Six Sigma Purchasing Discipline Targets Indirects

In this current operating environment, efficient management of an enterprise's processes for purchasing indirect goods and services is helpful. In this world of global shared services, it is often the procurement organization that has the full visibility of indirect spend, positioning it as a leader to drive savings. ...

... "Xerox exec: Most of the people in the purchasing organization have masters degrees or MBAs and/or Six Sigma black or green belts. I think it goes with corporate recognition of the importance of purchasing and of doing it well. " ...

Via Purchasing: Purchasing indirect goods and services

Dominion Six Sigma Workforce Adoption

Dominion Six Sigma journey has spanned almost a decade and trained over one third of the workforce on the path to excellence. ...



Dominion has integrated Six Sigma into all facts of improvement in the company. For example, safety performance is approaching the best practice in the utility industry. ...

Dominion Dimensions (PDF): "The company’s award-winning Six Sigma process improvement program has contributed to this success. It has helped reduce accidents and injuries at our Dominion Virginia Power unit, cut gas losses at Dominion Energy, slashed water usage at our fossil power stations, and boosted productivity at our nuclear stations. "

At Platinum Supplier Six Sigma Principles Boost Performance Excellence

Evans Capacitor has achieved Platinum-level preferred supplier at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control which enables a world-class supply chain built on excellence and a culture of continuous improvement. Evans Capacitor has progressed through each successive category - Silver, Gold and Platinum - as the company demonstrated higher levels of performance excellence. ...

... "Evans Capacitor entered the Preferred Supplier Program at the Silver level. Since then, they have proven themselves to be a world-class supplier, ensuring 100 percent quality and on-time delivery. As a manufacturer of high density capacitors for defense and aerospace applications, Evans Capacitor is a strategic supplier that supports multiple programs in the Fire Control line of business at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. All of Evans Capacitor’s products are designed and built in-house to rigorous standards of quality and performance. Evans hybrid capacitors are used in phased array radar, laser targeting systems, avionics and other mission critical applications. Located in Rhode Island, Evans reported 2008 sales of over $10 million, and has delivered more than 1,300 components to Lockheed Martin this year. In addition to excellence in design and production, Evans employees adhere to Six Sigma principles. " ...

Via Evans Capacitor: Preferred Supplier Award from Lockheed Martin

EnPro Customer Value Lean Manufacturing

EnPro Industries appoints Dale Herold to president of its Garlock Sealing Technologies division. The executive has experience with driving lean adoption for the company. ...

... "Herold joined EnPro in August 2008 as vice president, Continuous Improvement. In that role, he was responsible for revitalizing EnPro's Total Customer Value lean manufacturing program and supply chain initiatives, as well as for implementing a company-wide commercial excellence program for improving the way the company's operations take their products to market and interact with customers. " ...

Via EnPro Industries: Management Change

Six Sigma Excellence at IBM

Mid-September seminar on Six Sigma excellence practiced at IBM ...

... "THURSDAY, SEPT. 17; The Rochester Area Quality Council is hosting a Six Sigma Forum -- Excellence at IBM-Rochester. It will be held at the IBM-Rochester campus from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. " ...

Via Post-Bulletin: Business Calendar

JAKKS is Walmart Vendor of the Year

JAKKS Pacific is recognized by Walmart as its Vendor of the Year for a second time. ...

... "Berman continued, The WalMart Vendor of the Year Award is about excellence in all areas of business and we strive to exemplify all the qualities that are key to making our business a success - professionalism in service, on-time shipping, and consistently high quality products. We look forward to working with Wal-Mart for many years to come. " ...

Via JAKKS Pacific: Vendor of the Year by WalMart

Clariant Lean Six Sigma Excellence

Clariant confronts its decline in demand and profitability with a program based on Lean and Six Sigma methods to drive margin improvements. ...

... "former Hoechst man Kottmann, who took up the reins four months ago, highlighted further cost saving efforts to be initiated under the Clariant Excellence banner. This will focus on a Lean Sigma regime, a combination, he explained, of Six Sigma statistical process control and Japanese influenced lean manufacturing techniques. " ...

Via Plastics and Rubber Weekly: Clariant Efficiency Program

Six Sigma Healthcare Excellence

Integrated Enterprise Excellence

SixSigma Excellence

Satyam BPO is recognized for its performance and commitment to quality and excellence. ...

... "Satyam BPO won two prestigious Six Sigma IQ Excellence Awards. Satyam BPO was honored in the Best Defect Elimination in Service & Transaction and Best Design for Six Sigma categories. The International Quality and Productivity Center established the Six Sigma IQ Excellence Awards to honor, recognize and promote Six Sigma projects that demonstrate true best practices. Satyam BPO was presented the awards at a ceremony held during the 9th Asian Six Sigma Summit in Singapore. " ...

Via Satyam: Six Sigma IQ Excellence Honors

Chief Lean Officer Focuses on World-Class Efficiency

Intermet Corporation names Bob Flaherty into a newly created position of Chief Lean Officer to lead and mentor the company to world-class levels of efficiency. The new position reports the the CEO, Jeff Mihalic. ...

... "In his new role, Flaherty will work collaboratively with Intermet group presidents and the company's 10 plants to achieve world-class efficiencies while building upon the excellent lean foundation already in place throughout Intermet.

Previously, Flaherty spent nearly eight years at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Georgetown, Ky., where he held various positions and responsibilities including start up preparation, training of associates on the Toyota Production System, various Production Engineering kaizen initiatives, and management of the stamping plant expansion. " ...

Via Intermet: Bob Flaherty Joins Intermet to Head Lean Initiatives

Business Process Excellence Seminars

Upcoming process excellenc seminars ...

... "PROCESS IMPROVEMENT METRICS -- LEAN SIX SIGMA METRICS: July 22, CPCC Harris Campus. Speaker: Gary Klipp ... " ...

Via Charlotte Observer: Business Calendar

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

Six Sigma Manufacturing Excellence Recognized

The Indianapolis, Indiana based plant of General Cable is recognized for its manufacturing excellence across multiple dimensions. The company culture built on a foundation of principles and uses lean and Six Sigma methods to eliminate waste and defects. ...

... "General Cable was chosen out of 32 companies, who were actually chosen out of 165 other facilities across North America who were nominated as leaders in their industries. " ...

Via Terra Haute Tribune Star: Best Plant in America

Operations Center Excellence Through Lean SixSigma Quality Process

Nortel opens its new Global Operations Center of Excellence in Istanbul, which will provide tech support services to customers globally. The center leverages best practice methods for quality improvement, such as Lean Six Sigma. ...

... "The Global Operations Center of Excellence in Istanbul provides technical and operational support to Nortel customers deploying next-generation mobile, converged, metro Ethernet and optical networks. This includes product support for global customers, network technical support for customers in North America, and network integration and technical support for customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The Center features the latest customer service tools, quality processes like Lean Six Sigma, and Nortel's market-leading contact center technology. Nortel has already recruited more than 300 graduates from Turkish universities to staff the Center as it progresses through 2007 to full operational capacity. " ...

Via Nortel: 24/7 Support to Nortel Carrier Customers Around the World While Improving Operational Performance ...