PACCAR Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Tools Realize Benefits

PACCAR sees improved revenues and earnings building on its operational excellence platform with lean and Six Sigma, which has been integrated into its culture. ...

... "PACCAR’s application of Six Sigma tools together with Lean Manufacturing techniques has generated cumulative benefits for PACCAR of $1.4 billion since 1998, commented Helene Mawyer, PACCAR vice president.

Ten thousand PACCAR employees have been trained in Six Sigma and over 12,000 projects have been implemented throughout the company.

Six Sigma and Lean projects are integrated in all business activities at PACCAR and have been adopted at 190 of the company’s suppliers and many of the company’s dealers and customers, ensuring improved product quality and reduced costs in the factories and offices. " ...

Via PACCAR: Improved First Quarter Revenues and Earnings (PDF)

Sypris Six Sigma Electronics

Sypris sees margins expand from lean and Six Sigma efforts. ...

... "Mr. Gill added: The outlook for our Electronics Group remains positive, with this segment of our business expected to benefit from further gross margin expansion during 2010 as a result of new program launches, process improvements, increased productivity and lower costs driven by LEAN and Six Sigma quality programs. " ...

Via Sypris Solutions: Gross Margins Continue to Expand

IntriCon Lean Six Sigma Gross Margin Improvement Initiatives

IntriCon reports positive results and sees margin improvement through its LSS initiative. ...

.... "Sequentially, however, gross margins rose from 20.3 percent in the 2009 third quarter, and were up significantly from the 2009 first-quarter level of 18.4 percent. IntriCon continues to execute gross margin improvement initiatives, such as implementing lean Six-Sigma manufacturing principles in its manufacturing facilities. " ...

Via TradingMarkets: IntriCon 2009 Financial Results

Lean Six Sigma Cornerstone

County leader embraces Lean Six Sigma in the public interest, driving efficiency and customer service while educating staff and encouraging adoption of the methodology. ...

... "As you all know, I made Lean Six Sigma the corner stone of my administration’s reform effort. Now in our third year of implementation, we are making tremendous strides. Nearly every county department is engaged in our Lean Six Sigma activities and hundreds of county employees have received various levels of training. Our workforce now boasts 98 Yellow Belts, 37 Green Belts and 3 Black Belts. 6 of our Green Belts are actively working on Black Belt certification requiring over 200 hours of classroom training. Our success has been noticed around the country, and in fact, around the world. " ...

Via WIVB: State of the County Address

Lean Six Sigma Project Execution Improvement

Erie county solicits proposals for lean six sigma professionals to drive implementation, culture change, and project execution through training. ...

... "The County seeks professional training and consultation services to assist in the implementation of Lean Six Sigma Methodologies and Culture Change Program in a performance based system envisioned by the County Executive. The Lean Six Sigma and Culture Change initiatives were developed and rolled out in 2008-2009. By June 30, 2010, the County will have 36 Green Belts, 8 Black Belts, and 100 Yellow Belts. The Culture Change Plan has been rolled out to all County workers. We are interested in improving our project execution (improve service delivery, better customer/employee satisfaction, and financial return) and increasing the level of employee engagement across the County." ...

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Cooper Tire Profitable Lean Six Sigma

Cooper Tire returns to profitability and according to the CEO: "Armes said the company had benefited from low raw material costs and implementation of Lean Six Sigma, a business quality management strategy. "

Via Medill Reports: http://bit.ly/b3p7Tq

DOE Nuclear Six Sigma Management Applications

Department of Energy mentions management experiences with Six Sigma at Nuclear Deterrence Summit. ...

... "The federal site manager and the contractor are working well together, clearly understand their respective roles and missions, apply Six Sigma management techniques, use the same data base to manage and oversee the contract, have streamlined safety directives, developed a new NNSA-wide approach to supply chain management, and achieved outstanding production results. " ...

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NASA Lean Six Sigma Experiences

NASA is challenged to to realize higher efficiency within its internal processes and is applying Lean Six Sigma as the method of choice to streamline. http://bit.ly/dpaFwr (PDF).

LSS Kaizen Event exceeds expectations for CFO

Office of CFO provides insights into the application of Lean Six Sigma into the GSA continuous improvement processes. ...

... "We first applied LSS when presented with a major problem – too many worksheet adjustments outside of our financial system of record and the potential for endangering our clean opinion. As CFO, this made me stop in my pumps – we needed to solve this problem immediately. We introduced LSS to a group of GSA’s accountants and asked them to conduct a kaizen event to determine how to reduce the number and dollar volume of adjustments to our financial statements conducted outside of our financial system of record. The worksheet adjustment team exceeded my expectations and identified several significant actions we could take to ensure adjustments were made earlier in the workflow. Most importantly, we achieved our overall goal – retaining our GSA FY 2009 clean opinion. " ...

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Tobyhanna Lean Six Sigma Targets Turnaround Time

Tobyhanna Depot attacks cycle times with lean techniques. ...

... "As glitches in the process have been aggressively identified and addressed, the turnaround time has been cut in half to 145 days, and the line pushed out 18 units in 2008. " ...

Army Lean

Lean Six Sigma Program Office for Operational Performance Enhancement

Lean Six Sigma foundation is built into the Defense budget through a program office with tangible objectives. ...

... "Initiative #7: Establish agency Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Program Office to enhance agency operational performance and ensure common approach on LSS projects.
Performance Assessment - Progress towards the end state is assessed with performance indicators such as contract closeout timeliness, reducing cancelling funds, forward pricing rates, contract audit follow up reports, Lean Six Sigma implementation, quality assurance surveillance plans and eBiz electronic processing utilization. " ...

Via Defense Contract Management Agency: Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Estimates (PDF)

Xerox IngersollRand Lean Six Sigma Printing Services

Xerox will leverage lean and Six Sigma into its print services for Ingersoll Rand to achieve operational efficiency and sustainability objectives. ...

... "Using a Lean Six Sigma-based approach, Xerox will design a print environment with the appropriate number of output devices, like printers, fax machines, copiers and scanners, to help employees work more efficiently. " ...

Via Global Print Monitor: http://bit.ly/cByc3J

Sparton Lean Profitability

Sparton counts on lean and Six Sigma to expand its profit margins. ...

... "As previously indicated, our focus in the EMS segment will be on continuing our operational improvements through the ongoing implementation of lean manufacturing techniques and six sigma practices which we expect to ultimately provide higher gross margin levels in the future. " ...

Via dBusinessNews: Sparton Corporation

Louisiana-Pacific Lean Six Sigma Operational Savings

Louisiana Pacific discusses the company's operational efficiency achievements. ...

... "Our selling and administrative expenses fell by 20%, a $27 million savings. Our lean six sigma program continued to generate savings and improve our operations. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Louisiana-Pacific Corp

Lenovo Lean Six Sigma Cost Improvement

Lenovo operating performance is strong and the company deals with market demand shifts using Lean and Six Sigma to drive operational efficiencies in the supply chain. ...

... "The PC market continued to experience customers shifting in greater numbers from desktop to laptop PCs, and accordingly, Lenovo has implemented Lean Six Sigma throughout its global supply chain, and worked closely with our suppliers, to deliver end-to-end cost improvements. " ...

Via Lenovo: THIRD QUARTER 2009/10 RESULTS (PDF)

PolyOne Accelerates Six Sigma Catching Up to Competition

Polyone leadership reviews the year's results which were positive despite the economic circumstances. Management is rapidly implementing Lean Six Sigma to drive its performance and avoid the adoption barriers experienced by its competition. ...

... "This substantial improvement in our financial position resulted from a company wide effect to cut costs, prune on profitable or high credit-risk business and expand margins of reduced working capital. These improvements were facilitated and accelerated by our newly launched Lean Six Sigma efforts. You follow many companies out there and you frequently hear them reference Lean Six Sigma principles and initiatives they employ to reduce waves and improve efficiency across their business prosthesis. Many do this very well and have been reaping benefits for years. Admittedly PolyOne was late to the game in adopting this framework, but we are off to a really terrific start. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: PolyOne Corp 4Q09 Earnings Discussion by Management

BASF Lean Six Sigma Community

BASF creates a community of Lean and Six Sigma practitioners among its ecosystem of customers in the automotive paint space. ...

... "BASF’s program was developed in-house by its team of Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts and collision industry experts. The entire curriculum was designed with the intent to teach collision centers ... " ...

Via Search AutoParts, Automotive Body Repair: BASF customer lean program

Bison Gear Lean Six Sigma

Fifty year old manufacturing company celebrates its history, while driving forward into the future on a foundation of Lean Six Sigma. ...

... "Bison employs Baldrige criteria for performance excellence and drives a Lean Six Sigma enterprise to ensure customer satisfaction, while still serving its first OEM customer. " ...

Via POWDER/BULK SOLIDS: 50th Anniversary

PolyOne Lean Six Sigma Startup Drives Adoption Rates

PolyOne Corp is recognized for its Lean Six Sigma deployment, which has achieved 25% penetration in its workforce across all business lines and functions. ...

... "PolyOne was presented with the Process Excellence Award for Best Start-up Program during the International Quality and Productivity Centre’s 11th Annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit in Orlando, Florida. A panel of industry experts selected PolyOne from a pool of 400 entrants. In the Best Start-up category, judges evaluated the transformation of the six finalists based on their ability to set organizational direction, deliver business benefits, and initiate a culture change during the annual gathering of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and process improvement thought leaders. " ...

Via PolyOne: Best Lean Six Sigma Deployment

SKF Leader Leaves Six Sigma Legacy

SKF CEO changes as outgoing executive leaves a foundation of Lean Six Sigma excellence. ...

... "Dettloff retires from SKF after 10 years with the company. He joined SKF in 2000 as president of its seals business, and was promoted to President and CEO of SKF USA Inc. in 2006. Under his leadership, he led a team in developing operational excellence by reducing inventories, strengthening supply chain management, and emphasizing a team management philosophy, all anchored by lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies. " ...

Via SKF USA: New President and CEO

Lean Six Sigma Enables Logistics Support

DOD's DLA will leverage the strengths of Dynamics Research's Lean Six Sigma, LSS, methods to drive operational excellence in its logistics support processes. ...

... "Our LSS Master Black Belt and Black Belt staff will provide the methodologies, tools and expertise to implement business improvement practices, ensuring the Department of Defense and other agencies are receiving the best combat logistics support possible. It will ultimately ensure that our war-fighters have what they need to execute their mission. " ...

Via Dynamics Research Corp: Lean Six Sigma Services

Six Sigma Aircraft Systems

PhotoEtch embraces Six Sigma and lean to redesign its manufacturing processes while lowering work capital requirements through lower days of inventory. ...

... "To help implement lean principles and cellular manufacturing, it has three managers certified as Six Sigma green or black belt and are skilled, lean experts. " ...

Via Manufacturing Digital: Photo Etch

PhotoEtch Lean Application in Action (PDF): "The contractors were given thorough training and a set of visual work instructions to eliminate errors. The manufacturing work cell had a takt time of 20 minutes. "

Lean Six Sigma Business Intelligence in Logistics

Conference in February 2010 will look at best practices for performance outsourcing in third party logistics, where speakers share their success stories with improving the customer relationship. ...

... "George will demonstrate how Transplace has incorporated Lean Six Sigma (LSS) practices into its customer relationships, along with the deployment of a business intelligence solution, to continuously identify, analyze and deliver added value. " ...

Via Logistics Viewpoints: 3PL Relationships

Omnova Lean Six Sigma

Omnova CEO discusses the company's culture and Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement methods. ...

... "It is amazing the amount of things that you accomplish with people who are motivated and focused on improving something that they know a lot about with some facilitation. " ...

Via Cleveland dot com: Kevin McMullen of Omnova

Haynes Lean Six Sigma Program

Mark Comerford, President and CEO of Haynes International, discusses the company's results and highlights its Lean Six Sigma program which is focused on delivering operational efficiency. Haynes improvement culture extends to the environmental discipline where its has driven energy cost savings. ...

... "We’ve also expanded the use of key metrics across our business focusing on cost reduction initiatives and extending our Lean and Six Sigma programs. During the year, we were also nominated for the 2009 Indiana Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence, and we were recognized by Indiana Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman, for environmental stewardship. Furthermore, working with Purdue University and US Department of Energy, we’ve taken on initiatives in our plants, which we estimate will result in savings of approximately $300,000 in annual energy costs. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Haynes International Earnings

More on the Haynes and Purdue collaboration ...

Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership project with Haynes International: "Haynes implemented a five-person Energy Savings Team to identify and implement energy savings projects ... Haynes expects to see natural gas cost savings of nearly $360,000 annually upon the completion of all the EES projects. "

PolyOne Lean Six Sigma Targets Working Capital Reduction

PolyOne will manage its businesses for profitability by focusing on commercial excellence and seeks to reduce working capital demands through its Lean Six Sigma initiative. ...

... "First of all, we need to continue to win new profitable business at a faster pace. We also must reduce costs in working capital through the ongoing successful deployment of Lean Six Sigma and these are the two most important priorities in our company today. When I joined PolyOne, the company was focused on moving pounds regardless of profitability. Through our commercial excellence initiative and new incentive programs, a reward to sellers for profitable growth, we change the minds of our commercial organization. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: PolyOne Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings

Lydall Realizes Savings from Lean Six Sigma Program

Lydall sees improvement in results with Lean Six Sigma benefits realization. ...

... "We are encouraged by the improvement in financial results by our Performance Materials and Thermal/Acoustical segments. Operating income from the Performance Materials segment in the current quarter was $2.9 million, an improvement of $1.8 million from the second quarter of 2009. In our Thermal/Acoustical segment, we were able to record a nominal profit due to higher sales as well as from savings beginning to be realized from the consolidation of our North American automotive facilities and from our Lean Six Sigma program. In the third quarter of 2009, we remained focused on managing working capital and improving cash generation. We continued to reduce our inventory levels in the current quarter as inventories were lower by $5.7 million, or 15%, compared to June 30, 2009. For the second consecutive quarter we generated cash from operating activities, and have now generated over $2 million in cash from operating activities in the nine months ended September 30, 2009. " ...

Via Lydall: FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER

Lean Six Sigma Survival Strategy

County exec has used Six Sigma and lean to bring efficiency to government. Chris Collins shares his passion and experience with these tools. He empowers the workforce to bring sustainable change to processes. ...

... "Collins said. Lean Six Sigma is probably the best survival tool there is. And someday as your competitors go out of business, I have a saying: If you're the last restaurant in town, you're going to be busy Saturday night. " ...

Via The Buffalo News: Six Sigma to Survive

Xerox ACS Lean Six Sigma Synergy

The combination of Xerox and Affiliated Computer Services will leverage a common strength of Lean Six Sigma applied to business processes. ...

Via Xerox: ACS Acquisition

AFSO21 Air Force Lean Six Sigma

The Air Force embraces improvement, balancing efficiency with effectiveness in their program, codenamed AFSO21, Air Force Smart Operations 21st Century. ...

... "AFSO21 program, a process very similar to the Department of Defense’s Lean Six Sigma, has shifted the focus of Airmen beyond applying unique skills to getting the mission done to continually improving mission performance. " ...

Via Maxwell Gunter Dispatch: Air Force leadership

Smart operations will require the Air Force to shift the organization's mindset. ...

AFSO 21, a new way of thinking in the Air Force: "not only a program to institutionalize continuous process improvement, but also to describe a new way of thinking about the Air Force. "

Irving Texas Utility Uses Lean Six Sigma Program to Drive Efficiency

City of Irving, Texas Water Utilities.

Irving's water utilities team has embraced lean principles and applies solutions to reduce its cycle time. ...

Lean Six Sigma Progress Report from recent City Manager's Report (PDF): "Water Utilities Department staff presented a final review on the crew truck layout Six Sigma project in late January. The group developed and installed upgrades for one crew truck that are estimated to save 45 minutes in administrative work and 1.5 hours per work order on a daily basis. "

In addition, the City has provided Six Sigma green belt training to its IT and police departments.

Leadership commitment to Six Sigma is being demonstrated to sustain the culture of improvement. ...

From the WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES (PDF) OF THE IRVING CITY COUNCIL, City Director comments on: "how the Six Sigma program has made the process more efficient by eliminating duplication and reducing the number of steps and days required. "

PPG Six Sigma for Auto Refinishing Value Chain

PPG offers Lean Six Sigma training for customer partners in its automotive refinishing value chain, such as collision centers. ...

... "The training, a four-day intensive learning event, is intended for collision center owners and managers and teaches the practical applications of Lean Six Sigma techniques to boost quality, speed, cost performance and competitiveness at repair facilities. It will be offered Oct. 5-8 in Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 16-20 in Eagan, Minn., and Dec. 7-10 in Los Angeles. " ...

Via PPG Industries: Schedule for MVP Green Belt training

Lean Six Sigma for Production Improvements Leads to Best Factory Recognition for UK Lighting Firm

Thorn Lighting is recognized as Best Factory in the UK for its achievements in customer satisfaction and product quality. The company has embraced Lean Six Sigma on the factory floor and has made investments in its equipment and workforce. A key ingredient of their production success is designing material flow into the production process and factory layout. ...

... "The company also made good use of lean six sigma tools which involved production workers in the development of improvements which significantly increased the factory's productivity and delivery performance. The company has invested heavily in its staff's technical skills and equipment to keep ahead of competition. " ...

Via Works Management: Thorn Lighting Ltd

Lydall Lean Six Sigma Success Story

Lydall CEO will discuss his company's success deploying Lean Six Sigma for operational efficiency and cash flow management at an upcoming analyst meeting. ...

... "Dale Barnhart said: We have used Lean Six Sigma successfully this year to improve efficiencies and maintain liquidity in a tough environment. We believe we are positioned much better now than before the economic downturn and are pleased with the prospects for our future. " ...

Via Reuters: Lydall to Attend West Coast Emerging Growth Institutional

Lydall leans their processes ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Lydall Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings: "The business is continually focused on leaning out the process, reducing our cost structure, lowering our breakeven point and we are seeing right now an actual increase in our quote activity, but still too early to tell, how that business will shape up for the year. "

Communicate the Business Strategy with Lean Six Sigma Implementation

Lean Six Sigma implementations require communication leadership to set the direction, provide transparency to the process, and to celebrate successes along the way. Providing the motivation for workforce change requires identifying change leaders on the shop floor to sustain the communication process. The Six Sigma practitioner will use influence skills to drive adoption by front-line workers and administrative staff. ...

... "When it comes to something as complex as shifting a culture toward the principles and practices of lean Six Sigma, communication is not just important, it is mission critical. " ...

Via Quality: Leadership

Watts Water Tech Lean Six Sigma

Watts Water Technologies deploys Lean Six Sigma for process improvement and operational efficiency, across a consolidating manufacturing footprint. ...

... "We are committed to reducing our manufacturing and operating costs through a combination of manufacturing in lower-cost countries, using Lean Six Sigma to drive continuous improvement across all key processes, and consolidating our diverse manufacturing operations in North America, Europe and China. We have acquired a number of manufacturing facilities in lower-cost regions such as China, Bulgaria and Tunisia. In 2007, we announced a global restructuring plan to reduce our manufacturing footprint in order to reduce our costs and to realize additional operating efficiencies. In February 2009, we announced an additional plan to consolidate manufacturing in North America and China." ...

Via Watts Water Technologies: 2008 Annual Report (PDF)

Lean Six Sigma Improves Inventory Turnover at PolyOne

PolyOne works hard to improve its cost structure as it reports challengin quarterly results. The company deploys Lean Six Sigma as its lever to better manage cash flow through improvement of inventory turns. The company's CFO is a Six Sigma champion. ...

... "Robert M. Patterson, senior vice president and chief financial officer, comments: We have made tremendous progress in reducing working capital this year which has been the primary driver of cash flow growth. Most notably, we have improved our inventory turnover to 11 times--a nearly 50 percent improvement--as a result of our lean six sigma initiatives. " ...

Via PolyOne: Second Quarter 2009

Lydall Lean Six Sigma Improves Operating Processes and Cost Structure

Lydall reports results from a challenging period where revenues and earnings have decreased markedly. The company is responding with a reduced cost structure through Lean Six Sigma and manufacturing footprint actions, while managing the business for cash. ...

... "Going forward in 2009, we anticipate the significant progress we have made in improving our business operating processes through Lean Six Sigma, coupled with the major cost reductions from the North American automotive consolidation, will improve the Company’s financial results as our markets begin to stabilize. " ...

Via Lydall: SECOND QUARTER (PDF)

LSS Exec Overview in Sept

Come back from vacation and learn about Lean Six Sigma. ...

... "Lean Six Sigma Executive Overview from 8 a.m. to noon on Sept. 9 in the Ramada Conference Center, 2402 North Forest Rd., Getzville. " ...

Via University of Buffalo: Lean Six Sigma

Xerox Brazil uses Lean Six Sigma to Reduce Landfill Waste

Xerox recognizes its employees with Earth Awards for achievements in reducing waste, energy, and costs. The various teams and manufacturing sites targeted waste through process improvements, capital investments, and optimizations. ...

... "Rio, Brazil: This team established a goal of 20 percent reduction in waste generated and in doing so eliminated more than 10 tons of toner waste from landfills with the help of Lean Six Sigma. Things like one-time use cloths were replaced with washable cloths. Metal barrels were replaced with reusable bags and toner was used as product for roadways. They even composted cafeteria waste for use onsite. " ...

Via Xerox: Earth Awards Create Business Results

Lean Six Sigma Integrated with BPM

Information technology tools, such as business process management, have synergy with Lean and Six Sigma to improve the operational performance of the business. ...

... "BPM gives a comprehensive end-to-end process management and improves approach, with Lean addressing waste elimination and Six Sigma addressing the improvement of quality and repeatability of processes ... " ...

Via ITWeb: BPM and LSS

General Dynamics Lean Six Sigma Training Consulting Support

General Dynamics Information Technology receives multi-million dollar, multi-year contract to support the Lean Six Sigma efforts of the U.S. Army Medical Command and the Office of the Surgeon General. ...

... "General Dynamics will support the Army MEDCOM Lean Six Sigma Concepts and Methodologies program by providing instruction and consulting services to internal organizations for MEDCOM’s Director of Strategy and Innovation. " ...

Via General Dynamics Information Technology: U.S. Army Medical Command Lean Six Sigma

The Office of the Surgeon General has successfully deployed Lean Six Sigma to improve cycle time of business processes. ...

Lean Six Sigma Analysis Streamlines Process: "In the end, the in-processing became virtual. New employees login and virtually check in to various in-processing work stations. "

The Army has embraced lean in its culture and has created positions of leadership to transform its business. ...

DENCOM Leadership: "The DENCOM has embraced the Lean Six Sigma business case analysis protocol, creating a new Director of Business Transformation position on the DENCOM staff, to evaluate internal business practices and increase efficiency of DENCOM strategic and operational initiatives. "

Lean Six Sigma Integrates Solutions for Sustainability Improvement

IBM builds partnerships to solve sustainability problems with an integrated set of cross-industry solutions, that leverage Lean Six Sigma principles for improvement. ...

... "Green Sigma is an IBM solution that applies Lean Six Sigma principles and practices to energy, water, waste and GHG emissions throughout a company's operations -- transportation systems, data centers and IT systems, manufacturing and distribution centers, office facilities, retail space, research and development sites, etc. It combines real-time metering and monitoring with advanced analytics and dashboards that allow clients to make better decisions that improve efficiency, lower costs and reduce environmental impact. " ...

Via IBM: Green Sigma Coalition

Navy Six Sigma Program

Local leader will deploy Lean Six Sigma to improve the Navy's processes in talent recruiting. ...

... "Ivan D. Bradley has been assigned as the first Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Team Lead for Millington to improve efficiencies and eliminate waste in processes. The Navy Recruiting Command launched the Lean Six Sigma initiative earlier this year. " ...

Via NWTN Today: United States Navy

ADC Lean Six Sigma Philosophy Drives Savings

ADC sees improved revenue, margins, and free cash flow. Operating expenses are being reduced through Lean Six Sigma efforts. And, the company is shoring up its balance sheet with free cash flow. ...

... "During the quarter, ADC realized approximately $13 million in cost savings as a result of the restructuring and other actions announced in October 2008 and February 2009. These savings impacted both cost of goods sold and operating expenses. Through the implementation of LEAN and Six Sigma methodologies, ADC is driving a continuous improvement, cost-reduction philosophy throughout the company. The cost reduction and restructuring actions taken over the prior two quarters had a substantive positive impact on our financial results and contributed to our free cash flow generation during the current quarter, said James G. Mathews, ADC's chief financial officer. " ...

Via ADC: Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

ADC was recently hiring to fill Lean Black Belt positions at its sites globally. ...

LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt at ADC via RochesterWorks: "LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt LOCATION: Eden Prairie, MN ... "

ADC designs its products using Six Sigma methods. ...

ADC Endface Geometry for Optical Connectors (PDF): "ADC developed the polishing process for the singlemode connector utilizing Six Sigma techniques. The results from this study permitted ADC to achieve excellent process capability for the three main endface geometry attributes. "

The market requires ADC services to perform to Six Sigma levels. ...

ADC Six Sigma Performance Levels (PDF): "ADC’s products and services provide our customers with the confidence that the new IPbased services will be delivered on a carrier-class packet infrastructure, where six-sigma levels of reliability are required. For example, video is a key component of these new networks. "

Ingersoll-Rand Lean Six Sigma Operational Excellence

Ingersoll-Rand has been challenged by the economic downturn with exposure to the construction market and the need to service a higher debt load related to acquisitions. Yet, the company is positioned in the HVAC market for infrastructure investments and has expanded geographically into Asian markets, where growth is expected. ...

... "IR has been using Lean Six Sigma for years, and will continue to rely on it to achieve operational excellence, which reflects IR's clear and constant awareness of efficiency and cost. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Ingersoll-Rand Excellence

Operational excellence is a key lever for the company in 2009. ...

Ingersoll Rand via Reuters: "We are realizing the synergies from the recent acquisition of Trane and from our initiatives in purchasing and Lean Six Sigma, which will produce even greater benefits in 2009. "

The company has invested in training programs. ...

Ingersoll Rand Lean Six Sigma Training Series.

IR has expanded its lean methods globally. ...

China Lean: "Ms. Zhang Dong is currently the Lean six sigma manager of Ingersoll Rand Industrial Technology Air Solutions, Asia Pacific. She has more than 14 years working experience in Engineering, Operations, Marketing and Service. "

Ingersoll Rand employees have had successful careers in industry, helping manufacturers become successful with Lean Six Sigma. ...

Mark Beffel Bio via APICS: "Mark has over 35 years experience in Manufacturing, Engineering, and Operations management with John Deere, Pentair, Lozier, Ingersoll Rand and Manitowoc. "

IR leaders are published in the field. ...

Leaning Into Six Sigma Book by Barbara Wheat via Barnes & Noble: "Barbara Wheat is the Director of Six Sigma for Ingersoll-Rand Tool and Hoist Division, where she brings the tools and techniques of both Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma together to institutionalize a world-class system of continuous improvement. "

Dr. Pepper Snapple Lean Six Sigma through Productivity Office

President and CEO Larry Young discusses the company's performance and the impact achieved from Lean Six Sigma at the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group. ...

... "Our productivity office and Lean Six Sigma initiatives are providing the funding and process to implement ongoing efficiency programs, and new packaging technology is allowing us to get more out of the same assets. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Earnings Call

Rapid Six Sigma Goes Green

Local mill uses Lean Six Sigma to generate benefits from recycling. ...

... "Hopefully, our recycling project will generate interest and enthusiasm among our employees that will carry over into their waste disposal habits at home, concluded Curtis. A Rapid Lean Six Sigma team was formed to develop the Luke mill’s recycling program. " ...

Via Mineral Daily News-Tribune: Luke mill program

ITT Lean Six Sigma Strong Cash Management

ITT discusses its quarterly performance and notes lean Six Sigma contributions to cash management and improving inventory turns. ...

... "So we’re pleased with our working capital management actions in the quarter. Working capital as a percent of sales improved 190 basis points to 13.2%. Dedicated teams at all three segments continue to drive value based lean six sigma initiatives that generated inventory turn improvement. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: ITT Corporation Earnings Call

ITT Corporation Quarter Report: "First quarter revenue was $2.6 billion, down nine percent compared to the first quarter of 2008, and down five percent excluding the impact of foreign exchange, acquisitions and divestitures on a comparable basis. Year-to-date free cash flow generation exceeded $165 million, representing a 128 percent conversion of income from continuing operations, excluding non-cash tax adjustments. "

Intricon Lean Six Sigma Efficiency Program

IntriCon Corporation reports its quarterly results which have eroded due to the challenging business cycle. The company is committed to leveraging lean manufacturing and Six Sigma to drive efficiencies and improve margins. ...

... "Company wide, 2009 first-quarter gross margins were 17.8 percent, compared to 23.2 percent in the year-ago quarter. The decline was primarily due to lower sales levels combined with a lower-margin product mix. While medical sales carry a higher margin, increases were not enough to offset lower volumes in other businesses. To improve efficiency, IntriCon continues to introduce Six Sigma lean manufacturing methods across its business - successfully rolling it out in various medical and hearing health product lines. " ...

Via Intricon: Quarterly Results

Xerox Lean Six Sigma Print Services

Procter & Gamble will use Xerox to manage its global print operations under a five year services contract that will reduce operating costs by nearly 25 percent. ...

... "Using Lean Six Sigma-based methodologies, Xerox Global Services will deliver an enterprise-wide strategy, expected to free up hundreds of minutes of employee time annually. Xerox will provide on-site training to help P&G's employees manage the new print environment, including tips on how to reduce the time spent on print-related activities. Xerox's change management program focuses on how best to support the staff during the transition in order to minimize disruptions. " ...

Via Xerox: Procter & Gamble Worldwide Print Operations Management

Lean Six Sigma for War Fighters

Cardinal Health Lean Value Stream

Cardinal Health introduces new products and services that will improve patient safety and operational efficiency in hospital operating rooms, including lean six sigma consulting services for customers. ...

... "The new Value Stream Mapping service uses Lean Six Sigma methodology to help guide hospitals toward increased efficiency by identifying bottle necks within their current processes, material and information flows. Through collaborative communication and systematic evaluation, hospitals can visualize and analyze areas with costly waste and delays, and create blueprints for process improvements using additional Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques. Cardinal Health helps facilitate these process improvements leading to reduced costs, streamlined workflows, diminished cycle times, increased revenue streams and improved patient and employee satisfaction. " ...

Via Cardinal Health: The Operating Room

Supply Side Lean

Halliburton has applied Lean Six Sigma throughout its value chain extending into the supply-side, in order to create a more adaptive and dynamic response to demand changes. ...

... "This then begins to present challenges for suppliers, which often are no longer capable of keeping up with the ever-increasing demands and expectations for speed and responsiveness. To meet this challenge, Halliburton began engaging its suppliers in Lean Six Sigma strategies ... " ...

Via Purchasing: Halliburton Lean Six Sigma

Louisiana-Pacific Lean Six Sigma

Louisiana-Pacific sees success from its Lean Six Sigma teams, with stellar returns. ...

... "Worth mentioning as well was the continued contribution of our lean six sigma teams which achieved for the year over five to one returns against a goal of three to one returns. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Louisiana-Pacific Q4 2008

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

Lean Six Sigma Work Flow Improves Operational Efficiency

GE brings Lean Six Sigma methods to create efficiencies in the healthcare process. Mt Sinai will leverage improved processes and systems to deliver a dynamic response to problems. ...

... "In the early phase of the agreement, GE Healthcare experts in Lean Six Sigma process management will work with Mount Sinai staff and GE Healthcare’s AgileTracTM automated workflow and visualization system to track and optimize the most important patient care pathways. This phase will enable hospital staff and administration to observe their clinical pathways and allow the hospital to visualize problems and develop real time solutions. Together, Mount Sinai and GE will gather real-time data on clinical workflow patterns throughout the 1,171-bed, 2.7 million square foot tertiary-care hospital to highlight process bottlenecks and showcase areas of improvement. The goal is to streamline patient flow, improve operational efficiency, and decrease patients length of stay by decreasing wait times and freeing up capacity that has been, until this project, untapped. " ...

Via General Electric: Patient Flow and Asset Management

Manufacturer Uses Downtime to Retool with Lean Six Sigma

When production assets are idle at Mercury Marine, the workforce can accelerate improvements using Lean Six Sigma methods. ...

... "He said salaried staff may use some of the time (during an hourly work force layoff) to concentrate on other aspects of operations such as Lean Six Sigma, safety, ergonomics and environmental issues. " ...

Via Fond du Lac Reporter: Mercury Marine

Ecolab Lean Six Sigma Leadership

Ecolab is recognized with Lean Six Sigma award for its deployment work. ...

... "Ecolab created significant momentum and sustainability in our Lean Six Sigma deployment, said Jeff Burt, Vice President & Global Deployment Leader for Lean Six Sigma at Ecolab. Extensive upfront planning, combined with a high level of executive engagement has created a successful launch of our LSS program. It has also created strong leadership and talent development opportunities for our associates, as well as a culture that continues to support our efforts to streamline operations while maintaining a strong customer focus. " ...

Via Ecolab: Lean Six Sigma Award for Successful Deployment Efforts

Xerox Lean Six Sigma Session

Upcoming webinar showcases Xerox success story in Finance. ...

... "Thursday, Jan 29 from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET, Xerox’s Sue Moore, vice president, Business Alignment & Results in Xerox Lean Six Sigma, will share success factors on how a company’s Finance department can embrace Lean Six Sigma methodologies ... " ...

Via WhatTheyThink: Lean Six Sigma Webinar

Lean Six Sigma Alternative to Outsourcing Contracts

Lean Six Sigma streamlining was proposed as an alternative to major outsourcing contract to stem loss of civilian defense jobs. ...

... "At least two officials sought to use alternative approaches to achieve efficiencies -- such as Lean Six Sigma, in which operations are inspected and redesigned to be leaner and quicker and staffs are redeployed to be better utilized -- but their efforts were rejected. " ...

Via FederalTimes: DoD outsourcing

Lean Six Sigma Series Starts

Upcoming seminar will lead to certificate in Lean Six Sigma. ...

... "This session will give participants an overview of the upcoming certificate series beginning Jan. 23, which will cover Lean Six Sigma, the evolutionary business process that effectively eliminates waste and improves practices with validation through statistical analysis. " ...

Via Green Bay Press-Gazette: Business agenda

Lean Six Sigma Integration

Paper industry stalwart adopts Lean and Six Sigma to transform its performance as it navigates challenging business conditions. ...

... "As part of its integration, NewPage announced in January it would adopt Lean Six Sigma manufacturing techniques, designed to incorporate both efficiency and quality." ...

Via Wausau Daily Herald: Company Change in Paper Industry

Logistics Lean Supply Chain Collaboration

Transplace CEO discusses the third party logistics space and touches on how collaboration through lean and Six Sigma can add value to supply chain participants. ...

... "we have done of a lot of joint Lean-Six Sigma projects with our customers, primarily on the Lean side. We are looking at processes involved in transportation management and identifying where there are steps in those processes that just don’t add any value and can be eliminating them. " ...

Via Logistics Management: Transplace 3PL

PPG Lean Six Sigma for Shops

PPG collaborates with their retail channel to spread Lean Six Sigma methodology through the value chain. ...

... "Doering himself completed PPG’s Lean Six Sigma program for shop owners. The new facility was designed with the intent to reduce the shop’s impact on the environment. " ...

Via Canadian Underwriter: Collision Centre

Federal Six Sigma Redesign

Federal agencies look to lean, Six Sigma, and strategic sourcing to introduce operational efficiency into government operations. ...

... "For instance, some federal agencies have adopted Lean Six Sigma practices, which call for redesigning the way a job gets done by removing wasteful and duplicative steps. " ...

Via Federal Times: Competitive sourcing

Six Sigma Portfolio Management

Buhler AG will monitor the execution of its Lean Six Sigma program in a key division using Instantis' project portfolio management software, EnterpriseTrack. ...

... "EnterpriseTrack was selected by Buhler AG to manage and track the execution of its Lean Six Sigma program in its Engineered Products Division across all business functions. With corporate headquarters in Uzwil, Switzerland, and a presence in 40 countries around the globe, Buhler is a technology group and global market leader in food processing, chemical process engineering, and die casting. Buhler's objective is to improve its customers' performance and competitiveness by applying Lean Six Sigma methodologies and tools to its customer-facing business processes. " ...

Via Instantis: EnterpriseTrack for Lean Six Sigma Project Portfolio Management

Quest Diagnostics Lean Six Sigma

Quest Diagnostics discusses its operational efficiency program, which includes leveraging Lean Six Sigma in the company's operations. ...

... "That program, which we expect to reduce our cost structure by $500 million is on track, and we expect to have delivered over $300 million in annualized savings as we exit this year, with the balance in 2009. Last quarter, I outlined the major elements for our program which include using Lean Six Sigma to increase productivity in our labs. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Quest Diagnostics Q3 Conference Call

Letterkenny Lean Leads to Shingo

Letterkenny Army Depot leverages lean manufacturing methods to reduce labor expenses, minimize space requirements, and improve cycle times. These achievements have been recognized with another Shingo award. ...

... "By using lean manufacturing and other methods, the BIDS line saved $1 million annually in manpower, reduced floor space by 32,000 square feet and reduced repair time to 20 days from 30 days ... " ...

Via Chambersburg Public Opinion: Depot wins

Sticky Lean Six Sigma

Lean Supply Chain Presentation

Local presentation will explore the use of lean principles and Six Sigma discipline in the supply chain to drive improvements that increase customer service and improve efficiencies. ...

... "Robert Burke will present Lean Six Sigma in the Supply Chain, a program on how to use supply chain management, lean manufacturing, and six sigma methodologies to deliver superior customer service. " ...

Via Nashuatelegraph: Business Calendar

Six Sigma Streamlines

Eliminate waste and increase efficiency to enable investment in your future. ...

... "That's the power of Lean Six Sigma - having more profit from streamlining your existing processes, which will then free up resources to do the things you simply don't have time to do. " ...

Via CNYBJ: Lean Six Sigma Results

Lean Six Sigma Program Management at Gulfstream

Gulfstream Aerospace appoints Charles Wood as program manager for its Lean Six Sigma initiatives. ...

... "As such, he is responsible for developing and implementing the Lean Six Sigma program throughout Gulfstream and General Dynamics Aviation Services facilities. Wood is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He earned a bachelor's degree in computer science from Gordon College in Wenham, Mass., and a master’s degree in business administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Wood reports to Max Mills, director, Corporate Quality and Product Safety. " ...

Via Gulfstream Aerospace: LEAN SIX SIGMA PROGRAM MANAGER

Alliant Energy Lean Six Sigma Improve Productivity and Control Costs

Alliant reports respectable quarterly earnings which are bolstered by Lean Six Sigma efforts that are making the company more productive and helping it to manage costs more effectively. ...

... "The modest decrease at the utilities is primarily due to the impacts of the June 2008 Midwest flooding, which are partially offset by the recent settlement with the IRS on U.S. federal income tax audits of prior years and the benefits of our lean six sigma activities on improving productivity and controlling utility operating costs. " ...

Via Alliant Energy: Quarterly Earnings Report PDF

Lean Six Sigma During Economic Downturns

BMG webinar series will focus on the challenges confronting us with solutions leveraging Lean and Six Sigma methods. Webinars start August 6th. ...

... "How do you remain competitive and profitable during an economic downturn? Don't make the mistake of downsizing your process improvement initiative or letting it take a back seat to more pressing concerns. " ...

Via Breakthrough Management Group: Online Webinar Series

Lean Six Sigma Improves Processes

Process improvement through Lean and Six Sigma is discussed. ...

... "The overriding principle that drives the lean system is that in order to reduce waste you need to develop systems that do not produce waste. " ...

Via Minneapolis-St Paul Star Tribune: Ask an outside consultant

Lean SixSigma Workload Capacity Expansion

Military arsenal changes command. Outgoing commander is recognized for his efficiency programs, based on lean Six Sigma methods. ...

... "During Kevin's command, the Watervliet Arsenal made great strides with its Lean Six Sigma program, he said. The program played a major role in keeping production on schedule despite an increased workload and challenging product mission. " ...

Via Troy Record: Change

Lean Process Orientation

General transitions his leadership experience and lean process focus into the field of sports. ...

... "When Johnson talked, it was all process. The phrase he uttered more than any other was Lean Six Sigma. " ...

Via ESPN: The General

DOD Lean Six Sigma Improvement Initiative

Departmet of Defense embraces Lean Six Sigma in a broad initiative aimed at efficiency. ...

... "In a departmentwide directive issued May 15, England instructed all components to use Lean Six Sigma to improve productivity, mission performance, safety, flexibility and energy efficiency. " ...

Via FCW: DOD on Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma Project Challenges

Six Sigma discipline takes time to adopt and perfect. A more holistic approach to process improvement may be needed to position Six Sigma and lean properly. ...

... "There is rising concern across multiple industry sectors regarding the failure of many internally led 6s / lean projects, so much so that we must explore why so many initiatives do not reach their desired results ... " ...

Via Supply and Demand Chain: What Went Wrong?

Manage Constraints for Improvements

Constraints management looks for opportunities to increase or remove capacity constraints and for policy constraints where business rules hand-cuff the workforce from running the business successfully. ...

... "Constraints management looks at the business as chains of dependent events and focuses improvement efforts on the weak links in the chains. On the face of it, the inclusion of yet another sophisticated business process might seem to lead to excessive complexity. " ...

Via Supply Chain Management Review: Constraints Management Enhances Lean and Six Sigma

Cycle Time Improves with Lean Six Sigma

Army trims cycle times and eliminates defects with Lean Six Sigma projects. ...

... "Those delays became one of the first targets of a Lean Six Sigma project under Lt. Gen. Michael Rochelle, Army deputy chief of staff for personnel. " ...

Via FCW: Army uses Lean

Lean Six Sigma Training

American Statistical Association offers web-based training program on April 30. ...

... "The session, Beyond the Factory Floor: Succeeding with Lean Six Sigma Outside of Manufacturing, will be presented by Roger Hoerl of GE Corporate Research. The webinar will briefly review the dramatic rise of the service economy, discuss challenges to proper application of Lean Six Sigma there, and then discuss practical approaches for overcoming them. " ...

Via American Statistical Association: New Web-based Training Program

Nordam Group Lean Six Sigma Journey

Nordam Group continues its journey applying Lean Six Sigma by levarging its talent. ...

... "In the last two years, NORDAM has introduced Six Sigma and LEAN principles throughout its businesses to maximize efficiency in manufacturing and repair processes. Since, 13 stakeholders have successfully completed training projects and are now certified Six Sigma black belts. The team of expert problem solvers and process improvement leaders have completed or initiated 50 Six Sigma and LEAN programs companywide. Gardner is the second full-time black belt at NORDAM Transparency. " ...

Via Nordam Group: Six Sigma Coordination Role

Process Mapping in Lean Six Sigma

Lean SixSigma Medical Manufacturing

Apriso will discus lean case study on April 17 event. ...

... "Apriso's Industry Director for Life Sciences, Rick Gallisa, will demonstrate how software can be an enabler to implementing sustainable Lean/Six Sigma programs including e-Kanban across highly complex manufacturing environments found within the Medical Device industry. Apriso FlexNet provides complete visibility, traceability and control over manufacturing operations, providing a foundation to implement cost effective compliance within Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives. " ...

Via Apriso: Lean and Six Sigma Event for Medical Device Manufacturers

Breyfogle on Beyond Lean Six Sigma

Interesting event queued next week on Lean Six Sigma ...

... "Forrest W. Breyfogle III, will speak at Century College in White Bear Lake on Tuesday, April 15, on why businesses should go beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard. " ...

Via Hutchinson Leader: Century College Event

Historical Perspective on Process Improvement

Standard Register's history shows early focus on process improvement to achieve worker productivity. ...

... "During the war a group of industrial engineers had developed a technique they called Work Simplification. Essentially it was a formula by which any production worker could arrive at improvements on his own job or show others how to improve their jobs. " ...

Via Standard Register: Tradition of innovation in business

Program Applies Lean Six Sigma Smart Operations to Guard

Air Force Smart Operations, based on Lean Six Sigma methodology, is poised to streamline the Air National Guard. Teams are used to brainstorm and generate prioritized list of actions that could have significant impact on operations. And, the force is becoming familiar with the forms of waste that should be avoided or eliminated. Business processes are being redesigned for efficiency and effectiveness. ...

... "The program unites successful methods from the corporate world, including Lean and Six Sigma. Airmen apply it through rapid improvement events in administrative and logistical shops or anywhere processes need improvement. The Air Guard is on pace with other Air Force major commands in applying Smart Operations, Asbell said. " ...

Via The National Guard: Streamed, leaned Air Guard

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

Lean Six Sigma Measurement Drives Improvements

Lean Six Sigma uses measurement systems to drive tangible results. Are the intangibles ignored by these methodologies? The numbers should be a guid, but common sense must rule. ...

... "When companies start paying attention to these things they can realize a huge improvement in productivity and profitability. And recent research tells us that efforts like Lean Six Sigma are certainly needed. " ...

Via Management Issues: Low-carb Lean Six Sigma?

Villanova Six Sigma Program Expands

Villanova U extends its online Six Sigma programs to expand their reach across the professional ranks. ...

... "Villanova has specially designed four Six Sigma programs -- three that reveal how the methodology can be applied in healthcare, financial services and information technology, plus a general program with examples and case studies from a number of other industries. Each master certificate program features a panel of seasoned experts who guide participants through a specialized Green Belt course as well as Lean Six Sigma and Black Belt courses. " ...

Via University Alliance: Online Six Sigma Program

Six Sigma Military Efficiency is Financially Tangible

Six Sigma project targets military travel and reduces the processing cycle time. ...

... "Nguyen and Atkison-Clark said the plan to decrease travel voucher paperwork was initiated under the Lean Six Sigma program to improve fiscal military efficiency. " ...

Via Leavenworth Lamp: Travel Streamlined

Lean SixSigma Certification Classes

University of Arkansas Fort Smith Campus offers course that supports the achievement of Lean Six Sigma certification. The course balanced classroom instruction with web-based learning. ...

... "Using the Web-enhanced delivery format of UA Fort Smith's Lean Six Sigma course, Clay said, would allow companies of all types and sizes to make the best use of classroom time, reduce training costs and improve student retention of Six Sigma concepts. " ...

Via UA Fort Smith: UA Fort Smith News,

LeanSix Sigma Improves Processes

Military uses lean six sigma to decrease the cycle time for maintenance and repair of its assets. The facilities and business processes are designed and refined to increase the flow and throughput of the work. ...

... "Many officials credit AirSpeed - formerly Lean Six Sigma - with helping improve processes, from assessing what work is needed to ordering spare parts to scheduling final flight testing to changing bad habits. " ...

Via Marine Corps Times: Aircraft repair centers

Lean SixSigma Military Career Path

Military commander brings Lean Six Sigma background to new assignment. ...

... "While serving as the wing maintenance officer, he developed and implemented the Consolidated Maintenance Organization (CMO) Pilot Demonstration, consolidating all squadron, maintenance and squadron aircraft under CPRW-11 while implementing Lean/Six Sigma practices within Wing Organizational Level Aircraft Maintenance. " ...

Via Dowagiac Daily News: Commander

Six Sigma Champion

Lean and Six Sigma implementations and the benefits are discussed. ...

Lean Six Sigma Discussed

Lean sigma techniques discussed, including control charts. ...

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. "

Lean SixSigma Healthcare Efficiency

Rising healthcare costs require a multi-pronged approach to control, including efficiency of the delivery systems. ...

... "Working with the area health systems to institute Lean Six Sigma to improve efficiency and quality at the major hospitals. " ...

Via Democrat & Chronicle: Medical Costs