Clean Powered By Lean

Renewable energy based shipping, when proven through a pilot phase, will require lean manufacturing to accelerate delivery of the eco-friendly cargo ship design. ...

... "The company is currently preparing a supply chain definition and manufacturing plan for discussions with a U.S. shipbuilder, which has the lean manufacturing capabilities B9 is looking for to move into mass production, he said. " ...

Via Cleantech Group: B9 cargo ship

Robotics Cycle Time Reduction in Hospital Pilot

Johns Hopkins investigates methods for improving patient care with a pilot using robots. ...

... "pilot project in the Johns Hopkins Emergency Department that uses a remote-presence robot to reduce the time patients must wait for consultations by clinical specialists. " ...

Via Center for Innovation in Quality Patient Care: Robot in Hopkins Emergency Department

Six Sigma Pilot Approved

County approves investment in Six Sigma improvement. ...

... "Erie County Control Board's finance committee making recommendations to approve $120,000 for a pilot version of the Six Sigma program. " ...

Via WBEN: Pilot Six Sigma Recommended

German Lean Manufacturing MNPS

MAN Nutzfahrzeuge implements lean manufacturing techniques in pilots and commits to enterprise implementation of a common production system. ...

... "Closely modeled on the well-known Toyota Production System (TPS), the development of the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Produktionssystem—christened, inevitably, MNPS—was intended to standardize the adoption of lean thinking right across MAN ... " ...

Via Manufacturing Business Technology: German industrial giant pioneers Toyota lean manufacturing

The Six Sigma Police See Savings Potential

Six Sigma discipline often requires policing. In this situation, the police are using Six Sigma to do the policing ... for operational efficiencies in their processes. They see potential benefits in cycle time reduction for the booking process. ...

... "The Mesa Police Department is one of four agencies nationwide that are participating in a pilot program of Six Sigma in police departments, said Mesa police Sgt. Kathy Kirkham ... " ...

Via EastValleyTribune: Mesa police

Six Sigma Performance Program Provides Quality of Service Guarantee

TagSYS and IBM collaborate to support pharmaceutical e-pedigree. TagSys brings Six Sigma quality to the table with guaranteed quality of service. ...

... "TAGSYS will provide customers with the same expertise and architecture used in its Six Sigma Performance Program, a quality-of-service program that guarantees fewer than four failures in one million read opportunities. " ...

Via IBM: IBM and TAGSYS Team on Serialization Pilot Kit for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers