Lean Manufacturing Commitment Drives Program

Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems division manages global positioning program, GPS IIF, using lean techniques. ...

... "The performance of these subsystems is a testament to our process-based management and to our lean manufacturing commitment, and GPS IIF fully meets the specifications set forth by our U.S. Air Force customer and places us firmly on track to deliver the satellite for the first launch in 2008. " ...

Via Boeing: Boeing Builds First GPS IIF Satellite

5S Lean Principles Explained

5S and Lean principles illustrated in this video. ...

Boeing Lean Manufacturing a Differentiator

Boeing wins Air Force contract for maintenance. ...

... "Using Lean manufacturing, and employee involvement initiatives, we have reduced the number of days the aircraft are out of service for maintenance by 19 percent, cutting costs by 15 percent per aircraft. " ...

Via Aviation Week: Boeing Success

PPG Lean Six Sigma Process Discussed

PPG Automotive Refinish shares insights on Lean Six Sigma with partners at upcoming seminar. ...

... "PPG will co-facilitate a NACE sponsored Roundtable titled Lean - Understanding the Process. The roundtables will provide a forum to discuss Lean Six Sigma processes in the collision center ... " ...

Via ABRN: PPG TPS Programs

Kaizen Facilitation Education Opportunity

Workshop teaches you to facilitate Kaizen and is scheduled for September 25, at Northeast State Technical Community College. ...

... "The Kaizen Facilitator Training Workshop will teach production and support personnel, who will be strongly involved in leading and the success of Kaizen events, a standard Kaizen process that can be used for implementing lean manufacturing tools, such as quick changeover, 5S, cellular/layout and TPM. " ...

Via Tri-Cities, Tennessee: Workshop Details

Lean Sigma Business Workshops

Workshop series offered. ...

... "To kick off the initiative, a free half-day introduction to Lean Six Sigma will be offered Sept. 22 at SiMT. The Pee Dee Section (Section 1124) of the American Society for Quality is one of more than 250 ASQ sections. " ...

Via South Carolina Now: Business workshops

Lean Six Sigma Consulting Organization Acquired

Accenture completes acquisition of the George Group. ...

... "As part of its comprehensive management consulting capabilities, Accenture will now be able to provide clients with offerings and techniques developed by George Group, including Lean Six Sigma, which combines process improvement methodology with efficient process discipline to reduce delivery times, lower costs and increase customer satisfaction. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. The transition of George Group's 250 employees to Accenture complements Accenture's aggressive recruiting initiatives to meet rapidly growing client demand for management consulting services, especially in process-improvement solutions leading to enhanced performance.

George Group consultants have provided services to Fortune 500 companies and government organizations in more than 54 countries. In addition to Lean Six Sigma, George Group has developed techniques such as Fast Innovation, which provides companies with methods and processes to accelerate and sustain innovation, and Conquering Complexity, which helps companies measure and reduce the impact of complexity within their organizations. " ...

Via Accenture: Acquisition of George Group, Specialists in Process Improvement, Accelerating Innovation and Streamlining Operations

Lean Six Sigma for Manufacturing Complexity

Webinar this week ...

... "Endicott Interconnect Technologies Inc. will be holding a webcast, entitled Implementing Lean/Six Sigma in Complex Industries: A Case Study at Endicott Interconnect Technologies, on September 6, 2007. The webcast will discuss the weaknesses in five essential factors that make most complex Lean/Six Sigma deployments falter. " ...

Register for Webcast on Implementing Lean/Six Sigma in Complex Industries

Lean Labor Productivity

Local officials evaluate lean methods ...

... "Combining Lean and Six Sigma which generates long term change is designed to incorporate the best of both methodologies. " ...

Via Cumberland Times: Celebrate Work and Productivity

Six Sigma Integrated with Creativity

Starwood integrates Six Sigma into a creative environment to achieve profitable growth. ...

... "Today, by harnessing Six Sigma processes to the creativity that bubbles up from its hotel units, Starwood is able to quickly turn concepts into reality. Hundreds of projects have been done this way, including a menu engineering program that rejiggers the contents of an in-room refrigerator based on their popularity to drive higher profits ... " ...

Via Business Week: Six Sigma at Starwood

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 COO Career Path

Profitline promotes Six Sigma expert to chief operating officer position. ...

... "Mr. Boyle has close to 30 years of progressive experience leading, establishing and managing operations, quality management and process improvement programs. Throughout his career, he has led over 400 lean and six sigma projects, trained numerous green and black belts, and worked as an operations consultant for clients such as Plantronics, LGE, QUALCOMM, BAE Systems, Illumina, and the US Department of the Navy. In a previous role with Solar Turbines Mr. Boyle managed several business operations, and was instrumental in helping the company win the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. " ...

Via ProfitLine: Keith Boyle Promoted to ProfitLine COO

Six Sigma Differentiation for Bank

Kenneth Lewis, Bank of America CEO, uses Six Sigma methodology to drive efficiencies and improve customer service. ...

... "He stepped up an unorthodox plan to implement the Six Sigma methodology that manufacturers use to minimize errors. Over his tenure, Bank of America's annual revenue has more than doubled to more than $74 billion. " ...

Via Wall Street Journal: Bank CEO Perspectives

Lean Warehouse Through Wireless Processes

Lean work processes in the warehouse are enabled by wireless technology. ...

... "The basic principles of Lean Manufacturing date back at least to the 18th century. In Poor Richard's Almanack, Benjamin Franklin wrote, He that idly loses 5s. " ...

Via Plant Services: Lean Warehouse

Machine Monitoring Delivers Six Sigma Data

Machine monitoring enables Six Sigma data collection and analysis. ...

... "The basis for effective Continuous Improvement programs such as Lean or Six Sigma is the availability and the access to reliable machine data. There are typically two approaches to data collection employed by manufacturers today. The first approach involves manual data collection and analysis - a completely paper based system. The second approach also uses data that is collected manually, but requires machine operators to input data estimates into a PC before it can be analyzed in an external database or enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

Manufacturers realize that both approaches produce inaccurate data and limit the potential for meaningful analysis and effective decisions. Shoplogix's patented Plantnode solution eliminates manual processes in production. By fully automating data collection and analysis at the machine level and then presenting data in real-time, Plantnode reports and analytics are based on fact rather than estimate. " ...

Via Shoplogix: Advanced Machine Monitoring System

Lean and SixSigma EQ Peas and Carrots

Lean can accelerate the progress seen in Six Sigma implementations and the methodologies complement one another. ...

... "It has become so obvious that the two go together in Serigraph's lean journey that it almost can be raised to the level of axiom - quality improvements can go only so far without lean - or total quality management is impossible without lean disciplines. " ...

Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Six Sigma, lean strategy

Seminar Explores Lean Six Sigma Role in Global Competition

APICS chapter offers Lean Six Sigma seminar on Tuesday, Aug 28th, 2007. ...

... "Competing Globally with Lean Six Sigma will offer a brief history of Lean Six Sigma, a process-improvement method, then move on to practical application of the principles in eliminating waste and variation to enhance global competitiveness. " ...

Via St. Cloud Times: Growth

Lean Workshop Series Upcoming

Info session on lean workshop coming up this week. ...

... "An information session about a coming Lean Certificate Workshop Series is scheduled for 8-9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Business Assistance Center, 2701 Larsen Road. " ...

Via Green Bay Press-Gazette: Lean workshop

Lean Quick Changeover

The lean workcell requires the ability to accomodate quick changeovers. ...

... "In fact, the ability to change the process and go from good part to good part as quickly as possible is a must. The faster the changeover, the less production time is lost. " ...

Via Electronics Supply & Manufacturing: Lean Principles

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