Lean Six Sigma During Economic Downturns

BMG webinar series will focus on the challenges confronting us with solutions leveraging Lean and Six Sigma methods. Webinars start August 6th. ...

... "How do you remain competitive and profitable during an economic downturn? Don't make the mistake of downsizing your process improvement initiative or letting it take a back seat to more pressing concerns. " ...

Via Breakthrough Management Group: Online Webinar Series

Lean Manufacturing Certification

Certification in Lean Manufacturing Certificate will be provided in Green Bay during the fall, enabling area manufacturers to build their improvement capabilities. ...

... "Area manufacturers can learn more about the upcoming Lean series from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Center for Business and Industry at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), 2740 W. Mason St., Green Bay. " ...

Via Wisconsin Business: Lean Manufacturing Certificate Series

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Six Sigma Financials

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

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

Via ProcessArc: Financial Services with Six Sigma

Lean Practitioner Workshop

i2 will provide training on the lean supply chain. ...

... "i2 Technologies will offer an in-depth training workshop, Lean Manufacturing for Practitioners, June 23-26 and August 18-21 at the company's corporate headquarters in Dallas. The four-day workshop is designed for plant, material and operations managers, lean implementers and coaches, as well as production supervisors and schedulers. It will focus on proven lean transformation best practices, including process playbooks and lessons learned, all designed to provide supply chain practitioners with concrete steps to transform their operations. The workshop training includes industry examples and hands-on exercises that can be applied to their real-world planning projects. " ...

Via i2 Technologies: Training Workshops on Lean Manufacturing

University Lean Manufacturing Program

Rockwell Collins contributes $100,000 to the Lean Manufacturing Training Program at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. ...

... "The university's program is designed to teach students how to implement continuous process improvement while eliminating waste. At Rockwell Collins, we have embraced Lean manufacturing principles as a way of delivering greater value to our customers, said Greg Churchill, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Rockwell Collins Government Systems. Said University of Regina Dean of Engineering, Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, The enhanced lean manufacturing training will provide a competitive advantage both to our students and the companies that will employ them. " ...

Via Rockwell Collins: University of Regina Lean manufacturing program

Manufacturing Cell Design

Lean manufacturing training includes cell-design simulation ...

... "Wednesday's mock manufacturing cell hopefully demonstrated how companies can improve efficiency by getting production groups closer together and building to order instead of waiting on backlog to sell, Raubach said. " ...

Via Tulsa World: Lean Techniques

Cross-Training for Lean Manufacturer

Family-owned manufacturer sees success with lean manufacturing principles. ...

... "Using computers and the newest machines cuts lost time and material, Shefet said. So does a well-trained staff. York Haven practices lean-manufacturing principles, such as cross-training its workers on the various machines and jobs of other work groups within the plant. " ...

Via CentralPennBusiness: York Haven Fabricators

Lean Six Sigma Training

American Statistical Association offers web-based training program on April 30. ...

... "The session, Beyond the Factory Floor: Succeeding with Lean Six Sigma Outside of Manufacturing, will be presented by Roger Hoerl of GE Corporate Research. The webinar will briefly review the dramatic rise of the service economy, discuss challenges to proper application of Lean Six Sigma there, and then discuss practical approaches for overcoming them. " ...

Via American Statistical Association: New Web-based Training Program

Nordam Group Lean Six Sigma Journey

Nordam Group continues its journey applying Lean Six Sigma by levarging its talent. ...

... "In the last two years, NORDAM has introduced Six Sigma and LEAN principles throughout its businesses to maximize efficiency in manufacturing and repair processes. Since, 13 stakeholders have successfully completed training projects and are now certified Six Sigma black belts. The team of expert problem solvers and process improvement leaders have completed or initiated 50 Six Sigma and LEAN programs companywide. Gardner is the second full-time black belt at NORDAM Transparency. " ...

Via Nordam Group: Six Sigma Coordination Role

Sustain the Lean Enterprise

Manage the change in the enterprise associated with lean manufacturing through workforce incentives, articulated vision, thorough planning, training, and commitment of resources. ...

... "The first step to successful marketing is identifying those customers, both internal and external, to whom the lean enterprise is to be targeted, such as executives, employees, investors, customers and suppliers. " ...

Via The Chicago Business Ledger: Change through lean manufacturing

Executive Sponsorship of Six Sigma Education

Company CEO publicly recognizes his employees on their achievements in Six Sigma. ...

... "Batelco Chief Executive Peter Kaliaropoulos congratulated and rewarded 10 employees who have been certified as Six Sigma Black Belts, following their successful completion of the required professional training, through Juran Institute, USA. " ...

Via Batelco: Employee Recognition

Vought Lean Operating System

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

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

Via Star Telegram: Vought Improves

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

Chief Innovation Officer Training

Upcoming event in February 2008 focuses on leading growth through innovation. ...

... "The course, entitled Chief Innovation Officer – Leading your Company's Growth and Performance Initiatives, is a two day Executive Education Program for business leaders who are leading the charge for growth and innovation inside their organizations or who are poised to take on that role. The event is being held in Denver February 25 – 26, 2008. " ...

Via Breakthrough Management Group: Chief Innovation Officer Executive Seminar

Leansigma Customer Focus

Lean and Six Sigma hybrid methods are synthesized to differentiate in the eyes of the customer. Global consulting firm provides training in these methods. ...

... "head of the $53-million turnover firm said he provided advice to manufacturing and service companies on LeanSigma -- a hybrid of lean manufacturing principles and six sigma principles. " ...

Via Sify: Listen to customer

Lean Manufacturing is Music to their ears

Musical instrument manufacturing benefits from a dose of lean, as the workforce is educated on the principles and techniques. ...

... "But D'Addario's bigger plan to increase profitability lies in his Toyota-inspired lean manufacturing initiative. The company is putting 12 employees, who volunteered to become lean champions, through about 400 hours of training ... " ...

Via Newsday: Reinvention

Six Sigma Path to Executive Suite

Six Sigma certification supports executive career aspirations. Earn your green or black belt and get practicing the DMAIC process. ...

... "Many organizations now are asking their managers to get certifications as part of their performance/growth plans and some are tying them to future employment or bonuses, the ability to advance in the organization, etc. " ...

Via TechRepublic: Career Management

Six Sigma Green Belt Workshop in November

Empire State TAPPI and National Grid are offering a Six Sigma Green-Belt Workshop on November 14-16, 2007 in Albany, New York. ...

... "This comprehensive three-day workshop teaches the components in the American Society of Quality Green-Belt Body of Knowledge (BOK). If you are interested in increasing your profit and enhancing your competitive position, Six-Sigma provides the process to enable rapid implementation for quick, tangible results. This workshop also provides 24 PDHs (Professional Development Hours.) All course materials are provided. This highly-interactive course combines lecture, class participation, group exercises, case studies, and more. " ...

Via TAPPI: Green-Belt Workshop

Lean Six-Sigma GreenBelt Workshop Upcoming

TAPPI Pacific Local Section hosts FutureBridge Lean Six-Sigma Green-Belt Certification Workshop on October 17-19, 2007 at the University of Washington campus in Seattle. ...

... "Green-Belts identify and lead projects to improve quality, reduce cost, and eliminate waste. Benchmark savings average $35,000 per Green-Belt project, with each Green-Belt typically completing three projects per year. This represents more than $100,000 annual savings. " ...

Lean Six-Sigma Workshop

Lean Six Sigma Maritime Shipping Processes

Maersk partners with Mason School of Business to develop and deliver Lean Six Sigma training program for the company focused on business processes that enable maritime shipping. ...

... "The contract represents a customized engagement, where the faculty of the Mason School designed the Lean Six Sigma training and project management program to fit Maersk's unique needs and operating environment. Participants in the program will represent Maersk's key operating and business processes that will bring added value to its operations by using Lean Six Sigma methods to dramatically improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their processes. Lean Six Sigma is an integrated methodology, applying in a harmonized way two proven, powerful management methodologies: Lean and Six Sigma. Of these, Lean is primarily concerned with ensuring the efficiency of processes, so that they operate at minimum cost and at maximum speed, using resources in an optimal way. Six Sigma, on the other hand, focuses chiefly on process effectiveness, that is, customer satisfaction, high quality and near-zero defect rates. These methods have been known and used in business and industry for some time, primarily in a stand-alone mode. Integrated training and deployment of the two is a more recent development, where the Mason School's faculty has done groundbreaking work, based on long academic and hands-on industrial experience. " ...

Via College of William and Mary: Mason School of Business Partners with World's Largest Maritime Shipping Company

Six Sigma Data Analysis Approach Improves Business Intelligence

For companies to reap the value of business intelligence, competence in data analysis is key to success. An enterprise with Six Sigma experience will have a head start due to the data analysis discipline instilled in the DMAIC process. ...

... "Most organizations don't do this, though through the Six Sigma programs that some companies, like GE run, many more people are now being trained in this way. Their use of information in decision making changes dramatically after this type of training. " ...

Via destinationCRM: Business Intelligence

Six Sigma Certification

Nexergy manufacturing and quality engineers have been certified as Six Sigma Black Belts. ...

... "Jon Krug, quality manager and senior manufacturing engineer for Nexergy, completed his Six Sigma Black Belt certification. Mitch Matheny, who was hired this summer by Nexergy as manufacturing engineer, earned his certification prior to joining the company. Both participated in the rigorous Six Sigma education process that includes many hours of classroom training as well as work on an applied project. " ...

Via Nexergy: Managers Earn Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

Lean Manufacturing Education Through Game

Play the Lean Manufacturing game on Friday, August 17. ...

... "The training combines interactive classroom presentation and discussion with a live, simulated factory application of Lean concepts. Bill Nicholson, a certified Lean trainer and MMEC Field Engineer, will teach the course. " ...

Via Montana State: Lean Manufacturing workshop offered in Kalispell August 17

Play Lean Manufacturing Game Workshop

Lean game is great way to understand the principles. ...

... "Montana State University is offering a one-day workshop on Lean Manufacturing to be held in Bozeman on Thursday, July 26. The training, Play the Lean Game, is designed for owners, operations and production supervisors, product engineers and other lead employees. The workshop will be held at the MMEC home office, 2310 University Way, building 2, in the business complex south of the MSU stadium. " ...

Via Montana State University: Lean Manufacturing workshop offered in Bozeman July 26

PA Manufacturing Investments

State invests in manufacturing sector with training. ...

... "Penn State provided the company with leadership and Six Sigma training. This plant location is one of the top operations for Con Agra and is in a growing phase. " ...

Via Centre Daily: Manufacturing Investment in Pennsylvania

Six Sigma Belt Training

Upcoming Six Sigma training events ...

... "Missouri Southern State University's division of Lifelong Learning will host Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt training on Southern's campus in Joplin starting August 2007. " ...

Via Joplin Independent: Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Training

Six Sigma Orange Belt: Syracuse University Training

Syracuse University and Brambles Ltd. of Australia will collaborate on the development of a curriculum for a new three-credit course on Lean Six Sigma. ...

... "Brambles and its CHEP operating unit are working with the school to develop the content and certification requirements for the course, and professionals from Whitman School of Management's Supply Chain Program are also contributing to design the class format. Lean Six Sigma is being offered to undergraduates who have finished their core degree requirements plus two semesters of statistics, and to students studying for their MBA and Masters in Engineering degrees.

Upon completion of the fall term, successful students will receive their Orange Belt, equivalent to the White Belt but changed to reflect the school’s colors. A Green Belt is awarded to students who complete the spring project, which involves examining processes on the Syracuse campus, including activities like service scheduling and logistics. Finally, summer internships around the world are offered and students complete Six Sigma projects for private and public organizations to earn their Black Belt. " ...

Syracuse University and Brambles Partner to Bring Six Sigma Certification to Students

Lean Manufacturing Concepts Training

Upcoming training workshop ...

... "Vincennes University - Business and Industry Training will host a workshop, Quality Systems and Lean Manufacturing Concepts, at two sites in June. " ...

Via South Bend Tribune: Quality Training

Florida Lean Manufacturing Imperative

Manufacturing training offers opportunity for workers to challenge themselves. Workers that can think and embrace a quality mindset are positioned for success. ...

... "When Lumedyne implemented the Lean Manufacturing process, its production increased from five units per week to 15 units in three days, Rhoden said. " ...

Via St Petersburg Times: Manufacturing Training

Six Sigma OpenSource Training Materials

Six Sigma training set ...

... "OSSS DMAIC Version 8.0 consists of 1,235 slides, 37 data sets and 19 templates. " ...

Open Source Six Sigma

Six Sigma Green-Belt Training

Upcoming green-belt training ...

... "N.C. State University will offer a Six Sigma Green Belt Training course in Greensboro from May 21 through June 14. The course will be at the Sheraton Greensboro ... " ...

Via Winston-Salem Journal: Business Calendar

Green-Belt SixSigma Training Starts April 23 Through Partnership

Partnership will offer Lean Six Sigma training for green belt level. ...

... "Professionals seeking career enhancement programs or companies working to make the most of their training dollars will gain exposure to both the Lean and Six Sigma methodologies in this 10 day program. Simons-White & Associates has integrated their Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt training programs for optimized learning. Upon completion of this program, attendees will receive 8 continuing education units and have completed a project to demonstrate their new skills. The new program will offer support with candidate and project selection, introduction to MINITAB statistical software as well as project implementation ... " ...

Via Simons-White: Ohio State University's Alber Enterprise Center in partnership with Simons-White & Associates offers Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Program

Organizational Development Supports Lean Initiative

Companies are well-served by investing in their talent - recruiting, retaining, and aligning to enterprise initiatives. ...

... "At AEP, when a new approach is being introduced, such as lean manufacturing, everyone in the facility has some level of training to have a company-wide knowledge base. " ...

Via Connecticut Business Journal: Create Employee Connection to Your Organization

Lean SixSigma Certificate April Classes

Lakeshore Technical College offers Lean Six Sigma classes in April. ...

... "The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Program is designed for manufacturing, printing, distribution, service and healthcare industries. " ...

Via The Sheboygan Press: Certificate Program

Lean Practices Local Training

Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership will offer training and consulting in lean practices to local businesses. ...

... "Local resident Fritz Dramm has joined the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership as a manufacturing specialist. In this role, he will help area small and mid-size manufacturers implement strategies to boost competitiveness and profitability. " ...

Via Manitowoc Herald Times: Read

Lean Principles Investment: Production Team Training

American Railcar invests in lean training for its production staff. ...

... "In addition, we invested time and training to focus our production teams on implementing lean manufacturing principles. We expect this investment of time to pay dividends in the near future. " ...

Via insurancenewsnet: American Railcar Industries

Lean Training Goes On Tour

Lean culture differentiates Japanese from US companies.

... "Instead of paying people to retire, a likely Japanese alternative would be to put people on kaizen (continuous improvement) teams, capitalizing on their experience and problem solving potential instead of paying them to stay at home. ... World Class Manufacturing is not a short-term concept. Justifying the hard work and application of resources to the improvement process is difficult if the focus is on quarterly reports. A fundamentally change in the way success is measured must be adopted if our economy is to remain viable and sustainable. " ...

Toyota Continues their March Past US Automakers: Lean Enterprise Training Announces Six City Tour Kicks off in Oregon ...

Lean Techniques: GE Transportation Rail Manufacturing Plants

Pennsylvania and businesses invest in the improvement of manufacturing in the state. GE specifically is investing in lean manufacturing techniques to accelerate customer services and increase operational efficiency. ...

... "GE Transportation Systems plans to implement lean manufacturing techniques at its rail plants in Erie and Grove City, Mercer County, a project that is expected to cost $12.8 mi