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

CEO Career Path Enabled by Six Sigma Quality

GE reaches into its deep bench of quality talent to staff its CEO position for the aviation division. ...

... "Joyce joined GE in 1980 as a product engineer and spent 15 years in design and development of GE's commercial and military engines. He also held positions in customer and product support and in quality as a Six Sigma Black Belt. He earned both bachelor's of science and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and holds a master's in business finance from Xavier University. Joyce succeeds Scott C. Donnelly, who has taken a position with Textron. " ...

Via GE Aviation: Joyce Named President and CEO

Cessna is 40Percent Complete with Textron Six Sigma

Cessna introduces its new Cessna 350 and 400 aircraft, which are produced at its Bend, Oregon facility. ...

... "Since Cessna acquired the assets of the Bend plant in December 2007, the production facility has received a full face lift including new signage, new lighting and a new customer center. The transition plan, which includes implementation of Textron Six Sigma, has reached 40 percent completion. Cessna expects to deliver 150 350/400 aircraft this year and plans to increase production rates in 2009 to meet customer demands. " ...

Via Cessna: New 350 and 400 Aircraft

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

Textron Promotes SixSigma Leadership From Within

Textron promotes Six Sigma leader. ...

... "Kelley, 51, began her career at Textron with Textron Fastening Systems in 1999, where she held various positions, including vice president, Continuous Improvement and acting vice president of Strategic Planning. She also completed various international assignments, before entering the Textron Six Sigma Black Belt program, where she progressed to become Master Black Belt for Textron's Fastening Systems and Fluid and Power businesses. Most recently, Kelley held the position of Performance Solutions manager for Textron University, where she led the development and deployment of new courses for Textron Six Sigma, Lean and Integrated Supply Chain in support of Textron's heightened focus on talent development. " ...

Via Textron: Lynn Kelley Vice President of Textron Six Sigma

Textron SixSigma Principle-Based Experience Shared At Summit

At WCBF's Lean Six Sigma Summit, Textron's John W. Mayers, VP of Six Sigma and Transformation, will share insights on the principled-based leadership employed at his company. ...

... "Mayers will be addressing an audience of senior level business and continuous improvement leaders from across all industries striving for business improvement by sharing Textron's experience with Six Sigma and Lean principles. Textron's Six Sigma model is a comprehensive, common set of tools and techniques applied to all functional areas to eliminate waste, reduce variation, and fuel growth and innovation. Textron's unique combination of powerful methodologies woven into a single holistic approach makes Textron Six Sigma an especially robust improvement mechanism for the company. Textron Six Sigma also plays a key role in talent development for the company. " ...

Via Textron: Textron's John Mayers Delivers Remarks At Lean Six Sigma Summit

Cessna NetJets: Six Sigma Success Story ...

Cessna is recognized for their Six Sigma business process improvement success by NetJets, who benefits from increased up-time performance as measurd by manitenance days per jet operated. ...

... "Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., has been recognized twice this year for cooperative efforts contributing to the overall success of NetJets Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. company and Cessna's largest customer. Cessna received the first-ever NetJets Annual Performance Award. The award was given for process improvements Cessna implemented in 2005 to decrease maintenance down-time on jets operated by NetJets Aviation Inc., a NetJets subsidiary. After applying Six Sigma lean improvement processes, NetJets Aviation's up-time was increased by 30 percent or a reduction of maintenance time by four days per jet operated. Cessna's Wichita, Kansas, business jet service center also received the second quarter 2006 Base Maintenance Award for large stations from NetJets. This award is given for helping reduce downtime for NetJets Aviation's fleet and for the dedication to quality exhibited by the Cessna employees who work on the aircraft. " ...

Via Textron: Cessna Receives NetJets Awards ...

Six Sigma: Cessna Success ...

Cessna Aircraft Company leader, Jack Pelton, discusses the company's success and achievements in 2005, enabled by its Lean Six Sigma program. ...

... "He attributed the year's success to a world class Cessna team, award winning customer support, a broad product line that is responsive to the marketplace, emerging global markets, and implementation of lean manufacturing processes. During the year, Cessna delivered 249 Citation jets, 822 single engine pistons, and 86 Caravan single-engine turboprops; won FAA certification for two new jets -- the CJ1+ and CJ2+; and built its order book up to 788 jets and 1,198 single engine aircraft with a total value of $6.3 billion. The company also achieved significant refinement of its processes through implementation of the Textron Six Sigma Lean program, resulting in a more efficient, leaner company. " ...

Six Sigma: Cessna Success: Via Cessna: Remarkable Gains, Significant Achievements for Cessna in 2005 ...



Textron Six Sigma: "Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is one of the three major elements of Textron Six Sigma, and the one that's most directly tied to meeting customer requirements. Through DFSS, we identify what our customers need and deliver it better than anyone else. It's a proven way to develop top quality products, services and processes right the first time, faster, and at a much lower cost. At Textron, we are combining the key principles of DFSS with a common method for designing all new products and services across the enterprise. "

Textron Annual Report: "The next step is Textron Six Sigma, a company-wide approach to improving our processes and delighting our customers through improved enterprise excellence. Textron's unique Six Sigma model is a comprehensive, common set of tools and techniques rigorously applied to all operating and functional areas to eliminate waste, reduce variability, and accelerate growth and innovation. While the concept of Six Sigma is not new, our unique combination of best practices and powerful methodologies into a single, holistic approach makes Textron Six Sigma the most important improvement process at Textron. "

Peter N. Riley, Senior Vice President Textron Six Sigma, Integrated Supply Chain and Transformation: "Peter N. Riley is senior vice president, Textron Six Sigma, integrated supply chain and transformation. In this role, Riley works closely with all Textron business units to continue the rapid deployment of critical enterprise-wide processes and systems to improve business performance and ensure the achievement of Textron's vision. He is also responsible for driving Textron's efforts to leverage its purchasing power and improve manufacturing processes across and among its business units. "

Textron Six Sigma: Accelerated Delivery ...

Textron Six Sigma: Accelerated Delivery: Via Rotorhub: Bell Helicopter Opens 82,000 Square Foot Repair and Overhaul Center ...

... "This new facility shows the depth of cultural change at Bell Helicopter spearheaded by Chief Executive Officer Mike Redenbaugh. Bell's Repair & Overhaul Center that went from concept to reality in eight months, four months ahead of schedule, was designed using Textron Six Sigma, eliminating waste and streamlining tasks. " ...

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.

GE Six Sigma Alum Expands Career ...

GE Six Sigma Alum Expands Career: Katun Corporation Names Former General Electric, Xerox Executives ...

From PR Newswire (press release) ... At GE, he also earned the Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification and led a 137-member Six Sigma team for GE Engine Services at locations throughout the US ...

... Katun Corporation, the world's largest supplier of OEM-compatible supplies and parts to the office equipment industry, today announced that two veteran technology executives have joined the company in senior sales and marketing positions. The company announced that Russell (Russ) St. John has been appointed senior vice president for marketing and product deployment, where he will drive product research and development for the Katun Imaging Division, lead marketing, supply chain and quality teams, and help to chart the company's overall strategic direction. ...

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Katun Corporation is the world's leading alternative supplier of imaging supplies, photoreceptors and parts, as well as a leading manufacturer of fuser rollers and other select products, for the business equipment industry. With more than two decades of expertise and experience in the business equipment industry, the privately held Katun now serves more than 19,000 customers in more than 170 countries.

Additional resources on GE Six Sigma alumni ...

GE:People Profile: In this article, we have invited four Six Sigma alumni to share their quality experiences and career success with us. Six Sigma is vital to GE because it is a ...

Management Improvement 6 sigma: Author George Eckes, who implemented Six Sigma at GE Capital, describes how each function within an organization can utilize Six Sigma. ...

Clarkson Alumni - Magazine - Past Editions: years old, I have such responsibility, managing the Textron Six Sigma application portfolio ... Clarkson, served as a springboard for me to join GE Medical Systems ...

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.

Six Sigma Webinar: The Six Sigma Academy and PowerSteering Present Webinar on Best ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... "In his role at The Six Sigma Academy, Mr. Silvers has demonstrated his ability to engage and inspire senior leaders to improve their organizations using fact ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, today announced the latest installment in the company's PowerPractices Webinar series. The Webinar will take place on November 17 at 10:00 am ET, and will feature Executive Consultant Bob Silvers of The Six Sigma Academy. Silvers will provide an overview of best practices for Six Sigma deployment. ...

PowerSteering has dramatically improved the way businesses manage, track and reconcile complex corporate initiatives. Using the PowerSteering suite of software tools, corporate executives responsible for the financial implications and logistical tasks of strategic programs can easily review all program elements in real time and act on their status to ensure timely completion. The PowerSteering suite is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to process outcome and 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 EMC, Tyco, Pitney Bowes, Raytheon, Diageo, Noranda, Textron and General Electric.

Lean Manufacturing Software: Solectron Selects Visiprise to Manage Quality Control Across the ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... allows the company to replace numerous disparate systems and standardize on a single solution that supports its quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives for ...

Manufacturing software, such as Visiprise, can accelerate the transformation to a lean manufacturing model ...

... Visiprise, Inc., the leader in manufacturing operations solutions, and Solectron Corporation, a leading global provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, today announced Solectron has selected Visiprise Manufacturing as the foundation for its global quality control system. Solectron's selection of Visiprise Manufacturing allows the company to replace numerous disparate systems and standardize on a single solution that supports its quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives for all worldwide manufacturing operations. ...

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

With more than 15 years of industry experience and proven success, Visiprise is the leading solution provider to help manufacturers define manufacturing excellence throughout the global enterprise. Visiprise software, services and expertise work in tandem with our customers to manage and control manufacturing operations to improve product quality and compliance management. Over 150 leading manufacturers in industries from electronics and aerospace & defense to automotive and medical devices are managing and controlling manufacturing operations with Visiprise. Atlanta-based Visiprise has more than 150 customers worldwide, including BAE Systems, Celestica, Philips Lighting, Sun Microsystems and Textron.

Lean Manufacturing Software: Solectron Selects Visiprise to Manage Quality Control Across the ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... allows the company to replace numerous disparate systems and standardize on a single solution that supports its quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives for ...

Manufacturing software, such as Visiprise, can accelerate the transformation to a lean manufacturing model ...

... Visiprise, Inc., the leader in manufacturing operations solutions, and Solectron Corporation, a leading global provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, today announced Solectron has selected Visiprise Manufacturing as the foundation for its global quality control system. Solectron's selection of Visiprise Manufacturing allows the company to replace numerous disparate systems and standardize on a single solution that supports its quality and Lean manufacturing initiatives for all worldwide manufacturing operations. ...

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

With more than 15 years of industry experience and proven success, Visiprise is the leading solution provider to help manufacturers define manufacturing excellence throughout the global enterprise. Visiprise software, services and expertise work in tandem with our customers to manage and control manufacturing operations to improve product quality and compliance management. Over 150 leading manufacturers in industries from electronics and aerospace & defense to automotive and medical devices are managing and controlling manufacturing operations with Visiprise. Atlanta-based Visiprise has more than 150 customers worldwide, including BAE Systems, Celestica, Philips Lighting, Sun Microsystems and Textron.

Managing Strategic Change: PowerSteering Launches PowerPractices Webinar Series Featuring ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... In the inaugural event on September 29, Nancy Tan, vice president of Six Sigma for Pitney Bowes discussed how her company is using Six Sigma best practices to ...

Monthly webinars that focus on managing strategic change through best practices, such as Six Sigma ...

... PowerSteering, the only provider of solutions for measuring and managing strategic enterprise programs, today announced PowerPractices, a collaborative Webinar series designed to share the best practices of some its key clients, including Pitney Bowes, Noranda, Raytheon and Tyco. The monthly series will run from September 2004 to June of 2005, and is accessible to the public at PowerSteering's Website, www.powersteeringsoftware.com. ...

PowerSteering has dramatically improved the way businesses manage, track and reconcile complex corporate initiatives. Using the PowerSteering suite of software tools, corporate executives responsible for the financial implications and logistical tasks of strategic programs can easily review all program elements in real time and act on their status to ensure timely completion. The PowerSteering suite is the only software that enables executives to tie financial savings directly to process outcome and 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 EMC, Tyco, Pitney Bowes, Raytheon, Diageo, Noranda, Textron and General Electric.

Six Sigma MES: AMR Research and Hitachi Computer Products (America) Discuss the ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... operations, announced today the company will sponsor an IndustryWeek-hosted online event entitled Learn the Importance of a MES to Six Sigma: Featuring advice ...

... Visiprise, Inc., a recognized leader in helping manufacturers improve quality and compliance by providing solutions that manage and control global operations, announced today the company will sponsor an IndustryWeek-hosted online event entitled Learn the Importance of a MES to Six Sigma: Featuring advice and lessons learned by Hitachi Computer Products (America). The online broadcast will take place on Thursday Sept. 23, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. EDT. ...

Visiprise helps manufacturers improve quality and compliance by providing solutions that manage and control global operations for the electronics, aerospace and defense, automotive and medical devices industries. Its flagship solution, Visiprise Manufacturing, is the industry's only platform independent solution that provides visibility and performance management from raw materials through assembled products. Headquartered in Atlanta, Visiprise has more than 10,000 users in 35 countries, and its customers include such leading manufacturers as BAE Systems, Celestica, Philips Lighting, Sun Microsystems and Textron. For more information, visit http://www.visiprise.com .

Six Sigma Career: Textron Names Riley Sr. VP of Six Sigma, Supply Chain and ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... (NYSE: TXT) today announced that Peter Riley has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Textron Six Sigma, Integrated Supply Chain and Transformation. ...

... Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today announced that Peter Riley has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Textron Six Sigma, Integrated Supply Chain and Transformation. In addition, William M. Ellis has been promoted to President of Textron's Fluid & Power group and Richard Yates has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller. In a related move, John Mayers has been appointed Vice President of Textron Six Sigma. Riley and Ellis will continue to serve as members of the Transformation Leadership Team, comprised of the corporation's top 21 executives and Yates and Mayers will join the group as part of their new positions. ...

Textron Inc. is a $10 billion multi-industry company with more than 43,000 employees in 40 countries. The company leverages its global network of aircraft, industrial and finance businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands such as Bell Helicopter, Cessna Aircraft, Kautex, Lycoming, E-Z-GO and Greenlee, among others.

Six Sigma Processes: Higher Standards in the Pump Industry

From Impeller.net (press release), Germany ... changes in processes that basically allow us to reduce lead-times in manufacturing and speed up delivery of spares by using Textron Six Sigma processes and ...

David Brown Union Pumps is a global leading manufacturer of high technology pumps and pump packages for the oil, gas, petrochemical, desalination, and process industries. David Brown Union Pumps is the Hydrocarbon Processing Products segment of Textron Fluid and Power and includes pump brands David Brown Pumps, Union Pumps, and Guinard Pumps. Other sister pump companies include Maag Pump Systems, David Brown Hydraulics, and Hydreco. Further information regarding David Brown Union Pumps can be found on the David Brown Web site.

Six Sigma Software: Niku 2004 Global User Conference to Be Held in San Francisco

From TMCnet ... makes it the leading solution for Product Development Planning and Management (PD-PM), Professional Services Automation (PSA), and Six Sigma initiatives -- in ...

Niku Corporation (Nasdaq:NIKU) is the leading vendor of IT Management and Governance (IT-MG) solutions. More than 400,000 users at industry leaders such as Armstrong, BT, Harrah's Entertainment, HBOS, GMAC Mortgage, Nationwide, Nissan, Philips, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, SingTel Optus, Sony NetServices, Textron Financial and Unilever depend on Niku software to maximize their Return on IT. Niku's Global 2000 Proven capabilities make it the leading solution for Product Development Planning and Management, and Professional Services Automation, in addition to IT-MG. Niku is a publicly held company with a global presence.

Six Sigma programs drive large portfolios of projects and place a premium on the management of practitioner skill sets, two management areas for which Clarity from Niku is particularly well suited. To reach their full potential, Six Sigma programs require companies to achieve new levels of collaboration, apply uniform data standards, and possess the ability to measure results against specific objectives. Web-native Clarity Six Sigma offers this and more. Clarity Six Sigma comes 95% configured out-of-the-box, although it can be easily adapted to company-specific Six Sigma templates and workflows. With Clarity Six Sigma, organizations not only simplify and streamline existing Six Sigma programs, they can initiate new programs quickly and evaluate their effectiveness accurately and in real time.