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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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

Wistron Six Sigma Governance System

Wistron uses Six Sigma methodology as a governance framework for enabling workforce continuous improvement. ...

... "realizing that the company needed a stronger governing system, he hired a Six Sigma consultant from Motorola. Over the next two years the training revamped everything from the company's design processes to its business management ... " ...

Via Forbes: Contract Manufacturing Leadership

Virtua Six Sigma Credit Strength

Fitch affirms strong credit rating for Virtua Health based on managements adoption and rollout of Six Sigma improvement methods. Six Sigma has improved the company's operating performance and profit margins have expanded. ...

... "Virtua's operating results in recent years show a marked improvement over the earlier part of the decade, when Virtua's operating margins ranged from 4% to (-0.4%) in years 2000 to 2004. Much of the improvement in operational performance is attributed by management to its use of GE management tools (Six Sigma, Best People, Workouts). Virtua was one of the original organizations to adopt GE's management tools in a health care setting, and Fitch views Virtua's management's adoption of and ongoing commitment to these tools as a credit strength. " ...

Via PR: Fitch Rates Virtua Health A

Google Six Sigma Efficiency

Google embraces efficiency strategies to leverage its maturing growth rates to the bottom line. New CFO bring Six Sigma mentality to the process. ...

... "Google recently hired a new chief financial officer, Patrick Pichette. Trained in Six Sigma management practices -- a rigid quality-control system designed to eliminate waste -- Mr. Pichette is looking to reduce inefficiencies and delay spending when possible. " ...

Via Wall Street Journal: Google Plans for Tough Times

Nerf Manufacturing

Want to differentiate your manufacturing company and be globally competitive? Show respect for your workforce. It will be noticed. ...

... "The factory's management and the local officials really look down on the workers, said one laid-off worker who would only give his surname, Qiao, because he feared criticizing the company might jeopardize his chance of getting any compensation. " ...

Via Boing Boing: Nerf factory

NASA Lean Six Sigma Role

It is envisioned that lean principles can have a place in low volume processes such as those applicable to NASA. ...

... "Lean Six Sigma is a management technique that, like many management techniques, was developed for a large production process. While it is not specifically designed for the small production runs and unique processes that NASA is typcially involved in, there is still a place to take some of those principles and apply them to our processes. " ...

Via Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Space News

NASA Space Operations

Lean Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance engineering management requires experience in lean and Six Sigma. ...

... "The candidate must be able to demonstrate a track record of adding value in their career. The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills and superb customer focus skills. The ideal candidate will have knowledge and demonstrated experience with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. " ...

Via Spokesman Review: Maintenance Manager

Base Shares Six Sigma Management Practices

Marine base, MCLB-Albany, shares its management competencies with military partners. ...

... "At Maintenance Center Albany, he said as an example, best practices include lean manufacturing, theory of constraint and Six Sigma, a quality improvement methodology. It's an opportunity in many different ways ... to show off the base and many of the great things that we are doing, said Col. Christian N. Haliday, commanding officer of MCLB-Albany. " ...

Via Albany Herald: Georgia bases

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

Demand Flow Technology

GE exec recognized for his leadership ...

... "One of Noonan's lasting legacies was his focus on Lean Manufacturing, known in the 1990s as Demand Flow Technology. He was particularly adept at championing the implementation of state-of-the-art technology that drove continuous improvements. " ...

Via Eagle Tribune: Business briefs

3M Six Sigma Culture: Risk Averse ?

3M adds manufacturing capacity to drive growth. Six Sigma focus may have clouded its judgement with regards to investing for growth. ...

... "In the past, a 3M culture that viewed new investment with circumspection and an over-reliance on the Six Sigma management technique made it shy of building some needed capacity, Buckley said. " ....

Via MarketWatch: 3M