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January 2004 News

CONFERENCE Examines Applying Six Sigma to Improve Hospital ...   Yahoo News (press release)   .... The focus will be upon the latest Lean manufacturing principles and Six Sigma process improvement tools and how they can be applied to reduce inefficiencies ...

SIRVA Names New Quality Vice President   PRNewswire (press release)   .... a centralized quality organization that supports all major business units with dedicated and certified "Master Black Belts" and "Black Belts" of the Six Sigma ...

STARWOOD execs try to shake up industry with challenge   Arizona Republic, AZ   .... on super-comfortable beds and bedding; a preferred-guests club with no blackout dates or capacity controls; and improving operating processes through Six Sigma ...

FINANCIAL Performance Measures: Benchmarks and Research   Business Wire (press release)   -- Companies are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to implement Six Sigma programs. Organizations that invest time and resources ...

'INDIAN BPO market improving each day'   Sify, India   .... To enhance solutions by reducing defects and cycle times in support function processes, Infinite has now embarked on the Six Sigma initiative. ....

AZ management group   Inside Tucson Business, AZ   PHOENIX—The Performance Management Group, a Phoenix-based management consulting firm, will provide Six Sigma training and consulting services to the Tucson ....

POSCO Nets W2 Tril. in Profit   Korea Times, South Korea   .... Especially, thanks to implementation of successful management techniques, such as process innovation and the Six Sigma program, our productivity has grown and ...

HONEYWELL’S OV engineers creating   Inside Tucson Business, AZ   .... named a new chief executive officer in April 2002, and since then the company has changed its focus by concentrating on special initiatives such as Six Sigma, ...

SIX Sigma, Quality & Benchmarking: Initiatives for Process ...   Business Wire (press release)   .... - With a focused rapid deployment Six Sigma plan, a major financial services company was able to: save $75 million in productivity benefits, reduce customer...

THOMAS W. Butts Appointed President and Chief Operating Officer ...   PRNewswire (press release)   .... Mr. Butts will have overall responsibility for the IDX operating units -- Flowcast, Groupcast, Carecast and Imagecast - as well as the company's Six Sigma ...

SIX Sigma Enterprise Software Vendor Instantis Receives Over $5M ...   Yahoo News (press release)   12 /PRNewswire/ -- Instantis, a leading enterprise software provider to companies deploying Six Sigma for corporate performance management, announced the...

COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS News   PRNewswire (press release)   Investors provide substantial additional capital to accelerate development, sales and marketing activities of leading Six Sigma program management software ...

TYCO Fire & Security Names Dean Seavers President of ...   PRNewswire (press release)   .... Seavers was also instrumental in the launch of Six Sigma, a process improvement program. He was responsible for pilot testing Six ...

TYCO unit chooses new president from within   South Florida Business Journal, FL   .... southeast US region in 2001. Seavers also helped launch Six Sigma, a process improvement program he pilot tested in his region. ...

MINNESOTA High Tech Association, Minnesota Technology, Inc. to ...   PRNewswire (press release)   .... Upcoming programs include education on New Product Development, Information Technology Security Solutions, Quality Standards (ISO, Six Sigma), The Past and ...

THE risk-taking high performer   Business Standard, India   .... It was Paul, too, who introduced Wipro Technologies to the concept Six Sigma, an exercise that brought the company major dividends in terms of costs and quality ...

ALLIANT Energy Announces Executive Appointments   Yahoo News (press release)   .... Gates has been in charge of implementing Lean Six Sigma process improvement and will continue in that role as well as assuming responsibility for other...

SOUTH-TEC 2004 Brings Hands-On Help to Regional Manufacturers   Yahoo News (press release)   .... will be provided with access to experts who will provide advanced technical information critical to their industries on lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and ...

OMEGA Launches its Indian Delivery Arm, Manipal Omega   business2media (press release), India   .... scalability. Manipal Omega’s delivery is driven by Six Sigma methodologies to ensure more efficient processes and client satisfaction.

HONEYWELL to Provide Borealis in Portugal with Experion PKS ...   Business Wire (press release)   .... Experion PKS embeds three decades of Honeywell process control, asset management, and domain expertise, combined with Six Sigma methodologies, into a unified ...

OSRAM SYLVANIA Improves Sales Readiness, Enterprise Application ...   Business Wire (press release)   .... Cyr, manager of Process Quality Improvement (PQI) at OSRAM SYLVANIA, migrating part of the company's Six Sigma program online would minimize the impact of ...

LAUNCH of Six Sigma Brokers: a Unique New Service, Which ...   Yahoo News (press release)   NEW YORK, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Six Sigma Brokers LLC (www.sixsigmabrokers.com) announces the public launch of its new company. ...

HAWK Corporation Appoints Christopher DiSantis to Lead Hawk ...   boerse.de (Pressemitteilung), Germany   .... component of the Hawk Racing Group. Mr. DiSantis was also instrumental in launching and implementing the Company's Six Sigma initiative. ...

SEE the World in A Grain of Salt   Times of India, India   .... Modern business management studies teach similar principles of excellence through total quality management and six sigma, which are the by-products of the ...

GET them while they're hot   ITBusiness.ca, Canada   .... The company says its technology can help firms that are going through Six Sigma, ITIL or some of the other common business process reengineering methodologies. ...

RAPRA appoints Ticona man as Plastics Technology Head   Process & Control Today, UK   .... Shipton also has qualifications from Ashridge Management School and last year he trained as a Six Sigma Champion with the SBTI in Dallas, Texas. ...

NEW service delivery chief for Sutherland   News Today, India   .... operational excellence. A certified Six Sigma Black Belt, he was also responsible for grooming and training Six Sigma professionals at GE. ...

GA Tech Management Program Expands Course Offerings   Local Tech Wire, United States   .... The Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate is for professionals with an interest in the Six Sigma approach and methodologies or who wish to achieve Green Belt ...

EMPLOYEE Performance Management: Boosting Returns Through ...   Business Wire (press release)   .... The program enabled the company to achieve Six Sigma production quality and a 90 percent retention rate for employees who participated in the program.

SOFTWARE Code Quality: Dotting the I's and Crossing the T's & C's   CIO   .... Severity Three problems or software bugs could be calculated by percentage of lines of code using a process such as Six Sigma (ie, no more than 3.4 software ...

TRANSFORM Bookshelf   Transform Magazine, NY   .... How BPM fits into Six Sigma initiatives is addressed, as well as the cultural issues around implementing BPM in companies that have already been through ...

KEN Lewis keeps BofA on the move   MSNBC   .... culture. On the culture front, Lewis likes that Fleet is already using Six Sigma techniques, which BofA is committed to as well. But ...

Six Sigma: Are You a Believer?   CIO   .... the December 1 issue of CIO, Tracy Major reports on the impressive payoffs at IT departments that have used the quality control methodology known as Six Sigma. ...

HONEYWELL: CRM the Six Sigma way.   CRMIQ, United States   .... The company decided to adopt a Six Sigma approach aimed at improving the way it handles customer service. Six Sigma, a disciplined ...

LEAN, Six Sigma & TQM Project Success: New Case Studies and ...   MCADCafe   "Lean, Six Sigma & TQM Project Success: Recent Case Studies and Benchmarks," available at: http://www3.best-in-class.com/rr307.htm, offers an outline of ...

MOTOROLA'S loss, Tyco's Gain   Motley Fool (subscription)   .... The impetus of the cost cutting is to simplify the corporate structure on three fronts: $1 billion in purchasing efficiencies, $1 billion in "Six Sigma" ...

LG aims for revenues of $2b from Mena region   Gulf News, United Arab Emirates   .... LG's corporate vision is that TDR mixed with the principles of Six Sigma is the best available strategy to meet our vision.". Six ...

MO. Incutech Foundation gets $2.1M to train workers   St. Louis Business Journal, MO   The funds will be used to upgrade the skills of 200 incumbent workers and 50 unemployed workers by providing certificates in lean manufacturing, six sigma and ...

PARTNERSHIP gains at Samsung   Agencyfaqs.com, India   .... India Electronics Ltd is planning to roll-out TWIN (Together Win with Six-Sigma ) programme aimed at integrating the company’s key vendors to the Six Sigma ...

COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS News  PRNewswire (press release)   10 /PRNewswire/ -- Six Sigma Qualtec (http://www.ssqi.com), a worldwide leader in training and implementation services that drive measurable financial results ...

Six Sigma Qualtec Supports Latest Version of Minitab Statistical.   Yahoo News (press release)   10 /PRNewswire/ -- Six Sigma Qualtec (www.ssqi.com), a worldwide leader in training and implementation services that drive measurable financial results, today.

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