• Six Sigma Handbook 4th Edition #1 Best Seller on Amazon

    Click here to go to the Amazon.com page for the Six Sigma Handbook. #1 Best Seller in Industrial Quality Control on Amazon.com. Book DescriptionPublication Date: May 13, 2014The most complete, current guide to Six Sigma “Best practices in Six Sigma are continuously evolving, just as Six Sigma itself evolved from earlier best practices in quality improvement.…

  • Six Sigma Training: Does the Investment in It Ever End?

    Perhaps you’ve heard of the examples. The corporations who turned to Lean Six Sigma years ago in order to gain efficiencies in their processes which result in cost savings, better service, and better products. For those corporations — or any company turning to the methodology for strong results — does the investment of Six Sigma…

  • Does Lean Six Sigma cut government jobs? City says no.

    Recently, the city of Kawartha was asked an interesting question: Does Lean Six Sigma cut government jobs? According to a report from Kawartha Lakes This Week, the city says its Lean Six Sigma initiative has not resulted in the loss of any full time jobs, though some seasonal positions were cut. Here are the details.…

  • Lean Six Sigma Helps Dublin Ohio Schools Save Big

    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…

  • More Than 11,000 Lean Six Sigma Practitioners in the U.S. Army

    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…

  • Waste Prevention a Primary Focus of Lean Innovation at Amazon

    Customers won’t pay for waste. That’s why, according to a recent post from Innovation Excellence, waste prevention has been a primary focus of lean innovation at Amazon. Thanks to the understanding of this from the CEO and Amazon creator, Jeff Bezos, the company implements lean principles from the way it ships to how it handles…

  • Pharmacy Department Sees Big Benefits from Lean Six Sigma

    The in-house pharmacy department at the University of North Carolina Hospitals recently turned to Lean Six Sigma as a way to improve workflow and increase customer satisfaction among patients and nurses, according to a report from Pharmacy Times. The department not only achieved those objectives, but also found a reduction in errors, less clutter, and…

  • Why Would a Company Provide Six Sigma Training to Hundreds of Employees?

    Why would a company invest in providing six sigma training to hundreds of its employees? For Irish Life, the largest life and pensions group and fund manager in Ireland, it’s all about innovation. According to a report from Business and Leadership, about 40 of the 300 people involved in the company’s corporate division are focused…

  • What Kind of Job Could Six Sigma Training Lead To?

    Since you’re reading this, you probably already know a little about Lean Six Sigma. You might even have an idea about how six sigma training can help a business or organization to become more efficient and save a lot of money. But do you know what that training does for the individual who completes it?…

  • The versatility of Lean Six Sigma: it’s not just for manufacturing

    Recently, Priya Sinha Cloutier, of law firm Lane Powell’s Seattle office wrote a piece entitled Lean Six Sigma: it’s not just for manufacturing. In it, she detailed the history of Lean Six Sigma, as well as its journey. Six Sigma was developed by Motorola in 1986 as a set of techniques and tools for process…

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