience and results: "Six Sigma has become a small cottage industry. This industry is overpopulated with trainers. It is amazing how all the providers claim to have implemented Six Sigma at Allied Signal, GE, Bombardier, Sony, and etc. The truth is anyone who was a Black Belt for 6-months, scheduled a conference room, or made a presentation takes the liberty to claim responsibility."

Vai domain-B : The Six Sigma Primer: "Interestingly, GE proved that Six Sigma was not just for manufacturing, also applying it with success to GE Capital. In the first year, Six Sigma saved GE $170 million for a $200 million investment; in year two savings were $700 million for a $400 million investment."

Business Leader: Best Practices: Mastering Six Sigma Excellence: "Six Sigma is a sophisticated quality program created by Motorola in the 1980's and perfected by General Electric (GE) during the past five years. The initiative is a highly involved measurement device of production defects per one million operations. While it was originally intended to serve as a manufacturing process, several top companies have transitioned its role to focus on virtually all service-related transactions."

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the world's most critical information. Serving both service provider and enterprise customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing end-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband designed to help people solve the world's greatest challenges. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries.

Six Sigma Patience and Persistance in Conflict?

Six sigma discipline promotes a patient process of finding the critical few variable that truly impact customer requirements. It takes persistance to apply the various steps in the Six Sigma DMAIC process, instead of jumping too quickly to a solution. Al Kaniss explores the importance of emphasis on the character traits of patience and persistence. ...

Six Sigma Patience and Persistance in Conflict?: Via DC Military: Patience and persistence pay off ...

... "And with the emphasis on total quality and six sigma (3.4 defects per million opportunities), there isn't very much tolerance for mistakes or trial-and-error learning. Perhaps the champion of patience and persistence was Thomas Edison. " ...

Six Sigma Project Operational Excellence: Arrow International ...

Arrow International appoints executive to lead their compliance activities in an operational excellence project, using Six Sigma methodology. ...

Six Sigma Project Operational Excellence: Arrow International: Via Arrow International: ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC. NAMES KENNETH E. IMLER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE ...

... "Mr. Imler has been the lead consultant from Quintiles Consulting, a provider of global consulting services to the medical device, pharmaceutical and biologics industry, working on-site at Arrow for the past nine months. He will be the Company's main point of contact with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), helping to ensure that Arrow continues to meet, and in many respects even exceeds, FDA and international regulatory requirements in its products, manufacturing processes, procedures, and systems. He also will guide Arrow in its efforts to implement rigorous compliance procedures designed to achieve the highest practical levels of quality assurance as part of its Project Operational Excellence and attain Six Sigma quality over the longer term. " ...

Arrow International, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of clinically advanced, disposable catheters and related products for critical and cardiac care. The Company’s products are used primarily by anesthesiologists, critical care specialists, surgeons, emergency and trauma physicians, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, electrophysiologists, and other health care providers.

Six Sigma Business Process Documentation: MS Visio Integration ...

Six Sigma Business Process Documentation: MS Visio Integration: Via Appian: Appian & Zynium Partner to Deliver Powerful Standards-Based Approach to Microsoft Visio Integration: Together, Appian Enterprise and Zynium's Byzio Exporter Enable Rapid Import/Export of Visio® Business Processes ...

... "The companies will work closely to develop and deliver standards-based solutions that automate the export and transformation of critical business processes, such as Six Sigma and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance processes, from Visio into Appian Enterprise. After spending significant amounts of time and money documenting the graphical view of their critical business processes using Microsoft Visio, many global organizations are realizing the limitations of Visio's static process maps, specifically the inability to fully support dynamic processes. Without real-time, end-to-end business process management, execution, and analysis capabilities, companies cannot automate, monitor and improve their processes, making it especially difficult to achieve and maintain compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma quality control requirements. " ...

Zynium designs Microsoft® Visio® process map data extraction tools and transforms the data into the XPDL standard for use within the business process optimization solutions. Zynium is a leading provider of Middleware for Workflow software applications for enterprise content and business process management solutions. The Zynium Byzio Exporter™ provides for one way interoperability between Microsoft® Visio® and the chosen content and business process management solution.

Six Sigma Education: Center Learning Innovation ...

Via North Shore LIJ Health System: Hofstra Partners With North Shore-LIJ Health System To Launch New Healthcare MBA Programs: New Programs Indicative of a Growing Trend; Programs First of Their Kind on Long Island ...

... "The North Shore-LIJ Health System has demonstrated a strong commitment to educating its healthcare professionals as part of its ongoing mission of delivering superior quality healthcare to those it serves. In cooperation with GE Medical Systems and the Harvard School of Public Health, the health system has fostered a culture of lifelong learning among its employees through its Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI). The CLI is modeled after successful corporate universities in the business sector and is the largest of its kind in the healthcare industry. It includes a Six Sigma Institute to manage process improvement, change management, and a wide variety of clinical, management education and leadership development programs. " ...

Hofstra University is an independent, dynamic, private University with more than 13,000 students in more than 130 undergraduate and 140 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communications, education and allied human services, law, and honors studies. With a student-faculty ratio of 14:1, professors teach small classes that emphasize interaction, critical thinking, and development of judgment. At Hofstra, students have access to the resources they need: high-speed, readily available access to the Internet, excellent library resources, and state-of-the-art classrooms and learning and laboratory facilities. With a diverse mix of students, Hofstra University's vibrant campus hosts a wide selection of cultural, social, and athletic activities, providing students with the full college experience.

The nation's third largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system, the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System provides care for people at all stages of illness throughout Long Island, Queens and Staten Island – a service area encompassing more than five million people. The health system includes 15 hospitals, four long-term care facilities, a medical research institute, four trauma centers, five home health agencies and dozens of out-patient centers. North Shore-LIJ facilities house more than 6,000 beds, and are staffed by over 7,000 physicians, 10,000 nurses and a total workforce of more than 38,000 -- the largest employer on Long Island and the ninth largest in New York City.

SixSigma BPO Process Transformation

SixSigma BPO Process Transformation: AEGIS INTERWORLD LAUNCHES COMPANY TO ADDRESS EMERGING LOGISTICS OUTSOURCING INDUSTRY: Foremost Logistics Thought Leaders First to Provide Extensive Suite of End-to-End Business Process Outsourcing Services and Solutions ...

Aegis offers Six Sigma transformation services for business processes targeted for BPO ...

... "Aegis InterWorld's innovative business process optimization and outsourced business process management capabilities are centered around core supply chain and logistics functionality, including procurement planning, bidding and cost analysis, order fulfillment and transportation logistics. The company offers a range of business critical services, including the analysis and efficient re-structuring of business processes that provide customers with a roadmap for radical improvement as well as foster Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and support best practices initiatives such as Six Sigma and SCOR. " ...

Aegis InterWorld Inc. is a provider of global business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions to organizations seeking optimal cost savings, improved business processes, and operational integrity. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, Aegis InterWorld enables customers to integrate off-shore resources, market-tested technologies, and proven outsourcing best practices to achieve a higher level of quality across the entire enterprise.

Trucks Smart Assets SixSigma Quality

Trucks Smart Assets SixSigma Quality: Delphi Begins Satellite Transceiver Production for GE VeriWise™ Asset Intelligence System: New DS300 telematics unit helps GE customers remotely monitor over-the-road trailers and other assets for safety, security and fleet utilization ...

... "We're pleased to support GE and Stellar as we begin production of the DS300, which leverages Delphi’s automotive capabilities into new applications, said Robert Schumacher, general director, Delphi Integrated Media Systems. The device has been designed to target automotive Six-Sigma quality levels, and we'll apply the same rigorous manufacturing standards to the DS300 that we use in our automotive technologies. GE's VeriWise™ Asset Intelligence System is a virtual brain, developed initially by GE for the trailer portion of an 18-wheeler big rig. Since 2003, it has helped shippers maintain reliable delivery of consumer goods, such as produce, clothing and electronics. ... Today however, trailers equipped with the GE VeriWise system are considered integrated smart assets that can report location, cargo status and other critical information back to customers. " ...

Stellar Satellite Communications designs and manufactures data communications products for use on the ORBCOMM satellite network for two-way messaging, tracking and monitoring applications. Equipment manufacturers and system integrators with global distribution rely on Stellar products to telemeter important data to their information systems and call centers. Its products are approved for use around the world, and are designed and field proven to withstand harsh environments common to many industrial applications.

ORBCOMM is a wireless telecommunications company that provides reliable, cost effective data communications services to customers around the world through its unique low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite network and global ground infrastructure. A diverse customer base, including industry leaders General Electric, Caterpillar Inc., Volvo Group, XATA, and AirIQ, uses ORBCOMM services to track, monitor and control mobile and fixed assets including trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives, heavy machinery, pipelines, oil wells, utility meters and storage tanks anywhere in the world.

GE's Trailer Fleet Services business (formerly known as Transport International Pool, or TIP), is based in Wayne, Pa., and is a single-source provider for all aspects of trailer fleet management. For nearly 50 years it has been a recognized leader in over-the-road trailer solutions, which today includes everything from leasing, renting, financial services, insurance, maintenance, remarketing and asset tracking.

Six Sigma Quality Program Support ...

Six Sigma Quality Program Support: Mercury IT Governance Center Voted Best Solution by IT Executive Attendees ...

... "Achieve sustainable compliance by establishing a repeatable, automated approach to managing ongoing compliance mandates such as Sarbanes-Oxley and support quality programs and process control frameworks such as Six-Sigma, CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration), ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), ISO-9000, and COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies); " ...

Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: MERQ), the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO), is committed to helping customers optimize the business value of information technology. Founded in 1989, Mercury conducts business worldwide and is one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies today. Mercury provides software and services for IT Governance, Application Delivery, and Application Management. Customers worldwide rely on Mercury offerings to govern the priorities, processes and people of IT and test and manage the quality and performance of business-critical applications. Mercury BTO offerings are complemented by technologies and services from global business partners.

Six Sigma Governance Support

Mercury Announces Mercury IT Governance Center 6.0 ...

... "Address compliance regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and support quality programs and process control frameworks such as Six-Sigma, CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration), ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), ISO-9000, and COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies). " ...

Mercury Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: MERQ), the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO), is committed to helping customers optimize the business value of information technology. Founded in 1989, Mercury conducts business worldwide and is one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies today. Mercury provides software and services for IT Governance, Application Delivery, and Application Management. Customers worldwide rely on Mercury offerings to govern the priorities, processes and people of IT and test and manage the quality and performance of business-critical applications. Mercury BTO offerings are complemented by technologies and services from global business partners.

Six Sigma Saving Fuel: UP Success Story ...

UP: Union Pacific Engineers Rewarded For Saving Fuel

UP leverages Six Sigma to drive fuel savings for great success ...

... "Fuel for Fuel is more than a dollar saving program, it's also an important conservation initiative for the railroad, said Wayne Kennedy, director of Union Pacific's Six Sigma program. Whether finding new ways to stretch a gallon of diesel fuel or employing the latest technology to cut locomotive emissions, we are working very hard to protect the environment and our natural resources. Since its introduction in April 2004, Fuel for Fuel has decreased fuel consumption by ten percent on the run between North Platte and South Morrill, Neb. Other locations piloting the program have experienced improvements between five and eight percent. " ...

Union Pacific Corporation owns one of America’s leading transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, is the largest railroad in North America, covering 23 states across the western two-thirds of the United States. A strong focus on quality and a strategically advantageous route structure enable the company to serve customers in critical and fast growing markets. It is a leading carrier of low-sulfur coal used in electrical power generation and has broad coverage of the large chemical-producing areas along the Gulf Coast. With competitive long-haul routes between all major West Coast ports and eastern gateways, and as the only railroad to serve all six major gateways to Mexico, Union Pacific has the premier rail franchise in North America.

Kaizen-Enabled Supply Chain Software Solutions through Partnership ...

APRISO AND NEORIS PARTNERSHIP DELIVERS RESULTS IN LATIN AMERICA ...

... "Apriso and Neoris have signed a partnership agreement appointing Neoris as Apriso's FlexNet application implementation partner in Mexico and throughout Latin America. Neoris will offer Apriso's FlexNet as the first commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) solution in their portfolio of Supply Chain Operations solutions. FlexNet combines the essential aspects of advanced warehouse systems with the critical functions of advanced manufacturing systems, so manufacturers can synchronize material flows with their production schedules. The agreement also selects Neoris as a premier Apriso Implementation & Services Partner, which will be engaged in FlexNet implementation projects throughout the region. " ...

Apriso is the pioneer of a new class of enterprise software that for the first time enables global corporations to define, operate, and monitor supply, production and distribution processes in real time, without limits. Using an event-driven, distributed services model, Apriso’s software provides such fine-grained visibility and control of both execution processes and key performance indicators that it is an ideal platform for accomplishing the most pressing business initiatives of today: compliance, product genealogy, in-line production sequencing, real-time, RFID-based asset management, lean supply, successive refinement (kaizen), six-sigma quality levels, demand-driven supply (the “Dell” model), and the adaptive enterprise. Apriso’s software, known as FlexNet®, integrates quickly, easily and naturally into an enterprise’s existing software infrastructure, and effectively extends the scope of systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) into the furthest reaches of the extended production and supply network, as required. But unlike existing systems, which are based upon a top-down, plan-driven operations orientation, Apriso’s event-driven, process-based architecture accommodates any operational model that is based upon real-time collaboration between execution processes, real-time visibility into performance, or the requirement to define, refine, or immediately control workflows throughout the enterprise, and across borders. Apriso was founded in 1992 and now operates in nine countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. World headquarters are in Long Beach, California. Apriso’s rapidly-growing customer base of more than 140 customers and over 350 installations worldwide includes such high-profile, global companies as General Motors, Lear, Honeywell, Microsoft, Merck, Lockheed Martin, ITT, Baker Hughes, International Paper, Rubbermaid, Matsushita Avionics Systems, Saint-Gobain, Pechiney, and British American Tobacco. In addition, Apriso has partnered with leading technology companies, such as Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and SAP.

Neoris is the 4th largest IT consulting firm and 5th largest custom application development firm in Latin America, according to IDC. In addition to Latin America, Neoris has a strong presence in the US and Europe, offering systems integration, custom application development, IT consulting and software deployment. As a digital enabler, Neoris transforms the way companies conduct business by using digital technologies to capture profits. Clients include Lockheed Martin, GlaxoSmithKline, OfficeMax, Pemex, Cisco, Petrozuata, Luchetti and Verizon. Neoris is a privately owned company headquartered in Miami, Florida with over 1,000 employees in the US, Europe and Latin America.

Six Sigma Quality Process Improvement Capability Drives SMB Business Service Market ...

Six Sigma Quality Process Improvement Capability Drives SMB Business Service Market: EDS and Proxima Technology Offer Innovative Products that Support the UK Government Small and Medium Enterprise Initiative - EDS Selected Centauri Business Service Manager™ to Provide Business Service Management to UK Clients ...

Proxima and EDS join forces to offer business services, built on a foundation of Six Sigma quality improvement, to small and medium size businesses ...

... By engaging Proxima Technology’s effort in our client contracts, Proxima Technology helps us enrich and differentiate our managed services through its automated reporting feature and its inherent Six Sigma quality process improvement capability,” said Catherine Cremoux, Director, UK Incubator Programme, EDS. “This further demonstrates EDS’ commitment to support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in bringing innovation to large organisations.” ...

The EDS UK Incubator programme is an Information Communications and Technology (ICT) industry development initiative. Its aims are simple: to support SME UK ICT organisations to market their services and products throughout the EDS global network of clients and industries. The SMEs and their solutions are selected on the basis of their innovation and uniqueness; along with the potential for integration with EDS' service offerings.

Proxima Technology provides business service management (BSM) solutions that help organisations understand and improve the business value of IT services. The flagship product, Centauri Business Service Manager™ (Centauri) achieves alignment between IT and the business objectives, optimizes critical IT services to reduce costs, improves business efficiency and prioritizes management of resources. Proxima Technology is headquartered in Denver, CO, with sales offices across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Proxima Technology has more blue chip customer references than any other business service management vendor, they include: T-Mobile, Qualcomm, Carlson Companies, National City Corporation, EDS, Sun Microsystems, Mutual of Omaha, Abbey Bank among others.

QFD Process Documents: Requirements Process ...

F-15 Eagle Toolbox

... "The initial requirements identification process is supported by the Modification Initiatives Management System (MIMS) which documents, displays, and supports the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) process that establishes priorities for product improvement initiatives. Automated Program Management System (APMS) allows project managers to define and report on their critical program milestones, key parameters, and funding requirements and disconnects. Candidate Parts List (CPL) is the repository and database for all F-15 parts data, to include National stock Number, Part Number and Cage code for current and future support capability." ...