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Learning Labs Explore New Tech for Manufacturing

According to Design News, you’ll get an opportunity to attend five programs on emerging technology for manufacturing at next week’s Pacific Design & Manufacturing Show in Anaheim, Calif. These two-hour programs are available to all attendees of the Pacific Design and Manufacturing Show, as well as its co-located events: MD&M West, ATX West, PLASTEC West, AeroCon, Electronics…
Company Aims to Have a Quarter of Salaried Staff Receive Six Sigma Training

Vertellus Specialties Inc., a chemical company headquartered in Indianapolis, announced recently that it intends to have 25 percent of its salaried staff obtain Six Sigma training by the end of 2014. The company stated that future training will encompass all of the company’s approximately 800 employees, at all levels of the organization. The company —…
Lean Six Sigma and Information Technology Benefits Health Care System

The Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System of central Illinois is praising the practices of Lean Six Sigma and the role that information technology has played in implementing those practices for saving hundreds thousands of dollars over the past two years. According to an article from HealthLeaders Media, the regional health care organization is requiring all directors managers and supervisors…
Army Turns to Lean Six Sigma at Fort Hood

In 2009, Jim DePriest became the first employee of Fort Hood Army Base’s mission support element to attend Lean Six Sigma black belt training. Since then, the Army has embraced the principles of Lean Six Sigma, according to an article in the Fort Hood Sentinel, and has applied them to a number of operations. One…
Global Window Manufacturer Seeks Six Sigma Training for Employees

Thirty-seven employees of Deceuninck North America recently obtained Six Sigma training and green belt certification at the company’s Ohio headquarters, and five of those employees will go on to obtain their black belt Six Sigma certification, according to a company press release. During the training, the employees created actual customer-focused improvement projects that will reduce…
University Turns to Six Sigma Training to Increase Efficiency

The University of Dayton recently announced that it had successfully incorporated the principles of Lean Six Sigma into a number of its operations and that the students would soon have the opportunity to obtain the same Six Sigma training that was provided to its faculty. The university’s director of its School of Engineering’s Center for…
3 Examples of Sustainable Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma is one of the best tools in the business to improve the overall proficiency and quality. It has been proven for many years. One of the main obstacles with this tool is to make sure that it stays sustainable and doesn’t run out. If the project is only has the support of management…
Not So Young Frankenstein

Let’s say you were a modern day Dr. Frankenstein and you decided you wanted to bring an organizational creature to life. Let’s further say you were a nefarious Dr. Frankenstein and the organizational creature you wanted to bring to life was one that continuously produced errors…lots of them…day in and day out. What would go…
Six Sigma – It’s All About Service

A number of the world’s most famous companies have products which are, objectively speaking, nothing special. In a way this is hardly surprising; truly extraordinary products are, by definition, rare. Most consumers will spend most of their money on everyday items with the occasional big-ticket purchase. Their purchasing decisions will be influenced by various factors…
Six Sigma Training Takes Ethanol Industry by Storm

According to Jim Fruge, a consultant for the ethanol industry and a Six Sigma black belt, most ethanol producers are now adopting the practices of Six Sigma in order to increase efficiency in product creation and ethanol production. The industry’s embrace of Six Sigma was highlighted in a recent article in Ethanol Producer Magazine. Six…