Lean Peanut Butter is Six Sigma's Jelly

Lean and Six Sigma are complementary methods, that should be applied where their strengths can have the greatest impact. ...

... "This does not make Ford / Toyota and Six Sigma an either/or choice because the techniques are mutually supporting and synergistic. " ...

Via IndustryWeek: Lessons for Industry

Navy Six Sigma Program

Local leader will deploy Lean Six Sigma to improve the Navy's processes in talent recruiting. ...

... "Ivan D. Bradley has been assigned as the first Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Team Lead for Millington to improve efficiencies and eliminate waste in processes. The Navy Recruiting Command launched the Lean Six Sigma initiative earlier this year. " ...

Via NWTN Today: United States Navy

Honeywell Six Sigma Strategy

Honeywell has institutionalized Six Sigma into its culture and uses the methodology in transactional and manufacturing applications. ...

... "As a strategy, Six Sigma is a way for us to achieve performance breakthroughs. And it encompasses tools from all of our improvement initiatives, including those in Operational, Technical and Customer Excellence. It applies to every function in our company, not just those on the factory floor. " ...

Via Honeywell International: Continually Improving

Green Belt Seminar

Seminar on Six Sigma green belt program is presented this week. ...

... "Wednesday -- The Manufacturer & Business Association will present Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and Implementation, a daylong seminar that focuses on teamwork strategies designed to increase business efficiency. " ...

Via GoErie: Seminars

Six Sigma Career Path to CEO Office

Neuland Labs appoints CEO with Six Sigma experience. ...

... "An MBA from the University of Notre Dame, USA and a Mechanical Engineer by qualification, prior to joining Neuland, Davuluri worked for Cummins Inc. USA in operations and as an expert in Six Sigma for projects ... " ...

Via Pharma Biz: Sucheth Davuluri

Six Sigma Integrates the Value Chain

Six Sigma is key ingredient to positioning Ring Power as an integrated, efficient value chain participant. ...

... "Since mid-2007, though, Ring Power has been able to apply the process to its own operations and organization, creating a continuous improvement culture of its own that meshes with but does not exactly reflect Caterpillar's. " ...

Via Purchasing: Six Sigma

Six Sigma Volunteers Recognized

United Way recognizes Eli Lilly for its commitment to the community. Lilly's Six Sigma professionals donated their expertise to helping non-profits, in addition to the financial support provided by the company. Donating expertise is a visible way to connect with the community and identify the critical few levers that can drive improvements. ...

... "Lilly employees also donated an estimated 5,000 volunteer hours of skills-based Six Sigma expertise to help increase efficiency at area nonprofits and sales employees throughout the US supported their home communities by volunteering in areas of need. " ...

Via Inside Indiana: Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly Six Sigma Program: "Meanwhile, about 400 of our employees worldwide are now working as Six Sigma Black Belts … and a couple thousand more Lilly people are Green Belt-trained. These folks are helping us to take out work and costs … to improve the quality of our products … and to speed up key processes throughout the business. In 2007 alone, the financial benefit of projects completed by our Six Sigma team totaled more than $600 million. "

Multi-Fineline Electronix World-Class Manufacturing through Six Sigma

Flexible circuit manufacturer discusses company performance and the use of quality improvement on its operational efficiency. ...

... "In response to reduced cost and improve our operational performance as a world-class technology manufacturing company, we have initiated ambitious lean-manufacturing and Six Sigma quality improvement initiative. These are expected to enhance our operational performance in both the short and long term. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Multi-Fineline Electronix Earnings Call

Multi-Fineline Electronix

Lean Manufacturing Twitter

Process improvement leader shares lean manufacturing anecdotes via Twitter. ...

... "Ponek uses it to connect with other fans of the business management system Sigma Six and the production method known as lean manufacturing. " ...

Via The Press Democrat: Twittering Improvement Ideas

Six Sigma Solution Center Improves Process Variance

Supportsoft management discusses quarterly results and provides insight into the company's internal effort, including the use of Six Sigma to reduce variability in service processes provided to clients from their solution centers. ...

... "In the solution center, key improvements included the following: Establishment of a dual crew of agents who intervene to resolve long calls and identify common issues that lengthen handle times; implementation of skill-based driving to ensure services are directed to properly skilled agents, and launch of a Six Sigma style initiative to identify and resolve process variances and inefficiencies. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: SupportSoft Earnings Call

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

Remington Lean Six Sigma Progress

Remington Arms Company discusses company results and shares their focus on manufacturing productivity with Lean Six Sigma. ...

... "We continue to focus heavily on the company’s manufacturing operations. I am pleased to report ongoing progress in lean manufacturing and Six Sigma initiatives as they have continued to improve productivity and quality. " ...

Via Remington Arms: 3Q Transcript (doc)

Six Sigma Healthcare Optimizes Availability

Healthcare industry transformation benefits from Six Sigma methodology to improve the patient experience. ...

... "Six Sigma best management principles are guiding the company’s initiatives, Kief said. Currently, the focus is on creating greater same-day availability for a patient to see his or her doctor, if sick ... " ...

Via Northwood News: Healthcare providers

SGL Six Sigma Benefits

Analysis of SGL Group's performance ... The company is expecting significant benefits from its Six Sigma efforts. ...

... "Cost reduction based on the six sigma initiative is calculated at EUR 26 mn. " ...

Via BolsaMania: Anaysis of SGL

Green Belt Course

Upcoming course work for green belt in Six Sigma ...

... "The program follows the American Society for Quality (ASQ) recommended Body of Knowledge with comprehensive training material that also serves as an excellent reference for subsequent learning and review. " ...

Via Idaho Business Review: Six Sigma

Merck Six Sigma

Merck announces blockbuster pharmaceutical industry acquisition, but expect the CEO to leverage Six Sigma methods to achieve and sustain operating efficiency synergies. ...

... "His background was in manufacturing and operations, his mantra: Six Sigma -- a system to lower costs and improve efficiency ... " ...

Via Reuters: Merck CEO

Six Sigma Strategic Cost Cutting

Petrochemical company, Equate, sees positive performance in 2008 and leverages Six Sigma to identify strategic sources of operational efficiency. ...

... "One way to define areas for improvement and enhance our strengths, EQUATE continues executing its Six Sigma program with a target to qualify more persons in addition to the 23 green belt holders who were certified in 2008. " ...

Via Zawya: EQUATE 2008 performance

Flowserve Six Sigma CIP

Flowserve focuses its Lean Six Sigma program on activities that will improve the customer experience, increase productivity, and expand margins. ...

... "We continue to focus on improving on-time delivery and quality, while reducing warranty costs as a percentage of sales across our global operations, through the assistance of a focused Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) initiative. The goal of the CIP initiative, which includes lean manufacturing, six sigma business management strategy and value engineering, is to maximize service fulfillment to customers through on-time delivery, reduced cycle time and quality at the highest internal productivity. This program is a key factor in our margin expansion plans. " ...

Via Flowserve Corporation: 10K SEC Filing

GE Immelt Six Sigma Leadership

GE CEO Immelt sees 2009 as an opportunity to exhibit real leadership. ...

... "Is Mr. Immelt a Six Sigma expert, or Black Belt as they're called? No, he confessed. I never was. " ...

Via Washington Times: Jeffrey Immelt, GE

Six Sigma Market Differentiation

Competitors jockey for market position in the real estate market as leaders tout Six Sigma methods as a talent differentiator. ...

... "In addition, we have added a consulting department of Six Sigma black belts from places like FedEx, and they augment the strategy in the areas of workplace efficiency and utilization plus logistics. " ...

Via New York Observer: Market Performance

The Lean Investment Pays Offs

Investment in productivity initiatives, such as Lean and Six Sigma, help position companies for better performance through the peaks and valleys of the business cycle. ...

... "Toyota's margins were higher because it invested heavily in automated production systems and lean manufacturing initiatives over many years and, as a result, was much better positioned to weather the current crisis than its American competitors. Investing in yourself -- especially when your competitors can't -- usually leads to a payoff down the road. " ...

Via Motley Fool: Get Better In a Recession

China Six Sigma Process Management

China cosmetics business uses Six Sigma in its processes to drive customer quality and satisfaction. This relentless focus on the customer has enabled powerful growth rates. ...

... "And his Six Sigma process management has leveraged the group to double its turnover every two years in Hong Kong and rake in an impressive year-on-year 41 percent growth in revenue in 2008. " ...

Via China Daily: Chinese mainland

Lean Operations Team Implements Six Sigma

Starwood implements lean and Six Sigma at its hotels to create operational efficiency and drive cost savings to the bottom line. ...

... "Our bottom up approach is called Lean Operations, and it includes using our talent onsite to reduce work and waste. And just to give you a sense of detail, here are a couple of examples. We refined our staffing model to match work to demand. We also outsourced bakers and butchers. And we expanded spans of control for managers and supervisors. The Lean Operations team is working closely with our six sigma teams to implement these productivity enhancements across our hotels. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Starwood Hotels

Six Sigma Pros Are Satisfied at Vought

Vought Aircraft's experience with lean strategies and Six Sigma, through its Vought Operating System, creates an environment that satisfies the career needs of Six Sigma professionals. The company is recognized as ranking No. 2 on the Top 10 list of Best Places to Work for Six Sigma pros. ...

... "Companies were ranked by totaling the scores from the two surveys. The greatest weight was given to the employee portion, which asked questions in five main categories: job satisfaction, culture, compensation/rewards and recognition, training and career development, and net promoter score (NPS). Of these categories, job satisfaction was weighted as being the most important. In just two years, 209 Vought employees have completed the Six Sigma green belt training, with 77 receiving certification. Twenty-three employees went on to become black belts. Projected savings of all black and green belt projects combined exceeds $25 million. " ...

Via Vought Aircraft: Second in Nation for Six Sigma Professionals


Vought Corsair ...

Cabot Micro Six Sigma Productivity Gains

Cabot uses Six Sigma to reduce variation and improve yield on products to drive growth. ...

... "Our activities, and I’ve stopped talking about this because I got bored talking about it, but we really have a robust and strong six sigma approach to how we go after variability reduction in yield improvement and quality improvement and we think that’s taking hold on the cost side. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Cabot Microelectronics Corp. Earnings Call

GreenBelts Deliver Six Sigma Benefits

Crown Equipment invests in Six Sigma training and the company's green belt workforce delivers tangible benefits with more planned. ...

... "Somewhat counter to initial expectations, for instance, has been the finding that the bulk of the $1.5 million of savings has come from Green Belt activities ... " ...

Via Manufacturing Business Technology: Six Sigma payoff

Lean Six Sigma Strategic Direction

Canadian healthcare institution assesses the current environment and adjusts its direction to higher quality and operational efficiency that benefits customers. ...

... "Our new strategic direction will involve an increased reliance on Lean Health care and Six Sigma methods aimed at eliminating waste and needless expenses, and then passing on those cost savings to our customers ... " ...

Via Manitowoc Herald Times: Challenges

Cost of Quality Moves Up the Value Stream

Expect manufacturers to put pressure on their suppliers to eliminate defects throughout the value stream in order to achieve Six Sigma quality levels. ...

... "Manufacturers applying Six Sigma and Lean are eager to remove waste completely from their value streams, which includes avoiding the production of defective materials in the first place, states John Fishell, director of product management ... " ...

Via Purchasing: Quality

Six Sigma Sales and Marketing Mobility

3M ESPE Brazil implements Antenna Software mobile solution for CRM to enable improvements in its sales and marketing performance. ...

... "3M ESPE Brazil also relied heavily upon its internal, Six Sigma and New System Implementation (NSI) methodologies for the planning and execution of the overall mobility project, which dovetailed with Antenna's implementation process. " ...

Via MSNBC: 3M ESPE Brazil Sales and Marketing Performance

Six Sigma Supply Chain Visibility

Manufacturers will shift their strategies to more efficient supply chains and will enable Six Sigma improvement programs through line-of-sight visibility to performance. ...

... "Pike argues supply chain visibility is becoming even more critical with the merging of lean manufacturing and six sigma drivers, which seek to identify and remove the causes of defects and errors in manufacturing processes. " ...

Via Logistics, Australia: Adaptive Supply Chain

NBC Six Sigma Retooling

NBC is using Six Sigma to improve its processes in the TV network space and has positioned itself for a transformation versus its peers. ...

... "they are clearly retooling NBC in the Six Sigma spirit that parent General Electric pioneered - streamlining, cutting costs, and maximizing efficiency in every minute aspect of their production and distribution processes. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: TV Networks

China Six Sigma Quality Next

Chinese products are differentiated by their low cost, but not for their high quality. However, globalization is accelerating the need for quality management processes, such as Six Sigma, in China's manufacturing industry. Continuous improvement will go a long way towards improving the reputation of products sourced from China. ...

... "China made its mark in the business world by supplying low cost products -- not top quality products. Essentially, says Carter, China has never been given a reason to strive for six sigma precision, until now. " ...

Via Knowledge @ W.P. Carey: Chinese Product Recalls

Vectron Six Sigma Manufacturing

Vectron practices lean and Six Sigma to improve its manufacturing process and product quality. In doing so, it embraces the methodology and creates a enterprise variant that works in its culture. ...

... "The facility has adopted lean manufacturing practices such as Kaizen and Six Sigma methods, all with an eye toward continuous facility and product improvement. The company follows a 16-point plan that has cut manufacturing cycle times in half compared to earlier attempts to reduce overall production times. " ...

Via Vectron: Frequency Control

Healthcare CEO Six Sigma Methods

Executive leverages Six Sigma methods in the healthcare industry and advances his career through continuous improvement achievements. ...

... "He is credited with bringing Six Sigma scientific management methodologies in conjunction with other innovative technologies to improve overall capacity management at Mercy Hospital. Under his leadership, Mercy Hospital was able to reduce discharge time by 23 percent, reduce bad debt by 11 percent, increase cash flow, and improve associate satisfaction at the hospital. " ...

Via : Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

Six Sigma Tax Process Uses VOC

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea recognizes government entities for their efficiency and stewardship ...

... "Six sigma quality is applied to make tax assessments more accurate, and the Voice of Customer (VOC) system is in place to listen to taxpayer complaints and transform them into a foundation for directing administrative policies. " ...

Via Korean Times: Korean Government

GE Six Sigma Does Not Translate Well

General Electric Six Sigma has not translated easily to other companies where GE alumni have migrated and its disciplined approach does not mesh well with new product innovations. ...

... "It was going to take Six Sigma to standardize our processes, like Metamucil; make us regular, make us predictable, pacified and of course, profitable. So, without trying I can count on both hands and feet the number of former GE’ers who flopped miserably at managing, and failed to bring about the joyous resurrection they had been anointed for, at ALL levels of organization. " ...

Via Product Design and Development: New Product Development, NPD

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

Lean Seminar

Learn lean at lunch next week ...

... "Lunch and Learn Seminar: Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma. Kight Center for Emerging Technologies, IRSC Main Campus, Fort Pierce, Room V309, 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m., Dec. 3. " ...

Via TCPalm: Looking ahead

GE Six Sigma Service Contracts

GE Power Systems applies Six Sigma methods to create a more predictable service model for steam turbines. ...

... "Using rigorous Six Sigma quality processes, the development team performed an extensive statistical analysis to create a modeling tool allowing for a set of detailed recommendations regarding time between outages, scope of work required at each outage and parts replacement intervals. " ...

Via The FINANCIAL Channel: Service Agreement Program

Six Sigma Business Transformation

Tenneco Six Sigma to Weather Economic Storm

Tenneco is implementing aggressive actions to adjust its operating expenses, lower working capital requirements, and improve workforce productivity. The company will use Six Sigma and lean methods to accelerate operational efficiency. ...

... "Accelerate working capital improvement opportunities; Implement targeted reductions in capital spending; Step up its Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing initiatives to drive greater manufacturing efficiencies and costs savings; Significantly reduce and re-prioritize information technology (IT) spending; " ...

Via Tenneco: AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS TO SIZE ITS GLOBAL OPERATIONS TO CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS

Six Sigma Mentoring

ISSSC taps top talent for mentoring and outreach role. ...

... "Esau’s main role is to support ISSSC’s customers with training, mentoring and implementation of Six Sigma and other Quality Process Improvements to help them achieve consistent top quality for their service and products and reduce costs. He is also leading the training for the Cincinnati Six Sigma User Group and teaches public Six Sigma courses in the tri-state area and abroad. " ...

Via International Society for Six Sigma Certifications: Seasoned Six Sigma Professional

Continuous Improvement Culture

76th Aircraft Maintenance Group embraces Six Sigma and lean as it trains its workforce, energizes the staff, and focuses on the identification of improvement opportunities. ...

... "Identifying key administrative wastes and the constraints limiting an organization’s performance, analyzing potential root-causes and applying the proper continuous-improvement countermeasures are critical, Mr. Williams explained. " ...

Via Tinker TakeOff: Transformation

Six Sigma Sustainability Impact

Caterpillar's Six Sigma competence is leveraged to drive sustainability goals. ...

... "Projects implemented by Six Sigma teams focused on heating efficiency, more efficient lighting and control of equipment and can be replicated across the globe at Caterpillar facilities ... " ...

Via Reliable Plant: Six Sigma at Caterpillar

Why Do Six Sigma?: "Caterpillar, a Fortune 100 company located in Peoria, had adopted Six Sigma in 2001 and introduced it to its vendors. "

Hospital Six Sigma Triage

Six Sigma shows success in a number of industries, including healthcare where this Buffalo area hospital reduces cycle time using the methodology. ...

... "Kaleida Health System has put Six Sigma to work at Millard Filmore Suburban Hospital in Amherst, to reduce the amount of time patients spend in the emergency department. The goal was to move them to the next level of care or have them treated so they could go home .. " ...

Via he Buffalo News: Six Sigma

Six Sigma Analysis

Demonstration of monte carlo simulation used in Six Sigma analysis ...

Automotive Supplier Six Sigma

A group of UK automotive suppliers collaborate to learn and adopt Six Sigma methodology. Benefits achieved enable the development of new business. ...

... "She said that 16 people had now been certified as Six Sigma Green Belts and they would go back into their respective companies and implement what they had learned. " ...

Via Birmingham Post: New business through Six Sigma

Quality System Registration

Parker Hannifin Chomerics Division achieves AS9100B registration for products manufactured at its Woburn, Massachusetts; Hudson, New Hampshire; and Jalisco (Guadalajara), Mexico plants. AS9100B is an international quality system standard. ...

... "According to Chomerics Division Quality Manager David Quaglieri, Achieving AS9100B registration demonstrates Chomerics’ ongoing commitment to quality and continuous improvement, which includes the use of lean manufacturing techniques and the tools of six sigma. Building on the ISO 9001:2000 platform, AS9100B places greater emphasis on design and process control, product configuration management, purchasing and supply chain processes. " ...

Via Parker Hannifin Corporation: Chomerics AS9100B

Six Sigma Benefits Exceed Expectations

Benefits are accelerating in Six Sigma government implementation. ...

... "Deputy County Executive Al Hammonds said the program will have met that goal, and then some, by years-end. " ...

Via wgrz Buffalo: Erie County Six Sigma

Erie County: "Al Hammonds is currently the Director of Six Sigma, a position that was created in January through an efficiency grant from New York State. The key initiative of the Collins' administration, Six Sigma is being implemented in county departments to help cut waste and drive efficiency. "

Six Sigma Healthcare Excellence

Six Sigma White Belt

Six Sigma Culture

Companies see tangible financial benefits accrue through adoption of Six Sigma methods and integrating continuous improvement techniques into the workforce culture. ...

... "The company has the potential to save $370,000 on two projects it has done so far, and plans to make Six Sigma part of the Geddes steel maker's culture, he said. " ...

Via Syracuse dot com: Six Sigma savings

Hormel Six Sigma Leadership Evolution

Hormel announces orderly transition of leadership, including Six Sigma leader role. ...

... "Scott R. Christensen has been named director of industrial engineering and Six Sigma, effective Oct. 27, 2008. Christensen started with Hormel Foods in 1980 as an industrial engineer in the Austin, Minn., Plant. He received several promotions as an industrial engineer and, in 1988, was named staff industrial engineer. In 1989, he was named senior manufacturing engineer at Jennie-O Foods and, in 1996, was named director of grain merchandising and ingredient purchasing for Jennie-O Foods. In 1999, he was named manager of industrial engineering at the Austin Plant and, in 2002, he was promoted to Six Sigma project manager. In 2004, he was promoted to manager of Six Sigma and, in 2007, he was promoted to corporate manager of Six Sigma. " ...

Via Hormel Foods: Executive Retirements and Advancements

Ingersoll Rand Six Sigma Benefits

Ingersoll Rand Indianapolis plant adopts Six Sigma improvement methods and shifts its performance in order to compete effectively. Local government agencies have invested in the site's transformation through educational grants. ...

... "The plant keeps up with cutting-edge trends in manufacturing, such as maintaining zero inventory and applying the Six Sigma quality improvement process. Schostek said such changes have helped cut the division's average time from receipt of an order to delivery of the final product from 10 weeks about 15 years ago to only four days now. " ...

Via The Indianapolis Star: Ingersoll Rand

Pall Lean Process Excellence

Pall adopts lean practices to enable its process excellence journey. ...

... "Pall developed Process Excellence, an approach to applying lean and Six Sigma methodologies, complete with effective metrics and ways to engage employees. In 2004, a push began at the Fajardo, Puerto Rico, facility to transform it into the company's first Center of Excellence. " ...

Via Pall: Profile in Process Excellence

Regional Six Sigma Perspectives

Collins Six Sigma on Government

Chris Collins shares his Six Sigma experiences at the Republican Convention. ...

... "Collins explained his use of Six Sigma makes government more accountable and responsive to residents' needs ... " ...

Via WBEN 930: GOP Convention

Six Sigma Certificate Program

Upcoming information session on Six Sigma certification ...

... "The Office of Continuing Studies at N.C. State University and the Central N.C. Section of the American Society for Quality are sponsoring a Six Sigma certificate-program. An information session will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 25 ... " ...

Via Winston-Salem Journal: Business Calendar

Six Sigma for Service Companies

Six Sigma can be applied successfully to non-manufacturing, or service firms. The process, the committment, and the passion is the same. The defects are different. ...

... "Six Sigma can be implemented by companies of any type and size. No matter what kind of company you run, the process for implementing Six Sigma is the same. " ...

Via Inc: Ask Bob Galvin

Cisco SixSigma

Training vid ...

SixSigma Best Project of the Year

Cessna employee is recognized for significant achievement on Six Sigma project. ...

... "Shane Cameron was awarded the 2008 Best Project of the Year Award on June 19 in Orlando, Fla. Shane works for Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., as a Six Sigma Black Belt. ... Shane's idea saved Cessna $10.2 million in one year. " ...

Via Examiner-Enterprise: Cessna

Six Sigma Measurement Systems

Understand how your customers measure success and position your product or service to exceed their expectation in a differentiated way. Be prepared to offer the associated metrics. ...

... "If their company is involved in Six Sigma or other quality-type initiatives, measurement is an integral part of their operations. Your job is to uncover the existing metrics. That means you need to ask about what they track and how they measure results. " ...

Via 4Hoteliers: Value Proposition

Six Sigma Financials

ProcessArc launches Six Sigma training for the financial services sector, offering certification and focusing on roles, such as Green Belt, Black Belt, General Employee and Executive. ...

... "Our goal is to provide better training options for anyone who wants to use the principles of Six Sigma to reduce costs and process risk while optimizing service and revenue for their financial services firms. Those who use our proprietary industry specific training have found that every $1 invested has generated an average return on investment of $650. ProcessArc has delivered Financial Services Six Sigma training in private customized sessions for 4 years. " ...

Via ProcessArc: Financial Services with Six Sigma

Six Sigma Fever Challenges GE

GE may be a victim of its past successes, as it becomes challenging for the current CEO, Immelt, to replicate the stellar performance of the GE of the past, with Jack Welch at the helm, which leveraged Six Sigma for consistent operating efficiencies coupled with growth gains. ...

... "The 40-plus price-to-earnings multiple came from a nutty euphoria generated by recurring Fortune covers, Six-Sigma fever, unnaturally consistent earnings and Welch’s need to publicly front the narrative. " ...

Via Portfolio: Jeff Immelt

Laboratory Six Sigma

Hospital laboratory uses Six Sigma to drive its efficiency initiative. Cycle times for testing are decreasing. ...

... "The lab is also using the principles of Six Sigma, a system meant to help companies eliminate defects that has been embraced by General Electric and other manufacturers. " ...

Via The StarPhoenix: Saskatoon Health Region

Six Sigma Testing Framework

An RFID testing framework is discussed ...

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

SAP cProjects Six Sigma Project Support

SAP implements functional enhancements to its latest version of cProjects, V 4.5. ...

... "With cProjects 4.5, Six Sigma improvement projects can also be mapped efficiently. For this, the solution offers the corresponding project roles and the option of flexibly defining project key figures and tracking these in reporting. " ...

Via SAP INFO: cProjects 4.5

Villanova Six Sigma Program Expands

Villanova U extends its online Six Sigma programs to expand their reach across the professional ranks. ...

... "Villanova has specially designed four Six Sigma programs -- three that reveal how the methodology can be applied in healthcare, financial services and information technology, plus a general program with examples and case studies from a number of other industries. Each master certificate program features a panel of seasoned experts who guide participants through a specialized Green Belt course as well as Lean Six Sigma and Black Belt courses. " ...

Via University Alliance: Online Six Sigma Program

Six Sigma DMADV for Business Process Improvements

Six Sigma methodology can become your foundation for improvement of business processes. DMAIC or DMADV framework can provide the steps necessary to define opportunities, create change, and drive adoption. As companies implement and upgrade ERP systems, the improvement of business process is necessary to create value from the investment. ...

... "It not only provides the framework for setting up new business processes, but also for redesigning processes that have reached their inherent performance limits. The DMADV model includes the project phases of define, measure, analyze, design, and verify. " ...

Via SAP INFO: BPI, Improving Business Processes

Six Sigma Financials

Six Sigma project teams must build a budget and refine it as the opportunity proceeds through the DMAIC gates. ...

... "This approach seems to be carried over in to Six Sigma projects. Projects are drawing members in the company and setting up cross-functional teams. " ...

Via Purchasing: Accurate Budgeting

Six Sigma Process Control Data Collection

Data collection presentation collateral ...

3M Lean Six Sigma Discussion

Upcoming local ASQ event ...

... "Ratzlaff will speak on Six Sigma. Steve Zylka from DynAmerica will be continuing a discussion of the Five Core Tools, this month with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning). " ...

Via The Star Press: Business Events

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 Spoofs Earnings Conference Calls

Here's the wrong way for Six Sigma to elevate to a board-level issue ...

... "Mr. Herrick's questions are usually narrowly focused on details of a company's results from well-known cost-savings techniques such as lean management and Six Sigma, or else supply-chain issues. " ...

Via Wall Street Journal: Hoaxer

CMM Six Sigma Integration

It is possible to integrate Six Sigma and CMM together. Scenarios for doing this are discussed, which range from sequential implementation to fully integrated. Both frameworks can be complementary if implemented correctly. ...

... "For instance, Six Sigma may lead the organization to deploy particular CMMI process areas, and it may dictate a lean process infrastructure. The CMMI may lead the organization to quickly identify critical process factors as well as opportunities against which to apply the Six Sigma frameworks. " ...

Via InformIT: Integrating CMMI and Six Sigma

Six Sigma Workshop

... "Kellogg Community College will offer a Six Sigma workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at its Regional Manufacturing and Technology Center, 405 Hill Brady Road. " ...

Via Battle Creek Enquirer: Notes

Six Sigma Medical Cure

Boston area hospitals see benefits from Six Sigma process improvements. ...

... "Under a new scheduling system, all patients who required anesthesia are booked together, and an anesthesiologist was assigned to those hours. Patient volume went from 29 a day to 39 a day, without adding hours of operation. " ...

Via The Boston Globe: New medicine for hospitals

India Six Sigma Strength Delivers Value

With the potential of a global slowdown increasing, Indian outsourcing firms can leverage their strengths in Six Sigma and cost-effective delivery to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. ...

... "Even in a three-decade-old industry, firms are adding value by reducing average handle times per call by 30% to 40% using Six Sigma standards of efficiency. " ...

Via Knowledge @ Wharton: How Will Indian IT and BPO Firms Cope with a Global Slowdown?

Textron CEO Sees Six Sigma Benefits

Textron CEO Lewis Campbell believes in Six Sigma as the route to becoming a premiere multi-industry company. ...

... "Even though Cessna has been producing planes for 89 years and jets since 1972, they recently took 17% of the labor hours out of their single-piston aircraft. That's a big number. " ...

Via USAToday: Textron CEO

Six Sigma Master BlackBelt

Uwe on Six Sigma ...

Vought Lean Operating System

Vought CEO works to transform his company through lean manufacturing practices, focusing on the company culture with training programs. ...

... "Vought is implementing lean manufacturing practices on many programs as fast as workers can be trained and new tooling and machinery put into place. Key managers and engineers have been trained in Six Sigma ... " ...

Via Star Telegram: Vought Improves

Vought Aircraft Industries is one of the world's largest independent suppliers of aerostructures. Headquartered in Dallas, the company designs and manufactures major airframe structures such as wings, fuselage subassemblies, empennages, nacelles and other components for prime manufacturers of aircraft.

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Course Starts February

Forsyth Tech offers Six Sigma Black Belt certification starting in February. ...

... "the college's corporate and continuing education is offering a Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program. Successful completion of this 105-hour program provides a black-belt certification from Forsyth Tech and QMA Inc. " ...

Via Winston-Salem Journal: Business Calendar

Six Sigma Public Service

Chris Collins discusses Six Sigma. ...

Executive Overview on Six Sigma

Upcoming event at North Carolina State on the Six Sigma methodology using case studies. ...

... "SIX SIGMA EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW: offered by N.C. State University, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 9 ... " ...

Via Observer: Event Calendar

CIO Six Sigma Talent Development

Cummins CIO uses Six Sigma in the war for technology talent, developing managers for future roles. ...

... "Farnsley decided to bring her training in Six Sigma process improvement to the task of identifying and developing employees with potential to move into IT management ... " ...

Via Information Week: Cummins Six Sigma for Tech Managers

Cummins Six Sigma CEO Recognized

Chief executive officer is recognize for his implementation and support of Six Sigma. ...

... "Tim Solso, chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Inc., who won The Six Sigma CEO of the Year Award. " ...

Via The Global Six Sigma Awards: Cummins CEO wins Six Sigma CEO

Dow Chemical Six Sigma Assignment Discussed

Dow Chemical intern discusses her assignments, which include working with Six Sigma team to organize project collateral. ...

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 Growth Checklist

Checklist for growing your business includes Six Sigma checklist. ...

... "Entrepreneur suggests that you rate yourself with this checklist based on questions developed by General Electric's Six Sigma black belts. " ...

Via Gazette: Business growth

3M Six Sigma Role in Innovation

3M's CEO emphasizes Six Sigma where it can have the greatest impact, in transactional business processes. He has also scaled back the methodology in research and development, using it appropriately. There is a role for Design for Six Sigma techniques in the innovation process. 3M is a powerhouse of research and is a source of good insights and best practices in the innovation space. ...

... "The key is to selectively use what makes sense in R&D, but not let Six Sigma become the end. For instance, we use (Six Sigma) design of experiments routinely in basic research ... " ...

Via Design News: 3M Innovation Engine

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

Six Sigma Online Course

Here is a Six Sigma online tutorial. Interesting computerized voice. ...

Six Sigma in Public Service

Politician leverages his Six Sigma experience for the public good. ...

... "The Clarence Republican says Six Sigma is a way of mapping processes, to identify mistakes, and make corrections. " ...

Via WNED: Collins on Six Sigma

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

Six Sigma Internship Provides Insights at Grainger

Intern at Grainger shares experiences from Grainger which included survey on the company's Six Sigma performance management system. ...

Six Sigma Directed Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly exec sees Six Sigma as an enabler to improved pharmaceuticals. ...

... "Six Sigma, she said, is working on ways to tailor drugs to specific patients to maximize the benefits of drugs for all patients. " ...

Via Trading Markets: Eli Lilly Six Sigma

Jack Welch on Six Sigma Customer-focused Company

Jack Welch offers his perspective on how Six Sigma will make the enterprise more customer focused. ...

Six Sigma DMAIC Benefits from Simulations

Simulating processes may have a role in increasing the realization of benefits from Six Sigma projects. ...

... "That's because in the Define stage of DMAIC (Define- Measure- Analyze- Improve- Control), Six Sigma experts don't have enough information to quantify the benefits. " ...

Via Reliable Plant: Process simulation

Six Sigma Plant Operations Seen as Competitive Advantage

U.S. BioEnergy CEO shares insights on his company's use of Six Sigma to create an advantage in the competition with other ethanol producers. ...

... "Our six-sigma approach to plant operations is our way of doing things, and we're not real anxious to share that, Ommen said. " ...

Via Ethanol Producer: U.S. BioEnergy