Lean and SixSigma EQ Peas and Carrots

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

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

Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Six Sigma, lean strategy

Process Depends on Culture

3M challenged by balancing disciplined process execution with flexibility needed to sustain creativity and innovation. It is difficult for an enterprise to sustain cultures necessary to be successful at both initiatives. ...

... "Buckley, a PhD chemical engineer by training, seems to recognize the cultural ramifications of a process-focused program on an organization whose fate and history is so bound up in inventing new stuff. " ...

Via Business Week: 3M Six Sigma

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

SixSigma Enables Unified Communications Cost Efficient Service For Ford

Getronics receives contract with Ford to install, deploy, and manage a voicemail, audio conferencing, and web collaboration solution that is based on the Cisco Unified Communications solution. ...

... "Getronics' dedication to the Six Sigma methodology, a disciplined approach to quality that drives cost efficiency in service delivery, will play a key role in the implementation. The new unified communications solution delivered and managed by Getronics will enable a year over year savings, while consolidating Ford's technology infrastructure onto a single networking infrastructure. " ...

Via Getronics: Unified Communications For Ford Motor Company

SixSigma Benefit Realization: Detail Tangible Benefits

Six Sigma discipline can be used to drive tangible benefits from IT investments. This can be enabled by a robust program for benefits realization that ensures that the benefits articulated in the business case are achieved. ...

... "The process is an amalgamation of this company's rich history in Six Sigma and their belief that technology can revolutionize their industries, core business processes, and internal functions. " ...

Via Optimize Magazine: Benefit Realization

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 Discipline: Mulally Recognized

Leader Alan R. Mulally is recognized for his role is changing the fortunes of American manufacturing icons. ...

... "His zeal for management - the relentless focus on planning, production and embracing everyone as a team member - has gone well beyond the disciplines of lean manufacturing and continuous product improvement. " ...

Via Aviation Week and Space Technology: Person of the Year

Microsoft CIO: GE SixSigma Disciple ...

CIO Stuart Scott, who has a background in Six Sigma from GE, speaks about the evolution of his role from an applications and business-process-focus to full CIO responsibility for driving IT innovation at Microsoft. ...

... "PressPass: It's said that you're a Six Sigma black belt. Could you explain what that means and why it's an asset, and tell us how you parlay that sort of expertise into success in your role as CIO? Scott: Six Sigma is a data-driven process for making business decisions and choosing investments that help ensure a return for your business. It's a discipline in which you use analytical tools to draw out statistically significant information. So if you're talking to customers, for example, you want to do that in such a way that you come away with a genuine understanding of what they want, and you grasp the difference between what you could do to make those customers feel better vs. what's critical to enabling those customers to be successful, and what's critical to Microsoft's growth. Using good data and analytical tools, you can invest in programs like improving the business or putting in a new information system with the confidence that you'll achieve the desired result in terms of incremental business value. For me, that's always measured in a ledger. Any benefit we talk about has to be quantified in a way that demonstrates increased shareholder value. " ...

Via Microsoft: Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott Outlines the Company's Commitment to People-Ready Business

Stuart Scott practices project portfolio management as CIO at GE. ...

Via CIO Magazine: Deciding Factors: "STUART SCOTT MAY BE the vice president and CIO of GE Industrial Systems, but he sees himself as a venture capitalist. "

Selection Process: Six Sigma Improves Analysis ...

The Six Sigma methodology improves the selection process for Canadian bakery. ...

... "Canada Bread Frozen Bakery applied Six Sigma methodology, a fact-based analytical approach and discipline, to the process of selecting CHEP as an alternative to the pallet exchange program. " ...

Via MRO: Canada Bread uses Six Sigma to improve pallet administration and reduce machinery downtime ...

Kaizen Events Kanban Discipline Outperforms Expectations ...

Investment VP sees company's kaizen experience as enabling expectations to be outperformed. ...

... "Since our initial investment Breeze has obtained three new patents, centralized materials purchasing, instituted Kaizen events that have led to cost reductions and adopted Kanban disciplines to streamline inventory management, said American Capital Vice President Helen Yang. As a result, it has significantly reduced its leverage and impressively outperformed our expectations. This quick de-levering, coupled with the Company's attractive growth prospects and continued cost reductions have created conditions for a dividend recapitalization. American Capital first invested in Breeze in August 2004, supporting Wind Point's acquisition. Founded in 1948 in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, Breeze invented and patented the first worm-drive hose clamp, which uses a worm screw configuration to tighten, seal and connect pipes and tubes. " ...

Kaizen Events Kanban Discipline Outperforms Expectations: Via American Capital: American Capital Invests $52 Million in Portfolio Company Breeze Industrial Products Corporation



Breeze Industrial Products Corporation with facilities in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, Auburn Hills, Michigan and Frittlingen Germany, is a leading global supplier of proprietary and patented steel clamps for the heavy duty truck, automotive, and industrial markets. Offering 13 product lines for varied clamping applications, the Company sells approximately 13,000 different SKUs marketed under the Breeze, Torca, and Clamp-All brands.

Lean 5S Tool Upgraded ...

Lean Toolkit upgraded ...

... "Kaizen Products LLC released its 5S ActionPack product upgrade. Designed to serve those getting started in Toyota Production System methods, the $349.00 multi-media training kit is now available. The 5S principles are a fundamental tool of the Toyota Production System, recognized world wide as a model of operational excellence. The 5S practice of Sort, Straighten, Sweep, Standardize and Self-Discipline are essential to establishing and maintain safety, quality, on-time delivery and productivity in any workplace. " ...

Lean 5S Tool Upgraded: Kaizen Products Releases 5S ActionPack Upgrade – Designed for the Lean Manufacturing DIY Market, New Version Contains Quick Reference Guides, Wallet Cards and Red Tags ...

Project Manager Lean Initiatives ...

Position available for project manager with experience in lean initiatives ...

... "Degree educated in a manufacturing or engineering discipline and at least 10 years experience within a commercial environment. Experience of some lean initiatives is essential, six sigma is desirable but not essential. Degree educated in a manufacturing or engineering discipline and at least 10 years experience within a commercial environment. Experience of some lean initiatives is essential, six sigma is desirable but not essential. " ...

Project Manager Lean Initiatives: Via jobs.telegraph.co.uk: SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER ...

Solectron LeanSixSigma Enables AS9100 Certification ...

Solectron leverages its Lean Six Sigma discipline to enable AS9100 quality certification ...

... "Solectron Corporation, a leading provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, announced successful certification for Solectron FinePitch to AS9100 Rev B, the quality management system specific to the aerospace industry. AS9100 certification is a strategic milestone for Solectron showcasing our comprehensive quality management system that enables us to deliver world-class quality products and services to our customers, said Misha Rozenberg, senior vice president and chief quality officer, Solectron. Solectron Production System, or SPS, our proven and industry leading Lean Six Sigma methodology, facilitated the AS9100 certification. We are very proud to add aerospace quality assurance certification to our growing list of manufacturing quality compliance standards worldwide. First published in May 1997 by the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) as AS9000, the AS standard is currently known as AS9100, Rev B, and is recognized by all major aerospace OEMs. " ...

Solectron LeanSixSigma Enables AS9100 Certification: Via Solectron: Solectron Announces Successful Aerospace Manufacturing Certification to AS9100 Rev B ...

Executive and Manager Overview: ISO 9001:2000/AS9100 Rev. B: "ISO Joe's Executive and Manager Overview: ISO 9001:2000/AS9100 Rev. B provides and expands uponthat foundational knowledge, and examines and compares today's commonly used quality programs and systems. "

Six Sigma Process Excellence: Value Engineering for BPO ...

Six Sigma process excellence is a journey as business process root causes are identified and the defect continuously eliminated. Moumita Bakshi Chatterjee explores the methodology of value engineering applied in the business process outsourcing BPO industry. ...

... "The process consequently runs more efficiently, which increases output.
Process excellence is a continuous journey and is largely attributable to Genpact's discipline of Six Sigma. " ...

Six Sigma Process Excellence: Value Engineering for BPO: Via The Hindu Business Line : Measure for measure

Six Sigma Test Process: Lower Failure Rate ...

Six Sigma process is used in test process to lower failure rate at disk drive maker. Chris Mellor explores disk drive companies and the successes and failures in the marketplace. ...

... "There have been design improvements, an extended test process to reduce infant mortality and improve the product (so as) to lower the failure rate. Some Raptor mechanisms are re-used. The extended test process is all part of a Six Sigma process, a manufacturing quality discipline which Seagate also uses. " ...

Six Sigma Test Process: Lower Failure Rate: Via ARNnet | All is not quiet on the Western Digital front

Additional resources on using Six Sigma in the test process:

Via Westgard QC Lesson: From Method Validation to Six Sigma - Translating Method Performance Claims into Sigma Metrics: "While it is probably disconcerting to find that a single test process has two different Sigma metrics, it's not surprising that a test performs differently at different levels. It would be far more unusual if a test performed the same at all the levels of concentration. For the high level control, a Sigma metric of 4.56 is actually acceptable. But for the low level control, a Sigma metric of less than zero is clearly bad. "

Via Conference Presentation Summary: "Running these tests by hand became cumbersome so the group developed a nightly test harness that runs each of the quality tests and collects all of the data to present a single comprehensive view of measured quality. It was a small move from this point to start a continuous test process that runs a slimmed down set of the quality tests whenever code is checked into the source code repository. The continuous measure of quality then is the final blending of extreme programming with Six Sigma. "

Software Verification and Validation Consulting - Best Practices - Via Wipro Technologies: "This model supports the improvement of test processes, offers insight into maturity of test processes, defines new test strategy and recommends immediate improvement steps. "

Lean Manufacturing: Production Area Manager Position Open ...

... "Degree qualified in an engineering, industrial management or related discipline. 5 to 10 years management experience preferably within the automotive manufacturing sector. Must be able to demonstrate an ability to set and achieve targets in areas of cost, production and quality. Also possess a record of continuous improvement through application of lean manufacturing techniques. " ...

Lean Manufacturing: Production Area Manager Position Open: Via icWales - Hot Jobs - Production Area Manager ...

Heijunka Scheduling for Lean Manufacturers

Factory Logic introduces heijunka scheduling in its latest manufacturing software release. ...

Heijunka Scheduling for Lean Manufacturers: Via Factory Logic: Factory Logic Announces Enhanced Release That Delivers Expanded Lean Production Management Capabilities; Integrated Production Leveling, Supermarket, and Supplier Kanban Tools Provide Powerful Solution for Demand-Driven Manufacturers

... "Factory Logic has taken the discipline and proven methodology of TPS and transformed it into an enabling technology to standardize and automate processes. The newest release provides dynamically enhanced capabilities for heijunka scheduling of pacemaker operations, significantly expanded capabilities for supermarket management, and improved capabilities for supplier kanban. " ...

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 Storage Industry: Disk Drive Manufacturing ...

Chris Mellor explores the storage market, where Six Sigma has a role in manufacturing quality for disk drives. ...

Six Sigma Storage Industry: Disk Drive Manufacturing: Via Techworld.com: All is not quiet on the Western Digital front ...

... "The extended test process is all part of a Six Sigma process, a manufacturing quality discipline which Seagate also uses. " ...

Call Center Performance Management: Six Sigma Baseline

A people performance management approach may be more appropriate to call center improvement at the outset, before introducing discipline Six Sigma. However, it is still important to establish baseline performance measurement, as would occur in the Measure phase of the Six Sigma DMAIC process. Rich Snow, VP Ventana Research, explores the performance improvement of ineffective call centers. ...

Call Center Performance Management: Six Sigma Baseline: Via TMCnet: Ineffective Call Centers Need Performance Management

... "Some observers suggest adopting the Six Sigma approach: set targets, measure and reduce variation at all stages until the measures fall within the targets, then repeat with more exacting targets. " ...

Six Sigma BlackBelt Programs: Paying Off

John Eby provides update on the Six Sigma success story at SPX Contech/Metal Forge, Black Belt training is paying off ...

Six Sigma BlackBelt Programs: Paying Off: Via Dowagiac Daily News: SPX Contech having first open house in 16 years Oct. 29 ...

... "SPX Contech also integrates the Six Sigma problem-solving methodology, providing discipline for quick, effective results. More than 10 percent of employees have attended SPX University's Green and Black Belt programs, and the company says this commitment to learning is paying off. " ...

Six Sigma Quality Controls ...

Six Sigma Quality Controls: Via Emergency Committee for American Trade: Emergency Committee for American Trade (ECAT) is an association of the chief executives of major American companies ...

... "Our ECAT companies worked with this Committee to meet this challenge. We embraced innovation and change; adopted best practices from around the world; pioneered six sigma quality controls; invested in innovative products and technologies; and accepted the unrelenting discipline required to compete and win in the global marketplace. Today, the United States is again recognized as a global leader in manufacturing, finance, agriculture, and services, and the U.S. economy is viewed as the world's key economic engine. American companies succeeded in meeting these challenges by embracing competition, innovation, and globalization, not protectionism. " ...

Manufacturing Engineer Job: Kaizen Experience

WOAI: San Antonio News - Job of the Day: Manufacturing Engineer

... "BS in a technical discipline; preference for a BSME or BSMET. A minimum of 3 years of similar experience in a metal fabrication manufacturing environment; Automotive experience is preferred. Experience with cycle times, line balancing, routings, plant layout, FMEA's, Kaizen. Must be capable of adapting to a participative work environment. " ...

Six Sigma Supports American Trade ...

Emergency Committee for American Trade: Hearing Archives :Committee on Ways & Means :: U.S. House of Representatives :

... "We embraced innovation and change; adopted best practices from around the world; pioneered six sigma quality controls; invested in innovative products and technologies; and accepted the unrelenting discipline required to compete and win in the global marketplace. Today, the United States is again recognized as a global leader in manufacturing, finance, agriculture, and services, and the U.S. economy is viewed as the world's key economic engine. American companies succeeded in meeting these challenges by embracing competition, innovation, and globalization, not protectionism. " ...

Partnership for Merger Acquisition Acceleration ...

Partnership for Merger Acquisition Acceleration: IntraLinks and PowerSteering Software Form Strategic Partnership ...

Mergers and acquisitions can be accelerated through the use of tools integrated through this strategic partnership ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, and IntraLinks, the leading provider of virtual data rooms to the global merger and acquisition industry, today announced that they have formed a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, PowerSteering and IntraLinks will cross-sell each other's services, providing a seamless M&A process from due diligence to post-merger integration. IntraLinks Virtual Data Rooms enable dealmakers to take the M&A process online, cutting an average of 30 days off dealtime. ...

PowerSteering Software, Inc. has dramatically improved the way businesses drive, manage, and track critical corporate innovation and growth initiatives. Using PowerSteering, corporate executives responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to easily review all projects in real-time and act on project status to ensure timely completion. PowerSteering is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to project outcomes and drive improvement in key performance metrics quickly, effectively and in real-time. The company leverages its deep experience in enterprise class quality and process improvement software to bring the speed, focus, and discipline of Six Sigma to enterprise program management. The PowerSteering suite is currently being used to manage more than $15 billion in target savings, supporting over 35,000 active users and nearly 100,000 projects. Global clients include Alpharma, Diageo, EMC, General Electric, Pitney Bowes, Raytheon, Textron and Tyco.

IntraLinks (www.intralinks.com), the leading provider of digital workspaces, connects business communities and accelerates the intelligent flow of information and documents among participants. Through IntraLinks' secure, neutral, online environments, companies are better able to compete globally by accelerating essential business processes, simplifying communication and fostering rapid workflow. IntraLinks is easily accessible anywhere, anytime using a web browser. Since April 1997, more than 200,000 participants representing over 13,000 companies worldwide have used IntraLinks digital workspaces to communicate and collaborate on more than 20,000 projects and transactions. IntraLinks has been rapidly adopted by the financial services and pharmaceutical markets. Over 250 global companies are IntraLinks clients, including AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Ernst & Young, FDIC, JPMorgan Chase, TD Securities, Thomas Weisel Partners and WestLB. Founded in June 1996, IntraLinks is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston and London.

HR Balanced Scorecard ...

HR Balanced Scorecard

... "The DOT HR balanced scorecard instrument (BSI) evaluates an Administration's delivery of HR services and information. Since 1998, the team has used a balanced scorecard discipline founded on the performance management concepts developed by Kaplan and Norton. The scorecard discipline gathers perspectives of customers, employees, and managers in evaluating an organization's performance. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Discipline Enables CEO Success ...

Lean Manufacturing Discipline Enables CEO Success: Chief Executive Magazine Names United Technologies' George David ...

UT's CEO has leveraged his lean manufacturing experience into the boardroom and has been honored as CEO of the Year ...

From Market Wire (press release) ... David, 62, has spread strong financial discipline and lean manufacturing processes acquired from Japan throughout United Technologies. ...

... Chief Executive magazine today announced that George David, CEO of United Technologies Corp., has been selected as the magazine's CEO of the Year. It was a unanimous decision from the selection panel, which was made up of seven chief executive officers and was chaired by Frederick W. Smith, chairman and CEO of FedEx and the magazine's 2004 CEO of the Year. Other panelists included two previous CEO of the Year honorees, Sanford I. Weill of Citigroup and Herbert D. Kelleher of Southwest Airlines, as well as Michael Critelli of Pitney Bowes, Scott Serota of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Pat Russo of Lucent and Joe Tucci of EMC. The magazine, whose readers submitted the initial nominations, initiated the CEO of the Year award in 1986. ...

Chief Executive is a controlled circulation magazine that has been published since 1977. It reaches 42,000 chief executive officers and their peers, reaches a total readership of 170,000, and is published 10 times a year. Chief Executive Group facilitates "Chief Executive of the Year," a prestigious honor bestowed upon an outstanding corporate leader, nominated and selected by a group of his or her peers. Fred Smith, Hank Greenberg, Bill Gates, John Chambers, Michael Dell and Sandy Weill are just some of the leaders who have been honored during the award's 20-year history. Chief Executive also organizes roundtable meetings and conferences to foster opportunities for top corporate officers to discuss key subjects and share their experiences within a community of peers.

Demand for SixSigma Training ...

Missouri Department of Higher Education, Societal Demand for Quality Training ...

... "United States businesses are in competition with businesses from all over the world. It has become necessary for organizational survival in this global economy to continuously increase quality and productivity. Industrial Engineering Technologists are the only Engineering Technology discipline that focuses on just that, figuring out how to do things better and how do improve processes and systems. The proposed Industrial Engineering Technology program will teach graduates the skills to improve processes and systems in almost any type of organization. It also allows students to become certified Six Sigma Green Belts or Black Belts which will make them practiced experts in achieving the current world standard for quality. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Engineer Position Available ...

UK job vacancies, online job search - jobs.telegraph.co.uk

... "Technical support for operations activities, including quality, H&S and cost reduction. Advancement of lean manufacturing concepts. Qualified to HND/Degree level in mechanical or industrial engineering discipline, you will ideally have a minimum of 5 years experience within a similar role. Experience within an engineering environment including fabrication and assembly would be a distinct advantage" ...

BioInformatics Center of Excellence ...

Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences

From Research New York ...

... "merging high-performance computing and high-end visualization with genomics, proteomics and bioimaging, the Buffalo Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences has created a unique and powerful combination of technologies and research expertise that is fostering advances in science and health care. " ...

Bioinformatics is an emerging discipline, which combines efforts and advances in computer science, computational science, and various aspects of life science. While there is currently no generally agreed upon definition of 'bioinformatics,' one view is that bioinformatics is concerned with the creation and development of advanced information and computational technologies to solve problems in biology.

The areas emphasized include computational genomics, proteomics, pharmacogenomics, metabolomics, epigenetics and very large-scale biological simulations, with the ultimate aim of being able to simulate at the molecular level entire cells. While the research at the COE is very fundamental, since the practical implications are often immediate, emphasis will be placed on the rapid commercialization of the ideas and technology that is developed. By combining uniquely talented individuals with superb resources, the goal is to create one of the worlds best Bioinformatics Centers.

Six Sigma Jobs: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Six Sigma Jobs: Manufacturing Engineering Manager

From Telegraph.co.uk, UK ... or science discipline, enhanced by formal training in modern manufacturing techniques and, ideally qualified to black belt level in Six Sigma, you will have at ...

Six Sigma Initiatives: PowerSteering CEO Presents Hoshin Goals Deployment Principles in ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, today announced that President and CEO David Boghossian will host a PowerPractices Webinar on December 9. In the Webinar, Boghossian will discuss employing Hoshin Goals Deployment principals within organizations to enhance the "Growth Edge" that leads to innovation. ...

PowerSteering Software, Inc. has dramatically improved the way businesses drive, manage, and track critical corporate innovation and growth initiatives. Using PowerSteering, corporate executives responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to easily review all projects in real-time and act on project status to ensure timely completion. PowerSteering is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to project outcomes and drive improvement in key performance metrics quickly, effectively and in real-time. The company leverages its deep experience in enterprise class quality and process improvement software to bring the speed, focus, and discipline of Six Sigma to enterprise program management.

Six Sigma Career: PowerSteering Software Appoints New Senior Vice President of ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA -1 hour ago
... responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and SixSigma are able to ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, announced today that Tibor Vais has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Products. At PowerSteering, Mr. Vais will play a key role in developing the company's strategic product roadmap and bringing new solutions to market. Mr. Vais will report to David Boghossian, CEO of PowerSteering. ...

PowerSteering Software, Inc. has dramatically improved the way businesses drive, manage, and track critical corporate innovation and growth initiatives. Using PowerSteering, corporate executives responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to easily review all projects in real-time and act on project status to ensure timely completion. PowerSteering is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to project outcomes and drive improvement in key performance metrics quickly, effectively and in real-time. The company leverages its deep experience in enterprise class quality and process improvement software to bring the speed, focus, and discipline of Six Sigma to enterprise program management.
The PowerSteering suite is currently being used to manage more than $15 billion in target savings, supporting over 35,000 active users and nearly 100,000 projects. Global clients include Alpharma, Diageo, EMC, Pitney Bowes, Raytheon, Textron, Tyco and General Electric.

Six Sigma Healthcare Quality: Quantros, a Leading Patient Safety Company, Announces Strategic ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Management (CRM) training that has helped to create and sustain a safety-first culture, resulting in an airline safety record exceeding six-sigma levels of ...

Patient safety will benefit from Six Sigma process discipline and from leveraging and translating techniques from aviation safety field ...

... Quantros, Inc., a leading patient safety company in healthcare, and Human Performance Training Institute (HPTI), a leading safety training firm, today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to more comprehensively address patient safety needs in healthcare. Quantros provides healthcare institutions with the technology to capture and analyze data related to medical errors and near misses in creating information that provides visibility into the root causes of the errors. They provide efficient data collections, actionable knowledge in real time and a large and continuously growing database of adverse events and near missed for hospitals and healthcare facilities. ...

Founded in 1996, Quantros is a leading patient safety company in healthcare providing real-time knowledge creation solutions for benchmarking, patient safety such as adverse events and near misses, accreditation and compliance, and outcomes monitoring for leading healthcare providers, payers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Quantros' web delivered applications provide a standard platform for automating resource intensive manual processes. Through a variety of direct sales and vendor partners, nearly 700 hospitals are licensed to use Quantros' web-based technology solutions.