Dominion Six Sigma Workforce Adoption

Dominion Six Sigma journey has spanned almost a decade and trained over one third of the workforce on the path to excellence. ...



Dominion has integrated Six Sigma into all facts of improvement in the company. For example, safety performance is approaching the best practice in the utility industry. ...

Dominion Dimensions (PDF): "The company’s award-winning Six Sigma process improvement program has contributed to this success. It has helped reduce accidents and injuries at our Dominion Virginia Power unit, cut gas losses at Dominion Energy, slashed water usage at our fossil power stations, and boosted productivity at our nuclear stations. "

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)

Small Shop Lean Manufacturing is a Journey

Company uses kaizen improvement opportunities to make progress into the lean manufacturing journey. ...











... from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, SME.

Lean and SixSigma EQ Peas and Carrots

Lean can accelerate the progress seen in Six Sigma implementations and the methodologies complement one another. ...

... "It has become so obvious that the two go together in Serigraph's lean journey that it almost can be raised to the level of axiom - quality improvements can go only so far without lean - or total quality management is impossible without lean disciplines. " ...

Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Six Sigma, lean strategy