Manufacturing Call to Action

Webcast will look at significant transformation in manufacturing costs as a strategy for competitive advantage. ...

... "How would you respond if your executive team challenged you to cut your manufacturing costs by 50% in the next five years to remain competitively viable? " ...

Via IndustryWeek: Cut Costs by 50%

Limit Variation Improve Quality and Control Costs to be Healthy

GE creates a mega-trend focused business model to drive change in the healthcare sector - branded as Healthymagination. Specific objectives have been articulated that will create measurable change and multiple strategies have been aligned to position GE for success. Quality, cost, and access are the customer critical performance indicators and will be measured and validated. ...

... "Make health IT faster and more productive – GE will seek to increase the use and capability of electronic medical record (EMR) technology and other information technology that speed communications, limit variation and control costs. " ...

Via GE: Healthymagination Focus on Quality

National Raking Attributed to Six Sigma

Fitch Ratings rates Valley Baptist Medical Center and considers the enterprise's management systems in its assessment. ...

... "Lastly, management has made Six Sigma its top strategic initiative in order to maximize performance and patient satisfaction throughout the health system. Management credits the Six Sigma method with Valley Baptist Hospital-Harlingen's #1 national ranking in the treatment of heart failure by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the recent pay-for performance demonstration project. More than 340 Valley Baptist employees have been trained in Six Sigma methodologies including 27 physicians. " ...

Via Fitch Ratings: Baptist Health System's, Texas, $94MM Ser 2007 Revs BBB; Outlook Stable