Category: Lean Six Sigma

Recently, the city of Houston published performance indicators indicating that its investment in Lean Six Sigma is paying off big. According to a report from Mayor Parker, there are now 1,000 city employees trained in the methodology, an article from The Tribune announced. In what Parker referred to as the creation of a “grassroots culture…

According to a school official, Lean Six Sigma helps Dublin Ohio schools save big. How big? According to a recent op-ed from Annette Morud, the district’s director of continuous improvement, two years ago, the district saved $1 million in energy costs alone. The savings continue each and every day, Morud wrote, as Lean Six Sigma…

For eight years, the U.S. Army has embraced Lean Six Sigma. So much so, according to a September article from the Army News Service, that they’ve trained 11,000 people in the methodology, who are embedded throughout the military branch. Looking at the results, it would appear that the efforts have paid off. To date, over…

Medical XPress recently reported that researchers believe the application of Lean Six Sigma principles in rural hospitals in India will shorten patient queues by 91 percent and reduce consultation time by a third. Given the limited resources of hospitals in the country and the numbers of people who enter them, Lean Six Sigma has the…

In a recent op-ed for Modern Distribution Management, long-time distributor consultant Steve Epner wrote about how not only is Lean Six Sigma more than a passing trend, it is — for the companies who understand it, at least — a means by which to survive and thrive. Epner interviewed fellow consultant and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt…

Trefis stated in a recent article published in Forbes that Kraft Foods Group’s ability to reduce its per unit costs and increase its production activity through Lean Six Sigma based enhancements was part of the reason the team increased its price estimate for the company to $61 a share, which was more than 13 times its previous…

According to a recent report from CPhI — a group devoted to supporting growth and innovation in the pharmaceutical supply chain — the pharmaceutical industry must do more to initiate improvements to its manufacturing processes and create efficiencies in order to drive down costs while improving profits and drug quality. These improvements, which include implementing…

According to a recent article in the Hi-Desert Star, if Chad Mayes gets elected to the 42 District seat of the California State Assembly, one of the things he plans to do is implement a Lean Six Sigma approach to how the state does business. Mayes, of Yucca Valley, stated in the article that he is…

In a recent post to the ReliablePlant blog the ability of Lean Six Sigma to achieve dramatic improvements in quality and sustainability were discussed. The article made recommendations for how plants can reap substantial rewards from a Lean Six Sigma program. The article points out that Lean by itself encourages a sustainable, cost-effective outcome, but that…