Honeywell Performance Excellence

Honeywell has a Kansas City manufacturing site that was part of its business unit recognition for the 2009 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. The company’s customer quality is driven by Six Sigma performance levels and is delivering sustained tangible benefits. ...

... "The combined product quality and reliability performance level has been at 99.9 percent for traditional customers during the past three years. Honeywell’s use of the Six Sigma Plus Continuous Improvement Model resulted in cost savings of $23.5 million to $27 million each of the past three years. " ...

Via Kansas City Business Journal: Honeywell Unit Baldridge Award

Jalisco Quality Recognition for Healthcare Mexican Operations

Mexico has awarded Carestream Health's Guadalajara, Mexico operations with a Jalisco Quality Award, the equivalent of the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award in the United States. ...

... "This prestigious award is the culmination of a rigorous yearlong process in which the company’s Guadalajara-based business practices were intensely reviewed against demanding standards. Criteria for the award include competitiveness, leadership, strategic alliances, business results and sustainability. " ...

Via Carestream Healthcare: Mexico Jalisco Quality Award

Quality Award for Army Center

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

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

Via Government Executive: Army Quality

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

Six Sigma COO Career Path

Profitline promotes Six Sigma expert to chief operating officer position. ...

... "Mr. Boyle has close to 30 years of progressive experience leading, establishing and managing operations, quality management and process improvement programs. Throughout his career, he has led over 400 lean and six sigma projects, trained numerous green and black belts, and worked as an operations consultant for clients such as Plantronics, LGE, QUALCOMM, BAE Systems, Illumina, and the US Department of the Navy. In a previous role with Solar Turbines Mr. Boyle managed several business operations, and was instrumental in helping the company win the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. " ...

Via ProfitLine: Keith Boyle Promoted to ProfitLine COO