Lean Implementation Time Reduction

The lean transformation focuses on the creation of additional customer value through eliminating waste and reducing cycle times. ...

... "Wasted time can be difficult to identify, so many companies specifically focus on reducing time as a key driver of Lean Implementation; agility and Lean go hand in hand. " ...

Via Cambridge Network: Quality insights

Continuous Flow Factory Design

Continuous flow design is deployed by Beneteau in its factory to drive speed, lower WIP, and enable flexible product manufacturing. ...

... "Beneteau is changing the 25-year-old factory from the past style of eight independent production lines into a new, single line, continuous flow, and production facility comprising 20 operation positions. The outcome of this new way of building will allow shortened lead times, less work in process and greater flexibility in model mix. " ...

Via South Carolina Now: Beneteau lean manufacturing factory

Six Sigma Ready Installation Process for Electronic Health Records

Operations initiative at Allscripts / Misys focuses Six Sigma talent on improving the customer experience by transforming the deployment of electronic health record solutions. Both effort requirements and cycle time was reduced. A repeatable process is being piloted and refined. ...

... "We are not only focused on our own efficiency but a key objective is to make it easier to install our systems. Eileen McPartland, our Chief Operating Officer, and Jay Khan, one of our Six Sigma master black belts, are leading a project called READY -- our acronym for standardized solution packages that lead to faster electronic health record deployments. I am pleased to report that we are making good progress with our first solution package, Enterprise READY, we were able to achieve the same outcome with a 50% reduction in hours and duration for implementation. We have proven this capability with our first READY client who went live two weeks ago. " ...

Via Seeking Alpha: Allscripts-Misys Quarterly Earnings Call Transcript

Allscripts financial results, Q1 2010.

PPG Six Sigma for Auto Refinishing Value Chain

PPG offers Lean Six Sigma training for customer partners in its automotive refinishing value chain, such as collision centers. ...

... "The training, a four-day intensive learning event, is intended for collision center owners and managers and teaches the practical applications of Lean Six Sigma techniques to boost quality, speed, cost performance and competitiveness at repair facilities. It will be offered Oct. 5-8 in Albuquerque, N.M., Nov. 16-20 in Eagan, Minn., and Dec. 7-10 in Los Angeles. " ...

Via PPG Industries: Schedule for MVP Green Belt training

Porsche Kaizen Efficiency

New Porsche leader brings experience in operational excellence, using kaizen techniques to streamline automotive operations. ...

... "The secret of their success was the Japanese business philosophy of kaizen, which emphasizes a lean approach to manufacturing based on constant process optimization. Using the kaizen philosophy, Wiedeking and Macht streamlined Porsche within a short period of time. " ...

Via BusinessWeek: Michael Macht, Porsche

Sensors Decrease Logistics Bottlenecks

Ringnes, Norway brewer, implements IBM sensor technology to improve visibility in its logistics processes to lower bottlenecks and increase operational efficiency. ...

... "The IBM system is helping Ringnes to reduce costs and make more timely deliveries. Employees in the Ringnes Oslo facility are now able to access a complete view of the trucks and containers inside the shipping and receiving terminal, as well as their load status. Ringnes can quickly determine whether a trailer or container is on or off site, how long it was parked at the facility, and when it was loaded, unloaded, and driven away. In addition, the brewery can quickly spot and resolve bottlenecks in its logistics operations and address them in order to speed deliveries. " ...

Via IBM: Norway Brewery Reduces Bottlenecks in Logistics Operations

IBM Lean Organization Changes

IBM deploys lean into its enterprise, which results in some pruning of the organization. ...

... "IBM, however, confirms that Lean is simply a Six Sigma business practices effort that has nothing to do with layoffs. Lean is a collection of Six Sigma business processes used by a number of leading companies to improve speed, quality and responsiveness to customers ... " ...

Via The Register: IBM Redefines With Lean

Printing Machinery Lean Manufacturing

The Canterbury Press sees success in the print market through lean techniques that drive operational efficiency. The company also invests in new machinery and automation to enable it to compete effectively in the marketplace. ...

... "Canterbury was an early adopter of lean manufacturing practices to cut costs and speed production. The ROLAND 700 will help the company's employee-owners notch that advantage up further to make production even more efficient and timely. " ...

Via What They Think: Read

Food Processing Lean Manufacturing Speed

Food processors see benefits from lean manufacturing, but must focus on cycle time reduction to increase the speed. ...

... "They are moving to lean manufacturing, to reduce waste, by incorporating shorter runs, faster change-overs and smaller inventories. However, where processors reduce waste with lean manufacturing, they lose production through downtime consumed by change-overs. " ...

Via Food Production Daily Europe: Read

Toyota Kaizen Culture: Texas Style

Toyota Texas plant builds new Tundra truck with kaizen culture ...

... "Reminders of the automaker's culture of kaizen -- or continuous improvement -- are everywhere as workers with Team Texas badges run slow-speed test production of the Tundra ... " ...

Via Reuters UK: Link

Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce info on Toyota Texas Plant ...

Lean Flow Sheds Waste ...

Modern day lean flow has its roots in the early auto industry assembly line. Today's enterprises leverage Lean and Six Sigma to eliminate waste and solve problem to reduce variability, increase speed, and delight the customer. ...

... "Ford likened his Lean Flow process -- also called Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Flow and Just-In-Time Manufacturing -- to a river that flowed continuously. Anything that disrupted the flow was a waste that had to be eliminated. " ...

Via Public CIO: Trimming Waste Fast

Lockheed Martin Lean Six Sigma: Plant Recognized ...

Lockheed Martin manufacturing plant is ranked among best plants. The site have leveraged Lean Six Sigma to increase speed-to-market across its supply chain. ...

... "Through the implementation of Lean/Six Sigma principles, the average total production lead time on these complex systems has been reduced from 18 months to 12 months, from customer contract award to first delivery. This is significant considering the fact that lead time is driven not only by Lockheed Martin's internal processes, but also by domestic and foreign major subcontractors and suppliers, who produce critical components. Camden Operations' personnel worked closely with the supplier base to assure that manufacturing efficiencies were driven down to all levels of the supply chain. "

LOCKHEED MARTIN CAMDEN OPERATIONS NAMED ONE OF AMERICA'S TOP TEN BEST PLANTS BY INDUSTRYWEEK MAGAZINE ...

Lean Manufacturing The Dell Front Office ...

Dell's lean manufacturing prowess finally shifts to the front office as it works to simplify its pricing model. ...

... "in dealing with Dell as a customer several years ago, I was dismayed that a company that is known for its lean manufacturing operations and direct-sales model had such Byzantine ordering and customer service processes. " ...

Lean Manufacturing The Dell Front Office: Via Motley Fool: Dell Switches Pistols ...

Dell pricing model announcement:

Via Dell: Dell To Simplify Pricing, Reduce Mail-In Rebate Offers: "Dell announced it will simplify its pricing structure and promotional offers, including reducing the number of mail-in rebates on products and services it sells to consumers and small businesses in the United States. The moves — part of the company’s efforts to make buying easier and improve the overall customer experience — will occur over 12 to 18 months, beginning in August with the reduction of mail-in rebates on InspironTM notebook computers and DellTM televisions. Dell will also reduce the frequency and complexity of promotions tied to the sale of DimensionTM desktop and Inspiron notebook computers, and other products such as televisions and services. Over time, the company projects a 70 percent reduction in the number of promotions per product line and about an 80 percent reduction in the number of promotions tied to a single product. "

Dell's implementation of lean allows it to be fast and adapt to changes in its marketplace, even though its supply chain model comes with some risks. Dell has shown success in dealing with the business cycles in its industry. ...

Via Fast Company: Living in Dell Time: "Fortunately, the same ethos of speed and flexibility that seems to put Dell at the mercy of disruptions also helps it deal with them. ... "

Via Quality Mag: Get Lean and Improve Quality: "Dell Computer Corp. uses lean manufacturing to build computers. For Dell, lean manufacturing has helped them weather an economic downturn ... "

Via Lean Blog: Once Again, Dell is Not TPS: "Their factories are great examples of flow, raw material comes in one side, finished product comes out the other, with minimal WIP in between. ... "

Lean Manufacturing Machine Tool Inspection Process ...

System enables machine tool inspection, contributing to lean manufacturing process. ...

... "Metrolosys allows manufacturers to use any probe-ready CNC milling machine in the same way they would utilize a Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM). This powerful CAD-based programming and reporting system for machined parts supports ISO 17025, ASME B5.54, and NIST traceability standards. Metrolosys provides independent volumetric error mapping, advanced high-speed probing methods, and automatically generates Inspection G-code. Metrolosys 9.5 ushered in a new era for Lean Manufacturing by reducing machine-tool downtime up to 75%. A user can program a CNC machine using a touch probe to measure a part, and can drastically reduce the process to less than 10 keystrokes when creating the part inspection G-code probing program. Metrolosys enables the machine tool to perform the inspection without tearing down the job for first article inspection or any other inspection requirement. After machining a part, it is already setup for in-place inspection, thus introducing a major contribution to the Lean Manufacturing process. CMM-type alignments of the machine tool to the machined part and its corresponding 3D CAD model are easily accomplished using Metrolosys. " ...

Lean Manufacturing Machine Tool Inspection Process: Via Creative Products Company: Metrolosys Inspection Software Under New Management of Creative Products Company: Aims-enabled Inspection Software Converts Machine Tools into Coordinate Measuring Machines ...

Six Sigma Change Initiative ...

Six Sigma is a major change initiative ...

... "Larry Bossidy, while CEO of AlliedSignal, preceded the Six Sigma initiative with two smaller initiatives: Total Quality Management (TQM) and Total Quality for Speed (TQS). Using these first two initiatives, he taught the $14 billion company how to launch initiatives. " ...

Six Sigma Change Initiative: Via InformIT: Six Sigma in 90 Days: The Initiative, the Deployment, the Technology ...

Lean Pharma Practitioner Recognized ...

Lean Pharma exec recognized as ASQ chapter president. ...

... "Mr. Chatterjee is Chief Operations Officer of Pharmatech Associates, a full service consultancy serving the regulated life-sciences industry, providing validation services and quality process project management. Pharmatech Associates has managed and successfully deployed Lean and Six Sigma projects for pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical devices/diagnostic customers. The pharmaceutical industry must show continued growth and sustain profits as it faces public pressure to control the skyrocketing costs of therapeutics, Mr. Chatterjee said. Our industry has to seek new ways to increase production and decrease time to market. The application of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodology, specifically adapted to the pharmaceutical industry, constitutes a unique way to improve business, drive down costs and speed time-to-market. Mr. Chatterjee is a certified ISO 9000 Lead Assessor and Six-Sigma Master Black Belt with extensive experience in the design and implementation of quality systems. Mr. Chatterjee holds a B.A. in Biochemistry and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego. " ...

Lean Pharma Practitioner Recognized: Via PharmaTech Associates: Bikash Chatterjee Elected President of ASQ Golden Gate Chapter 2006-2007; Seminar: Applying Optimization Methodologies to the Process Industry ...

Six Sigma Industrial Engineer Position ...

Industrial engineer position is available ...

... "An understanding of Six Sigma in a manufacturing environment is preferred; previous experience in a high speed assembly manufacturing environment is also a plus. " ...

Six Sigma Industrial Engineer Position: Via Spokesmanreview: Classifieds

Xerox Lean SixSigma Services Create Innovative Solutions ...

Xerox provides Lean Six Sigma services to create innovative solutions for library. ...

... "Xerox deployed a team of specialized Lean Six Sigma consultants to the library to analyze and measure operations -- ranging from computer reservations to circulation -- at four Branch Library locations that represented a service population sampling for the system. Following the collaborative assessment process, Xerox presented the Houston Public Library earlier this month with a report that offered some innovative solutions and recommendations for efficiency gains to best service their customers. Lean Six Sigma is a rigorous, data-driven, results-oriented approach to process improvement. It combines two industry-recognized management methodologies evolved by companies like General Electric Co., Toyota Motor Corp., and Motorola Corp. By integrating the tools of Lean and Six Sigma, Xerox is helping customers improve quality, efficiency and speed in every aspect of their business. " ...

Xerox Lean SixSigma Services Create Innovative Solutions: Via Xerox: Xerox Services Help Houston Library Solve Staffing Issues: Xerox consulting services put to work to help library improve productivity ...

SixSigma Banking and Insurance Services ...

Siemens offers insights into their Six Sigma servies for insurance and banking at CeBIT ...

... "For optimizing banking and insurance processes, Siemens Business Services presents two solution approaches: industrialization and Six Sigma. With industrialization, back-office processes in particular can be standardized and made more consistent, leading to more efficient workflows, lower costs and greater customer satisfaction. The Six Sigma management system helps banks and insurance companies to continuously improve their processes. The goal is to achieve a zero-error rate in payment transactions or claims management, and to speed up processing times. Together with its partner SAP the Siemens subsidiary helps financial service providers with the integration or migration of core banking systems and also operates these systems. " ...

SixSigma Banking and Insurance Services: Via Siemens: Siemens Business Services GmbH & Co. OHG - Siemens Business Services to present innovative solutions at CeBIT

Kaizen Automotive: Speed and Flexibility ...

Kaizen is not enough to be competitive in the global automotive industry today. Speed and flexibility are critical success factors. ...

... "He said the industry used to talk about kaizen, or continuous improvement. But that's no longer enough to survive in today's environment, he said. " ...

Kaizen Automotive: Speed and Flexibility: Via Automotive News: Suppliers stress vital need to be fast and flexible ...

Lean Manufacturing: Supply Chain Intelligence ...

Software company provides supply chain intelligence for lean manufacturers. ...

... "Open Ratings, the intelligence behind dozens of stable, high performing supply chains, introduces a major upgrade to its flagship solution for supply risk management, SBManager. With this latest version, Open Ratings delivers the most reliable and easy-to-use predictive indicator for ensuring stability in the supply base, critical for today's competitive and often lean manufacturing operations. Available later this month, SBManager 4.5 can significantly improve a company's ability to reduce risk in the supply base. The Web-based solution helps manufacturers escalate action quickly in advance of potential disruptions, with new levels of context for analyzing and understanding alerted changes in a supplier's stability rating. " ...

Lean Manufacturing: Supply Chain Intelligence: Via Open Ratings: Open Ratings Launches SBManager 4.5; Advanced Features Speed Time to Action in Mitigating Supplier Risk ...

Public Sector Six Sigma ...

In governments around the world, there is acknowledgement of the need to be more efficient, especially with enabling citizen services. Many governments are adopting e-government technology to solve their problem. This may be necessary, but not sufficient in streamlining processes for speed, eliminating waste, and delivering the best performance at the appropriate cost. Six Sigma is a methodology that can be truly transformative in improvement of public sector business processes. Andre Pope proposes an invigorating approach to improving performance in the public sector, leveraging Six Sigma methodology. ...

... "I am proposing the establishment of a National Public Corporation Commission with the objective of helping the various public corporations achieve financial and operational excellence through the introduction of Six Sigma methodologies and programs. Six Sigma, which is outlined with some specificity later in this paper, is a process or methodology that has and continues to be used by some of the largest and more innovative private companies across the globe, particularly in North America, Europe and Asia, to achieve breakthrough results. " ...

Public Sector Six Sigma: Via The Perspective: Using Six Sigma to Reinvigorate Public Corporations

Relevant resources on Six Sigma experiences in the public sector:

Quality Digest Magazine: "Six Sigma has proven its worth to the manufacturing industry, causing the education, health care and service industries to sit up and take note. Governments, though, have been slower to respond to the methodology's potential. This is understandable. Governments, whether local or federal, have huge and entrenched bureaucracies, and they lack the all-important market incentive for change. "

Challenge: "Following a pilot project where seven public sector agencies applied Six Sigma to selected work areas, the August forum, organised by the MFE office, was a good opportunity to showcase the findings and success stories. "

QW: Public sector? So what?: "What about six sigma in the public sector? Well, the term itself is potentially misleading, because the high-frequency operations that make this statistic meaningful (eg 3.4 defects per million opportunities) are rare in public sector organisations. QW published an article (in January 2001) on six sigma in a courts service although the piece admitted that in this instance achievement of just 2.8 sigma was the main target. "

Ministry Of Finance: "Six Sigma, a management tool which has made significant impact in private sector companies worldwide such as Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, Motorola and 3M, is now being applied in the Singapore Public Sector. The use of Six Sigma by public sector organisations has started to offer significant improvements in service quality and reductions in cost."

Chrysler Lasorda Lean: Fast Efficient Smart ...

The lean manufacturing environment is clean and organized, which drives speed and effiency. Lean is a smart way of working that enables fast decision making. Sharon Silke Carty explores the characteristics of new Chrysler Group CEO, Tom LaSorda, who is described as a clean and people-oriented leader. ...

Chrysler Lasorda Lean: Fast Efficient Smart: Via USAToday: New CEO at Chrysler has cars in his veins ...

... "But disciples of lean manufacturing processes have learned that cleanliness is a sign things are operating efficiently in a factory. And efficiency is what LaSorda is about. " ...

Agile Manufacturing: Profit Velocity ...

Agile manufacturers focus visibility on the profit velocity of the product being produced. Adoption of lean manufacturing principles can be leveraged for agile performance ...

Via Innovation in Canada: The Canadian Manufacturing Processes Sector

... "The proponents of agile state that the goal of manufacturing is to drive as much profit as possible through the facility in the least amount of time. This concept has been termed Profit Velocity. It incorporates the idea that the goal of Customer Relations Management is win-win success, with a higher value to end customers and strong profits throughout the supply chain. Although phrased differently, it emphasizes some of the same basic concepts as lean, which include innovation, creativity, alignment, focus, collaboration, speed and change. " ...

Reference material on the use of profit velocity in agile manufacturing:

... "Agile Manufacturing: Activities are described both financial and non-financial measures. It makes distinctions between absolute profitability and profitability per unit of time.This is achieved through using profit velocity. Profit velocity is based on the observation that company profitability is a function of the absolute profitability and the number of products that can be produced during a period of time. " ...

... "Journey towards agility: Flexible assets and systems refer to facilities, systems and software. This includes buildings, services, production layout, technologies, IT, equipment and control systems. Assets and systems need to be lean – having a minimum of waste with an organisation designed to improve the effectiveness of all aspects of the operations ... " ...

Six Sigma Engineering TabletPC

Six Sigma Engineering TabletPC: Xplore’s Rugged Tablet PC’s Selected for Streamlined Service: The iX104C2D™ Tablet PC’s deployed by Shell’s engineering functions in the UK ...

... "One of the priorities for Shell’s Six Sigma project was to upgrade the engineering department from paper-based job scheduling and order entry systems to an electronic solution. Xplore’s iX104C2D Tablet PC systems were selected by Shell and recommended by EACS Ltd. with their development partner FluentIT Ltd. based on the overall ruggedness and functionality. The major hardware requirements for Shell’s application were robustness, large display size to view forms and drawings, true mobility and high-speed performance. Shell’s engineers are equipped with Xplore’s iX104C2D tablets with 512MB RAM, integrated GPRS, active X-dock vehicle dock and external USB keyboard. The tablets are sealed and protected, have ATEX and UL1604 certification for use in hazardous environments and provide over 30 unique rugged characteristics that counteract and minimize damage in harsh environments. Shell GAS provides gas delivery service as well as maintenance and installation service of gas vessels at customer sites. Xplore tablets are primarily used for engineering functions to maintain the vessels at the customer’s location, install new LPG vessels into new customer properties, and remove them when they are no longer needed. Engineers can complete orders onsite at the customer location and send finalized work order forms back to the office real-time. The original paper-based method, when documents were sent by fax or mail was slow; and the forms did not always include all the vital details. Utilizing the conditional format of the electronic forms, Shell GAS receives all the required data. Due to the streamlined process, the company achieves a higher level of customer satisfaction. " ...

Xplore Technologies Corp, founded in 1996, is an innovative leader in the rugged Tablet PC industry. Xplore, which is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TSX: XPL, has offices in Austin Texas and Helsinki Finland. Its rugged iX104™ family of hardware solutions incorporate leading-edge technology, and are designed based on years of customer design input. Xplore’s diverse customer base comes from the public safety, retail and wholesale warehousing, utility, military, field service and transportation industries.

DOD Lean Six Sigma: Streamline Practices ...

DOD Lean Six Sigma: Streamline Practices: Via DefenseLINK News: DoD Adopts New Business Practices to Manage Supply Chain

... "Also, Krieg said, he intends to introduce Lean Six Sigma techniques, a widely used business strategy, to further streamline AT&L's practices. Lean Six Sigma emphasizes speed and efficiency in improving business processes and transactions. I intend to use its principles to consider the effectiveness and efficiency of the administrative processes of acquisition documentation, he said, allowing our staff to streamline their procedures and free their time to focus on other customer needs. He added that AT&L will seek to apply Lean Six Sigma techniques to its business activities. " ...

Six Sigma Financial Process Design is Service Differentiator ...

Six Sigma Financial Process Design is Service Differentiator: Via Ocwen Financial Corporation: Ocwen Offers 24-Hour Due Diligence Services to Mortgage Backed Securities Investors ...

... "Ocwen's due diligence facility in the U.S. receives physical files from mortgage originators and uses high-speed scanners to image all documents. Our advanced imaging capabilities combined with workflow management and Six Sigma process design allow us to multi-task on a single file eliminating bottlenecks and speeding the entire process. This gives Ocwen the ability to leverage our 24-hour global workforce to simultaneously perform all due diligence exercises, eliminating delays and increased expenses of step-by-step, sequential processing from hard copies, Mr. Faris said. " ...

Ocwen Financial Corporation is a diversified financial services holding company with headquarters in West Palm Beach, Florida and operations in Canada, Germany, India, Japan and Taiwan. Ocwen Financial Corporation is principally engaged in servicing and origination processing services for the loan industry. Ocwen Financial Corporation is a global leader in customer service excellence as a result of our company-wide commitment to quality, integrity and accountability.

Six Sigma Education: Center Learning Innovation ...

Via North Shore LIJ Health System: Hofstra Partners With North Shore-LIJ Health System To Launch New Healthcare MBA Programs: New Programs Indicative of a Growing Trend; Programs First of Their Kind on Long Island ...

... "The North Shore-LIJ Health System has demonstrated a strong commitment to educating its healthcare professionals as part of its ongoing mission of delivering superior quality healthcare to those it serves. In cooperation with GE Medical Systems and the Harvard School of Public Health, the health system has fostered a culture of lifelong learning among its employees through its Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI). The CLI is modeled after successful corporate universities in the business sector and is the largest of its kind in the healthcare industry. It includes a Six Sigma Institute to manage process improvement, change management, and a wide variety of clinical, management education and leadership development programs. " ...

Hofstra University is an independent, dynamic, private University with more than 13,000 students in more than 130 undergraduate and 140 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communications, education and allied human services, law, and honors studies. With a student-faculty ratio of 14:1, professors teach small classes that emphasize interaction, critical thinking, and development of judgment. At Hofstra, students have access to the resources they need: high-speed, readily available access to the Internet, excellent library resources, and state-of-the-art classrooms and learning and laboratory facilities. With a diverse mix of students, Hofstra University's vibrant campus hosts a wide selection of cultural, social, and athletic activities, providing students with the full college experience.

The nation's third largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system, the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System provides care for people at all stages of illness throughout Long Island, Queens and Staten Island – a service area encompassing more than five million people. The health system includes 15 hospitals, four long-term care facilities, a medical research institute, four trauma centers, five home health agencies and dozens of out-patient centers. North Shore-LIJ facilities house more than 6,000 beds, and are staffed by over 7,000 physicians, 10,000 nurses and a total workforce of more than 38,000 -- the largest employer on Long Island and the ninth largest in New York City.

Six Sigma Operational Improvement Program ...

Six Sigma Operational Improvement Program: MDS Inc.: John Rogers Accelerates CEO Transition ...

... "Mr. DeFalco transformed declining sales into growth, launched over 30 new products and successfully completed a number of acquisitions and joint ventures. Mr. DeFalco's execution of a Six Sigma operational improvement program at the company was recognized with the Today's Chemist at Work Award for Quality in 2001 and the Award for Technical Innovation in 2002. " ...

MDS Inc. has more than 9,000 highly skilled people in 27 countries. We provide a diverse range of superior products and services to increase our customers' speed, precision and productivity in the drug development and disease diagnosis processes. We are a global, values-driven health and life sciences company, recognized for our reliability and collaborative relationships as we help create better outcomes in the treatment of disease.

Six Sigma Strategic Initiative

Six Sigma Strategic Initiative: JLG Organization Structure Supports Strategic Initiatives; Company Enhances Commitment to Services, Market Focus, and Six Sigma Initiatives

... "JLG Industries, Inc. (NYSE: JLG) announced today an organizational alignment that is intended to support the Company's strategic plan and specific initiatives to grow its service operations, diversify channels to market and bring increased focus to its Six Sigma program. " ...

JLG Industries, Inc. is the world's leading producer of access equipment (aerial work platforms and telehandlers) and highway-speed telescopic hydraulic excavators. The Company's diverse product portfolio encompasses leading brands such as JLG(R) aerial work platforms; JLG, SkyTrak(R), Lull(R) and Gradall(R) telehandlers; Gradall excavators; and an array of complementary accessories that increase the versatility and efficiency of these products for end users. JLG markets its products and services through a multi-channel approach that includes a highly trained sales force, and utilizes a broad range of marketing techniques, integrated supply programs and a network of distributors in the industrial, commercial, institutional and construction markets. In addition, JLG offers world-class after-sales service and support for its customers. JLG's manufacturing facilities are located in the United States, Belgium, and France, with sales and service operations on six continents.

Lean Six Sigma Philosophy

Lean Six Sigma Basics

... "What is Lean? Lean is a philosophy and ongoing effort to reduce waste throughout every process. Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating non-value added activities through continuous improvement of processes. Waste elimination equates to increased process speed. " ...

Solectron Production System: Lean Six Sigma Excellence

Solectron Production System: Lean Six Sigma Excellence: Solectron Expands New Product Introduction and Low-Volume, High-Mix Capabilities to New England Region ...

... "Solectron will incorporate its Solectron Production System(TM), which includes Lean Six Sigma capabilities for world-class excellence and use this operation as a focus for serving and enhancing the needs of other LVHM customers in the New England area. Furthermore, Solectron will contribute its existing NPI and LVHM processes to those already in place to create an operation focused on world-class flexibility and speed. " ...

Solectron (www.solectron.com) provides a full range of worldwide manufacturing and integrated supply chain services to the world's premier high-tech companies. Solectron's offerings include new-product design and introduction services, materials management, product manufacturing, and after-market services support. The company is based in Milpitas, Calif., and had sales from continuing operations of $11.64 billion in fiscal 2004.

Lean Six Sigma Philosophy ...

Lean Six Sigma Basics

... "Lean is a philosophy and ongoing effort to reduce waste throughout every process. Lean manufacturing is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating non-value added activities through continuous improvement of processes. Waste elimination equates to increased process speed. " ...

Partnership for Merger Acquisition Acceleration ...

Partnership for Merger Acquisition Acceleration: IntraLinks and PowerSteering Software Form Strategic Partnership ...

Mergers and acquisitions can be accelerated through the use of tools integrated through this strategic partnership ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, and IntraLinks, the leading provider of virtual data rooms to the global merger and acquisition industry, today announced that they have formed a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, PowerSteering and IntraLinks will cross-sell each other's services, providing a seamless M&A process from due diligence to post-merger integration. IntraLinks Virtual Data Rooms enable dealmakers to take the M&A process online, cutting an average of 30 days off dealtime. ...

PowerSteering Software, Inc. has dramatically improved the way businesses drive, manage, and track critical corporate innovation and growth initiatives. Using PowerSteering, corporate executives responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to easily review all projects in real-time and act on project status to ensure timely completion. PowerSteering is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to project outcomes and drive improvement in key performance metrics quickly, effectively and in real-time. The company leverages its deep experience in enterprise class quality and process improvement software to bring the speed, focus, and discipline of Six Sigma to enterprise program management. The PowerSteering suite is currently being used to manage more than $15 billion in target savings, supporting over 35,000 active users and nearly 100,000 projects. Global clients include Alpharma, Diageo, EMC, General Electric, Pitney Bowes, Raytheon, Textron and Tyco.

IntraLinks (www.intralinks.com), the leading provider of digital workspaces, connects business communities and accelerates the intelligent flow of information and documents among participants. Through IntraLinks' secure, neutral, online environments, companies are better able to compete globally by accelerating essential business processes, simplifying communication and fostering rapid workflow. IntraLinks is easily accessible anywhere, anytime using a web browser. Since April 1997, more than 200,000 participants representing over 13,000 companies worldwide have used IntraLinks digital workspaces to communicate and collaborate on more than 20,000 projects and transactions. IntraLinks has been rapidly adopted by the financial services and pharmaceutical markets. Over 250 global companies are IntraLinks clients, including AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Ernst & Young, FDIC, JPMorgan Chase, TD Securities, Thomas Weisel Partners and WestLB. Founded in June 1996, IntraLinks is headquartered in New York with offices in Boston and London.

Balanced Scorecard Implementation ...

VA Testimony Before Congress ...

... "My proposed Balanced Scorecard is based on this approach of establishing goals and objectives within a corresponding framework to track progress achieved and to establish clear accountability. A Balanced Scorecard is developed using specific outcome measures and is used to monitor the results of improvement activities. The Balanced Scorecard will provide us with a strategic measurement system. The organization will look at the total service delivery picture taken together rather than just productivity, cost, or speed. We will also look at ways VBA can improve performance in these areas by sharing data and resources with other parts of VA to achieve the One-VA vision articulated in the Department's strategic plan. There is no doubt in my mind that implementing GPRA in this way will result in better benefits and services for veterans and their families, better value for the taxpayer, and greater satisfaction for our VBA employees. We have made good progress to date in implementing GPRA. We have identified performance measures for each of our six business lines, using a core set of measures focused on improving our business processes." ...

Fujio Cho Kaizen Principles ...

Fujio Cho Kaizen Principles: Toyota CEO Fujio Cho is Named FORTUNE's Asia Businessman of the ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The dilemma, says Chandler, is how to maintain the pace without diluting what Toyota executives call their corporate DNA--a principle called kaizen, the notion ...

... FORTUNE announced today that Fujio Cho, CEO of Toyota, is the Asia Businessman of the Year. Cho leads a company whose model lineup features some of the U.S. market's most popular vehicles. Smart products and a sterling reputation for quality have lifted Toyota's share of the U.S. market to 12%, and many industry analysts predict it will soon pass DaimlerChrysler to join the ranks of the U.S. Big Three. Cho earns FORTUNE's nomination for his near flawless execution of Toyota's plan for global expansion. The story, "Full Speed Ahead," appears in the February 7 issue of FORTUNE, on newsstands January 24 and at www.fortune.com. ...

Additional resources on Fujio Cho's kaizen principles ...

Psychology of Change: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... You only learn it by taking the principles into your ... Assuming you can do a week-long kaizen each month ... change comes from an analogy by Fujio Cho, former head of ...

The 14 Principles of the Toyota Way: An Executive Summary: File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat ... Fujio Cho, President Toyota (from the Toyota Way document ... use a continuous improvement process (kaizen) to eliminate ... select few of the Toyota Way principles. ...

Human Resources Development: the following five key principles sum up ... employee conduct guidelines: Challenge, Kaizen (improvement), Genchi ... TMC President Fujio Cho is the Toyota Institute's ...

Drive Six Sigma Information Technology Efficiency Through IT Governance ...

Six Sigma Information Technology Efficiency Through IT Governance: PAETEC Reduces Information Technology Operation Cost to Half of ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... aids in compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, and it supports quality programs and process control frameworks such as Six-Sigma, CMMI (Capability ...

... Today, Mercury Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: MERQ), the global leader in business technology optimization (BTO), and PAETEC Communications, Inc., a communications solutions provider, announced that PAETEC has increased Information Technology (IT) efficiency and business results using Mercury IT Governance Center(TM). PAETEC uses Mercury's IT Governance Center to automate internal business and IT processes, significantly speeding the completion of critical tasks. ...

Mercury IT Governance Center(TM) provides the first integrated and most comprehensive transaction system for IT. It enables IT executives and CIOs to digitize and automate IT business processes from demand through production. From strategic demand to keep-the-lights-on demand to delivering projects and applications into production -- Mercury IT Governance Center puts IT executives in the best position to align IT strategy and execution with business goals, turn the dials, and make decisions to maximize IT's business value. It aids in compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, and it supports quality programs and process control frameworks such as Six-Sigma, CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration), ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), ISO-9000, and COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies).

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Enterprise Information Technology Governance Board: IT strategy will improve organizational efficiency, streamline data ... laws do hereby establish an Enterprise Information Technology Governance Board (hereinafter ...

Six Sigma, Information Technology & You: Creating: Information technology (IT) plays a crucial role in helping ... integrated into the greater corporate Six Sigma effort. ... The goal is to ensure the efficiency of the ...

Lean, Lean Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing: six-part series on harnessing information technology to help ... and how it can integrate with Six Sigma to improve speed and efficiency while decreasing ...

Information Technology Governance and Portfolio: Information Technology Governance and Portfolio Management. Why do you need IT Governance and Portfolio ... and to achieve the efficiency and effectiveness of ...

Six Sigma Customer Information Through Quality Management Infrastructure ...

Six Sigma Customer Information: Leading Korean Telephone and Internet Service Provider Builds ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... This strategic approach is part of KT's Six Sigma business quality initiative and enables the company to maintain consistency and accuracy of enterprise data ...

... Ascential Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCL - News), the enterprise data integration leader, today announced that KT Corp., Korea's leading telephone and Internet service provider, is using Ascential Software solutions to advance its business vision of becoming a premier global networking company. Ascential Software enables KT to gain a single view of customer information across its enterprise to improve service and maximize revenue opportunities. KT is using Ascential DataStage(TM), Ascential QualityStage(TM) and Ascential MetaStage(TM) to establish a quality management infrastructure using enterprise standards for integrating customer information into an enterprise data warehouse. ...

Korea Telecom (KT), the world's ninth largest telecommunications service provider, operates South Korea's most extensive and sophisticated network for phone and data services. The company is dedicated to providing the infrastructure to fully facilitate the explosive growth of Internet communications in Korea. Currently, Korea Telecom has over three million ultra high-speed Internet subscribers via ADSL, Satellite, Leased Lines and Wireless. The company offers a full line of wire/wireless solutions including LAN/WAN, portal, web hosting, B2B/B2C, wireless, ADSL, ISDN, satellite and many other services.

Ascential Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ASCL) is the leader in enterprise data integration. Customers and partners worldwide use the Ascential Enterprise Integration Suite(TM) to confidently transform data into accurate, reliable and complete business information to improve operational performance and decision-making across every critical business dimension. Our comprehensive end-to-end solutions provide on demand data integration complemented by our professional services, industry expertise, and methodologies. Ascential Software is headquartered in Westboro, Mass., and has more than 3,000 customers and partners globally across such industries as financial services and banking, insurance, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, telecommunications and government.

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Is CRM The Six Sigma of The New Economy?: Quality programs such as Baldridge, TQM and Six Sigma have always focused on improving ... Simply put, it is a database that stores all customer information. ...

Six Sigma Strategies Equate to New Roles: As successful manufacturers rally their business strategies around customer information on the ... The pursuit of Six Sigma is therefore an opportunity for quality ...

Kiran Consulting Group: SIX SIGMA KCG helps clients apply Six Sigma principles to improving customer ... Wait times, errors, unfriendly staff, and inaccurate customer information are some ...

Kanban Techniques ...

From Leonard Neely - Y2K's Impact on the Economy - October 25, 1999 - Senate Y2K ...

... "With the advent of JIT manufacturing, electronic data interchange, e-commerce, and e-business, our technological integration is exploding at the speed of business. This approach, developed by the Japanese, was introduced in US manufacturing companies in the early 1980s as the concept of zero inventories. Currently, most modern manufacturing organizations use at least some elements of JIT in their production systems. Organizations have implemented JIT methods across three stages of increasing maturity: 1) Kanban; 2) production planning; and 3) global management philosophies. Y2K dependencies and risk increase with each level of sophistication of the JIT implementation. As of last year, 80% of the United States warehouses were equipped with electronic management systems that track products through barcodes, optical recognition equipment, and database systems." ...

Lean Manufacturing Strategies: Lean Manufacturing Initiatives Supported by Glovia Realize ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... announced today that OPW Fueling Components is achieving significant operational benefits from continuous Lean Manufacturing strategies supported by Glovia's ...

... Glovia International, a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702) and a leading provider of extended ERP solutions for engineer-to-order and high volume manufacturers, announced today that OPW Fueling Components is achieving significant operational benefits from continuous Lean Manufacturing strategies supported by Glovia's extended ERP solution, glovia.com. OPW is a global leader in fueling solutions, offering a complete line of fueling products and services. ...

OPW is a global leader in fueling solutions, offering the most complete line of fueling products and services to major oil companies, petroleum jobbers, convenience stores, hypermarkets, grocery chains and commercial and private fueling operations on a worldwide scale. OPW sales and manufacturing operations span the globe, each one strategically positioned in geographic locations designed to provide optimum product availability, speed of delivery and local representation. The company's world headquarters is located in Cincinnati, Ohio USA. This 250,000 square-foot complex is the industry's largest and most advanced research, product development and manufacturing facility. With 14 field sales offices and five manufacturing facilities in the United States, other locations include: United Kingdom, Philippines, India, Italy, Czech Republic, Mexico, Brazil, China, Poland, The Netherlands, and Taiwan.

Glovia International, Inc., a subsidiary of Fujitsu (TSE:6702), is one of the world's most experienced and solidly backed providers of extended ERP solutions for businesses of any size -- from small and mid-sized companies to global enterprises. The powerful and flexible Glovia ERP suite, glovia.com, provides for the unique needs of engineer-to-order, make-to-order, high volume and mixed-mode manufacturing environments through comprehensive, end-to-end functionality for the entire product lifecycle. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., Glovia has helped manufacturers to cut costs, improve productivity, and meet customer demands for over 30 years.

Six Sigma Initiatives: PowerSteering CEO Presents Hoshin Goals Deployment Principles in ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, today announced that President and CEO David Boghossian will host a PowerPractices Webinar on December 9. In the Webinar, Boghossian will discuss employing Hoshin Goals Deployment principals within organizations to enhance the "Growth Edge" that leads to innovation. ...

PowerSteering Software, Inc. has dramatically improved the way businesses drive, manage, and track critical corporate innovation and growth initiatives. Using PowerSteering, corporate executives responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to easily review all projects in real-time and act on project status to ensure timely completion. PowerSteering is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to project outcomes and drive improvement in key performance metrics quickly, effectively and in real-time. The company leverages its deep experience in enterprise class quality and process improvement software to bring the speed, focus, and discipline of Six Sigma to enterprise program management.

Six Sigma Working Capital Solution: Textron Chooses Emagia Software Solution to Help Drive Efficiencies in Shared Services Operations ...

Santa Clara, Calif. November 30, 2004 – Emagia Corporation, the leading provider of Enterprise Cash Flow Management™ software solutions, today announced that Textron (NYSE:TXT), a $10 billion multi-industry company with businesses spanning aircraft, industrial and finance segments, has selected Emagia Cash Inflow Manager Hosted Solution™ to help enable its shared services operations to streamline receivables management.

Textron’s internal shared services organizations were created to address business needs across the enterprise for a fraction of the cost and with greater speed and efficiencies than traditional decentralized models. Emagia Cash Inflow Manager Hosted Solution™ was selected to help gain real-time visibility into cash flow and to automate cash flow processes such as receivables management.

Textron’s shared services centers were established to support multiple business units within the company. With Emagia’s consolidated cash flow management platform, Textron will have a single pane of visibility into business units that have different back-end financial systems.

... “World class companies such as Textron view Emagia as an integral part of shared services initiatives around cash flow processes,” added Emagia CEO Veena Gundavelli. ...

Emagia Corporation is the leading provider of cash flow management software solutions and outsourcing services that streamline and automate cash flow processes for Fortune 2000 enterprises. Emagia solutions allow companies to realize significant benefits including maximizing cash conversion efficiency, facilitating strong internal controls for financial reporting and improved returns from cash flow management. World class enterprises use Emagia solutions to strengthen and accelerate corporate initiatives around cash flow management, Six Sigma, shared services, and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, Emagia products seamlessly integrate with SAP, Oracle, BaaN, PeopleSoft and other back-office financial systems. Emagia solutions can be deployed using standard enterprise license models or Emagia’s unique hosted offering. For general information, call 866-EMAGIA-1 or visit www.emagia.com

Emagia Cash Inflow Manager Hosted Solution™ offers a revolutionary approach to deploying end-to-end receivables management software solutions. The full breadth of the Emagia Cash Inflow Manager application is hosted in Emagia’s secure and reliable data center with real-time web-enabled access provided to Emagia’s customers. All hardware and software is entirely managed by Emagia and a wide range of integration, customer and technical support services is readily available. In return, Emagia customers choosing to leverage this unique hosted deployment option can utilize multiple payment options including monthly subscription services. Emagia Cash Inflow Manager Hosted Solution™ delivers rapid cash flow efficiencies to leading enterprises along with a low total cost of ownership.

Contact Information: Lou Mohanty, (408) 492-8886 or pr@emagia.com

Six Sigma Career: PowerSteering Software Appoints New Senior Vice President of ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA -1 hour ago
... responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and SixSigma are able to ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, announced today that Tibor Vais has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Products. At PowerSteering, Mr. Vais will play a key role in developing the company's strategic product roadmap and bringing new solutions to market. Mr. Vais will report to David Boghossian, CEO of PowerSteering. ...

PowerSteering Software, Inc. has dramatically improved the way businesses drive, manage, and track critical corporate innovation and growth initiatives. Using PowerSteering, corporate executives responsible for delivering results from corporate initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic sourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley and Six Sigma are able to easily review all projects in real-time and act on project status to ensure timely completion. PowerSteering is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to project outcomes and drive improvement in key performance metrics quickly, effectively and in real-time. The company leverages its deep experience in enterprise class quality and process improvement software to bring the speed, focus, and discipline of Six Sigma to enterprise program management.
The PowerSteering suite is currently being used to manage more than $15 billion in target savings, supporting over 35,000 active users and nearly 100,000 projects. Global clients include Alpharma, Diageo, EMC, Pitney Bowes, Raytheon, Textron, Tyco and General Electric.

Bioinformatics Support and Integration of Research ...

From Office of Technology and Industrial Relations (OTIR) of the National Cancer Institute ...

... "Bioinformatics is the development and application of computational tools and approaches for expanding the use of biological, medical, behavioral or health data, including those required to acquire, store, organize, archive, analyze, or visualize such data. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is committed to supporting bioinformatics as a crucial element in cancer research. NCI has established the Center for Bioinformatics (NCICB) to provide bioinformatics support and integration of its diverse research initiatives. All of NCI's technology initiatives solicit relevant bioinformatics efforts, and NCI is an active participant in the National Institutes of Health-wide Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative (BISTI). " ...

OTIR's mission is to speed the progress of cancer research by encouraging development of new technologies and promoting scientific collaborations between NCI and the private sector. Located in the Office of the Director, OTIR serves as a convenient access point for private industry and technology developers into NCI. In addition, OTIR plays a key role in the management of several programs for NCI.

Six Sigma Discipline: Frame of mind

From The Manufacturer.com ...

... "Lean is action-oriented. Six Sigma brings disciplined structure to the improvement process. The combination is powerful with the inherent discipline of Sigma and the speed of lean, offering quick results to clients. Design for LeanSigma addresses three distinct areas: Voice of the Customer - what does the customer want? Design Kaizen - what design will best meet the customer's needs? Production Preparation - how can we manufacture it profitably? " ...

Six Sigma Expansion: Business Objects Awards Customers for Excellence in Business ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... intelligence also allows company executives to monitor corporate goals, key performance indicators and metrics, and the company's expansion of Six Sigma. ...

... Business Objects, (Nasdaq:BOBJ); (Euronext Paris ISIN code FR0004026250-BOB), the world's leading provider of business intelligence (BI) solutions, today honored six companies that are using business intelligence to drive high performance throughout their organizations and improve company profitability. With Business Objects solutions, these award winning companies and their employees have access to information so they can make smarter decisions to boost the bottom line. This year's winners of the Business Objects 2004 Customer Excellence Award -- Aetna Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, FedEx Express, Land O'Lakes, SKY Italia, and Sogei -- all use Business Objects solutions to speed the flow of information throughout their organizations, from the shipping clerk to the CEO, to create a true "Information Democracy". ...

Business Objects is the world's leading business intelligence (BI) software company. Business intelligence enables organizations to track, understand, and manage enterprise performance. The company's solutions leverage the information that is stored in an array of corporate databases, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and customer relationship management (CRM) systems. Popular uses of BI include enterprise reporting, management dashboards and scorecards, customer intelligence applications, financial reporting, and both customer and partner extranets. These solutions enable companies to gain visibility into their business, acquire and retain profitable customers, reduce costs, optimize the supply chain, increase productivity, and improve financial performance. In December 2003, Business Objects completed the acquisition of Crystal Decisions, the leader in enterprise reporting. The combined product line includes software for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, analytic applications, and data integration. In addition, Business Objects offers consulting and education services to help customers effectively deploy their business intelligence projects. Business Objects has more than 29,000 customers in over 80 countries. The company's stock is traded under the ticker symbols NASDAQ: BOBJ and Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004026250 - BOB). It is included in the SBF 120 and IT CAC 50 French stock market indexes.

Balanced Scorecard: ERP systems under threat - PMP Research ...

From SourceWire ...

... "Companies are responding by tightening up their approach to ROI - 42% say this has become more rigorous over the past year - and a quarter (24%) have looked at alternative measures apart from the usual purely financial metrics, such as assessing customer response, speed of service or a balanced scorecard appraisal. " ...

DFSS Customer Process: PerkinElmer Fluid Sciences Announces Plans to Expand Asian ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... The product platform approach utilizes Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) and allows the company to qualify to a broad spectrum of customer requirements very ...

PerkinElmer uses DFSS method to develop the voice of the customer ...

... PerkinElmer Fluid Sciences, a global technology leader providing critical sealing and fluid containment products and services, today announced its plans to offer "sheet metal" V-Band style rigid joints, including couplings and flanges. The product will be manufactured in their existing Asian factory. This is part of a continuing effort to expand their product portfolio, offer customers a greater choice in pneumatic systems and components, and continue to lower the costs to its customers. ...

PerkinElmer Fluid Sciences has been offering sealing solutions to the aerospace, energy, semiconductor and industrial turbomachinery markets for more than 50 years. Although sealing applications vary widely, PerkinElmer Fluid Sciences has gained a reputation for solving problems containing combinations of high pressure, speed, and temperature using a variety of products, including static seals, dynamic seals, bellows devices, and pneumatic joints. Continuing the PerkinElmer product innovation heritage, they have recently introduced proven aerospace and power generation brush seal technology and demonstrated significant improvement to turbomachinery sealing efficiencies. PerkinElmer, Inc. (NYSE:PKI) is a global technology leader focused in the following businesses - Life and Analytical Sciences, Optoelectronics and Fluid Sciences. Combining operational excellence and technology expertise with an intimate understanding of our customers' needs, PerkinElmer provides products and services in health sciences and other advanced technology markets that require innovation, precision and reliability. The Company serves customers in more than 125 countries, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index.

Synchronous Manufacturing: Fernco Inc. ...

From NIST MEP ...

... "by 1987 other firms had discovered the opportunity and began entering the market. Competition had arrived. Fernco saw its costs climbing and its profits falling. Company president Joe Kryska made a commitment to educate and involve Fernco employees in efforts to become more competitive. The firm began integrating synchronous manufacturing practices. In response to Fernco's interest in this practice, the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center developed a project to introduce managers to the Saturn Corporation's Five Point Program ( a successful model in this area) through training and implementation assistance." ...

NIST, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, was founded in 1901 as the nation's first federal physical science research laboratory. Over the years, the scientists and technical staff at NIST have made solid contributions to image processing, DNA diagnostic "chips," smoke detectors, and automated error-correcting software for machine tools. Just a few of the other areas in which NIST has had major impact include atomic clocks, X-ray standards for mammography, scanning tunneling microscopy, pollution-control technology, and high-speed dental drills.

MEP stands for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. MEP is a nationwide network of not-for-profit centers in nearly 350 locations nationwide, whose sole purpose is to provide small and medium sized manufacturers with the help they need to succeed. The centers, serving all 50 States and Puerto Rico, are linked together through the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology. Centers are funded by federal, state, local and private resources to serve manufacturers. That makes it possible for even the smallest firms to tap into the expertise of knowledgeable manufacturing and business specialists all over the United States. These specialists are people who have had experience on manufacturing floors and in plant operations.

Six Sigma Learning Program: Novations Learning Technologies Partners with Motorola University ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Novations Learning Technologies division (NLT), based in Lansing, Michigan, has partnered with Motorola University to transform its Six Sigma methodology into ...

Six Sigma e-Learning is a convenient method of knowledge delivery to an enterprise. Self-paced e-Learning content can be delivered virtually and accomplished at an employees schedule in an efficient manner ...

... Novations Group Inc., a global professional services firm committed to building human performance, today announced that its Novations Learning Technologies division (NLT), based in Lansing, Michigan, has partnered with Motorola University to transform its Six Sigma methodology into newly developed e-learning programs that are available for sale externally. The Six Sigma methodology is a proven tool set for driving and achieving transformational change within an organization. The Six Sigma e-Foundations course is an introductory course applicable to all employees within an organization and can be completed in approximately two hours. ...

Novations Learning Technologies (NLT) provides software and services to help businesses improve their performance and productivity through employee assessment, workforce education, certification and compliance testing, and improved communications with customers and partners. Their software product line includes learning management systems, competency management systems, testing and assessment tools, business and soft skills off-the-shelf content, and custom e-learning development. Novations Learning Technologies is a division of Novations Group, a global professional services firm committed to building human performance.

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003 were $27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the environment and supporting the communities in which it does business. Motorola University is Motorola's corporate change agent and world-renowned corporate university. It brings time-tested and highly refined business improvement practices to leading organizations around the world. Most notably, as the inventor of the Six Sigma Methodology for business improvement, Motorola University offers a variety of Six Sigma services designed for speed, results and sustainability - whatever the size or nature of your business.

BioInformatics Computing: IBM Introduces New BladeCenter and Business-in-a-Box Solutions ...

From Market Wire (press release) ... medium businesses. IBM additionally unveiled a BladeCenter system for the Bioinformatics sector of the Life Sciences industry. The ...

IBM makes trides in bioinformatics computing technology ...

... Furthering its leadership in the blade server market, IBM today announced a new low-cost IBM eServer BladeCenter chassis and a unique set of "business-in-a-box" solutions to help lower the cost and speed the time it takes for a small to mid-sized business to purchase, deploy, and implement BladeCenter servers in an IT infrastructure. Designed with mid-sized businesses in mind, the new entry-level BladeCenter Express model allows smaller businesses to gain access to superior IBM eServer BladeCenter technology for an extremely affordable price. ...

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions, financing and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business.

Lean Manufacturing Techniques: Dana Corporation Reports Third-Quarter Earnings

From Yahoo News (press release) ... These include the consolidation of our purchasing function, the accelerated deployment of lean manufacturing techniques, and the standardization of ...

Acceleration of lean manufacturing techinques should decrease the time to benefit realization for Dana Corp. It will be challenging to implement lean techniques with speed and precision ...

... Dana Corporation (NYSE: DCN - News) today announced third-quarter sales of $2.1 billion, compared to $1.9 billion during the same period last year. Net income for the quarter totaled $40 million, or 27 cents per share, compared to $61 million, or 41 cents per share, for the period in 2003. ...

Dana Corporation is a global leader in the design, engineering, and manufacture of value-added products and systems for automotive, commercial, and off-highway vehicles. Delivering on a century of innovation, the company's continuing operations employ approximately 45,000 people worldwide dedicated to advancing the science of mobility. Founded in 1904 and based in Toledo, Ohio, Dana operates technology, manufacturing, and customer-service facilities in 30 countries. Sales from continuing operations totaled $7.9 billion in 2003.

BioInformatics Knowledge Management: Infotrieve to Pioneer Integration of STM Content and Product ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... integrated online and print product catalog production capabilities and smart search capabilities; and Jellyfish, an innovative bioinformatics software tool ...

BioInformatics and STM knowledge management accelerates the research and development of innovative new products ...

... Infotrieve, Inc., the leader in on-demand delivery of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) information and integrated information management solutions, has purchased life sciences information management software and technology services provider LabVelocity. Infotrieve will leverage this acquisition to make a measurable impact on the speed of corporate research and development activities, pioneering the first large-scale workflow integration of scientific and technical literature with laboratory products used by life scientists and engineers during the research and development process. ...

Infotrieve is the premier brand within the scientific, technical, and medical (STM) information management industry, leveraging its integrated information management solutions to power the research and development activities for innovative companies worldwide. Infotrieve serves companies of all sizes, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, as well as other organizations such as academic institutions and government entities. The company specializes in developing solutions for use by information specialists, life scientists, engineers, researchers, procurement professionals, and marketers.

Lean Six Sigma: InformationWeek Magazine Ranks Xerox among Top 10 Information ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... At Xerox, for example, project teams are using Lean Six Sigma tools to identify, reengineer and further strengthen the key business processes and technologies ...

... Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) has been named to the Top 10 of CMP Media LLC's InformationWeek 500, a listing of the nation's most innovative users of information technology. The company ranked No. 9 among the 500 companies recognized for IT innovation in 2004, up from No. 220 last year. Xerox also was recognized as No. 1 in the "consulting and business services" industry category. ...

Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) is a $15.7 billion technology and services enterprise that helps businesses deploy smart document management strategies and find better ways to work. Its intent is to constantly lead with innovative technologies, products and solutions that customers can depend upon to improve business results. Xerox provides the document industry's broadest portfolio of offerings. Digital systems include color and black-and-white printing and publishing systems, digital presses and "book factories," multifunction devices, laser and solid ink network printers, copiers and fax machines. Xerox's services expertise is unmatched and includes helping businesses develop online document archives, analyzing how employees can most efficiently share documents and knowledge in the office, operating in-house print shops or mailrooms, and building Web-based processes for personalizing direct mail, invoices, brochures and more. Xerox also offers associated software, support and supplies such as toner, paper and ink. Headquartered in Stamford, Conn., Xerox is No.130 among the Fortune 500 and has 60,600 employees worldwide, including 35,100 in the United States (March 2004). The company's operations are guided by customer-focused and employee-centered core values -- such as social responsibility, diversity and quality -- augmented by a passion for innovation, speed and adaptability.

SCM Supply Chain: Supply Chain Management: Build-to-order and Mass Customization ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... build-to-order/mass customization principles, to reduce excess inventory and speed product delivery, as part of their strategic supply chain management. ...

... Increasing emphasis on superior quality and the crucial bottom-line are compelling world-class companies to implement build-to-order/mass customization principles, to reduce excess inventory and speed product delivery, as part of their strategic supply chain management. A study by benchmarking research firm Best Practices, LLC, has profiled some of the cutting-edge benchmark trends at leading companies and supply chain organizations. ...

Best Practices, LLC is a research and consulting firm that works on the principle that organizations can chart a course to superior economic performance by studying the best business practices, operating tactics and winning strategies of world-class organizations.

Critical Chain CCPM: Project Flow 2004 Attracts Thought and Action Leaders From a Wide ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... can flow freely. It is based on Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt's theory of constraints/critical chain. Using Realization's software that ...

... Representatives from companies throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia attended Realization Technologies' Project Flow 2004 conference held September 9-10 at the Marriott Crystal City in Arlington, Va. Presentations emphasized how organizations can realize substantial improvements in speed, productivity and management effectiveness by overturning conventional project management thinking. ...

Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) is an advanced approach to project management principles...

Realization Technologies defies conventional wisdom, both business- and product-wise. This Silicon Valley company has grown without any VC money or marketing hype; its Project Flow software breaks old management rules instead of blindly automating them. Unlike conventional project portfolio management that produces more reports faster, Project Flow helps companies do more projects faster. For instance, NASA's Systems Analysis Branch has increased its performance (as measured by external auditors) by 25 percent with Project Flow. Project Flow is used by over 100 leading organizations throughout the world. Realization is headquartered at 2 North First Street, San Jose, Calif. 95113.

Lean Six Sigma: Xerox Wins $23 Million Contract with HSBC, Inks Multimillion ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... in research and technology, Xerox invests 5 percent to 6 percent of its revenue in innovations including document technologies, Lean Six Sigma-based assessment ...

... Demonstrating growing market momentum and demand for document services, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today announced a $23 million contract with financial powerhouse HSBC and a multimillion-dollar win with aerospace giant The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA). Xerox simultaneously announced an expanded suite of services and software designed to serve customers' changing information technology needs, cut costs, and streamline work processes in businesses small and large. In a briefing today with more than 100 industry analysts, Xerox Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Anne M. Mulcahy said the new developments reflect the company's increasing focus on value-added services - a business that is on track to generate 20 percent growth in 2004. ...

Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) is a $15.7 billion technology and services enterprise that helps businesses deploy smart document management strategies and find better ways to work. Its intent is to constantly lead with innovative technologies, products and solutions that customers can depend upon to improve business results. Headquartered in Stamford, Conn., Xerox is No.130 among the Fortune 500 and has 60,600 employees worldwide, including 35,100 in the United States (March 2004). The company's operations are guided by customer-focused and employee-centered core values -- such as social responsibility, diversity and quality -- augmented by a passion for innovation, speed and adaptability.

Level 5 CMM: Syntel and Borland Improve Productivity and Manageability of ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... one of Forbes Magazine's "Best 200 Small Companies in America," Syntel has more than 4,200 employees worldwide, is assessed at Level 5 of the SEI's CMM and is ...

... Syntel (NASDAQ:SYNT), a global applications outsourcing and eBusiness firm, today announced a strategic relationship with Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ:BORL) that will combine the benefits of Borland's best-in-class software delivery solutions with Syntel's Global Delivery Model for successfully managing and servicing offshore IT projects. Syntel, which has more than 4,200 professionals in 26 offices worldwide, will train and certify a team of experts to build and deploy software based on Borland's leading platform independent solutions - products that help manage the entire application lifecycle across distributed development environments. ...

Syntel (NASDAQ:SYNT) is a leading global provider of custom outsourcing solutions in a broad spectrum of information technology and information technology-enabled services. The Company's vertical practices support the entire Design-Build-Operate-Optimize lifecycle of systems and processes for corporations in the Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Health Care and Automotive industries. The first US-based firm to launch a Global Delivery Service to drive speed-to-market and quality advantages for its customers, Syntel now leverages this efficient model for the majority of its Global 2000 customers. Recently named one of Forbes Magazine's "Best 200 Small Companies in America," Syntel has more than 4,200 employees worldwide, is assessed at Level 5 of the SEI's CMM and is ISO 9001:2000 certified.

Software to Reduce Variability: Pavilion Technologies Awarded DOE Grant to Advance the Study of ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Pavilion has applied similar approaches to industrial processes to reduce the variability, drive down variable costs, increase production and enhance product ...

... Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, announced that it has been awarded a grant through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. As part of the grant, Pavilion will further advance its research of modeling complex systems using both first-principles equations and empirical information. In particular, Pavilion will enhance algorithms that enable self-validation and diagnostics of these combined models. These developments will result in faster deployment of complex modeling solutions and more robust control of both high-speed accelerator and manufacturing processes. ...

Pavilion Technologies is the leading developer of advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions. Pavilion's ValueFirst(TM) customer relationship methodology aligns the company's people, products and processes to deliver rapid and recurring value for their customers. More than 350 leading companies worldwide, including ATOFINA, BP, Eastman Chemicals, Fonterra, Nestle and Weyerhauser depend on Pavilion's solutions to increase yield, enhance product quality, reduce variable costs and achieve environmental compliance each day. Pavilion Technologies is a privately held company based in Austin, TX, with offices serving every region of the world. Pavilion Technologies was founded in 1991, leveraging intellectual capital from Dupont, Eastman Chemical, and the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) to apply neural network modeling to industrial applications. Since that time, Pavilion has advanced its pure decision generation research while delivering valuable solutions to its customers.

Pavilion’s flagship multivariable predictive control solution – Process Perfecter® – is the only solution in the market capable of synthesizing all available information – process knowledge, first-principle equations, or empirical models – into a comprehensive model of the production process. In addition to the flexibility of the solution, Process Perfecter® is the most computationally efficient controller in the market, to continuously improve the production process based on a customers’ unique business objectives.