Department of Defense Lean Six Sigma Software Enabler

The U.S. military standardizes on Minitab statistical software to support its implementation of quality improvement methods using Lean Six Sigma. ...

... "Since the U.S. Army deployed Lean Six Sigma in 2005, nearly 2,000 personnel have been trained, more than 1,000 projects have been completed, and more than 1,600 remain active. The Army credits these projects with achieving nearly $2 billion in savings so far. The Department of the Navy has trained more than 5,000 sailors and Marines as Six Sigma green or black belts since 2006. The Navy estimates savings from its projects for 2006 and 2007 to be $450 million, a 4-to-1 return on investment. The U.S. Air Force has trained more than 500 Six Sigma belts, and its Air Logistics Centers received two Shingo Prizes for quality improvement last year. The Air Force has committed to a 40,000-manpower reduction without impairing its operational capabilities due in part to efficiencies gained from its initiatives. " ...

Via Minitab: Minitab quality improvement software

Quality Companion Dashboard

Monitor improvement projects on a quality dashboard ...

... "The new Quality Companion Dashboard aggregates the essential details of your quality improvement projects and summarizes them for you on a single screen ... " ...

Via Minitab: Whats New in Quality Companion 2.4

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 Project Tools Upgraded

Minitab has upgraded its Quality Companion tool, a Six Sigma DMAIC process enabler, and is offering web seminars to educate its user base and prospective users. ...

... "Quality Companion by Minitab provides the organization, tools and guidance for completing Six Sigma and other quality improvement projects. " ...

Via Minitab: Quality Companion Tools Overview

Minitab Recognized For Six Sigma in Manufacturing

Minitab is recognized by Frost and Sullivan with its Award for Customer Value Leadership of the Year in the quality compliance, manufacturing productivity and statistical process control market. ...

... "Using the Minitab packages, customers have been able to achieve a greater degree of standardization in their quality improvement projects, which in turn has made these projects easy to supervise and manage. This has minimized the amount of resources required to complete individual projects and saved companies time and money at the overall project level. In addition to reducing costs, Minitab software has enabled project leaders to easily access more information at various crucial stages of a project, allowing them to make more informed decisions. Minitab's wide set of customer services and allied support activities are other competitive advantages that differentiate it from other participants. The company boasts of a strong technical support suite that provides free assistance to its users and helps identify customers' most recent requirements, thereby obtaining their confidence. Minitab's recently released Minitab(R) 15 Statistical Software includes very useful enhancements, such as probability distribution plots, broader Gage R&R capabilities, the ability to attach formulas to columns in the worksheet and the latest reliability methods for forecasting future warranty claims. " ...

Via Frost & Sullivan: Frost & Sullivan Extols Minitab Inc. for Its Ability in Assisting Customers to Make Optimum Utilization of their Resources

Six Sigma Statistics Software: Minitab New Release

Minitab releases version 15 of its flagship statistical software. This release contains a number of enhancements, such as expanded Gage R&R capabilities, power curves for power and sample size, and probability distribution plots. ...

... "Although Minitab is widely known for being easy to use, it contains the advanced tools needed for even the most rigorous quality improvement projects. That combination has fueled the software’s success, and Minitab has been used to implement virtually every major Six Sigma initiative around the world. " ...

Via Minitab: MINITAB LAUNCHES RELEASE 15 OF MINITAB STATISTICAL SOFTWARE