Lean Six Sigma News

• Knowware International, Inc. Celebrates 15 Years

  May 22, 2012: For the past 15 years, KnowWare International, Inc. has provided Lean Six Sigma software and consulting solutions to all types of organizations; including government agencies, large corporations, small businesses, hospital and medical facilities, and educational institutions.

• Newark Group Formalizes Operational Excellence Team

  May 21, 2012: The Newark Group, a Cranford, N.J.-based collector of secondary fibers and manufacturer and converter of 100-percent recycled paperboard, has formalized its Operational Excellence Team (OpEx). The company reports that the OpEx team’s focus already is yielding improvements in both operations and cost efficiency.

• Silicon Mechanics Appoints Pierre Fournier as Operations Manager

  May 21, 2012: Known as an involved, hands-on leader, Mr. Fournier will drive process improvement initiatives, manage staff to achieve departmental goals, and identify and resolve and issues or bottlenecks in production and warehouse processes.

• Apollo Benefits From Lean Supply Chain With eXception Group

  May 21, 2012: In partnership, the two companies devised a lean supply chain process that has significantly improved delivery and supply of eXception Group’s 4.8m circuit boards it supplies each year to Apollo.

• Jamie Reed Joins Loan Resolution Corporation As EVP

  May 17, 2012: “Overseeing our daily operations will give him [Reed] opportunities to utilize his Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and his passion for customer service.”

• City Taps Consultants to Improve Development, Permitting, Inspections

  May 16, 2012: City Councilor David Marshall said, as a business owner, “I look at our zoning books some days and just say, ‘The only person who may understand this is one person in City Hall whose specific job is to review zoning.’ The permitting process needs a lot of work.”

• People, Process Issues Offer Path to Improve Data Quality On The Cheap

  May 16, 2012: The good news is that data quality management is about more than just technology. It’s also about people and processes, and analysts say that by focusing on those two areas, organizations can make significant data quality improvements without spending much money at all.

• PerfectServe Expands Chicago Hospital Implementation Team

  May 16, 2012: Jeff Andretich, Lauren McGrail, and Craig Jaffe will be responsible for guiding PerfectServe’s hospital clients through the deployment process of the company’s intelligent communications system, which eliminates hospital errors and enables nurses and doctors to better coordinate care.

• Crouse Partners With EMS Professionals

  May 16, 2012: The training program involves officials from Crouse Hospital and a number of EMS representatives from across the region. The group is being taught the techniques of Lean-Six Sigma by faculty from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

• 5 Ways Process is Killing Your Productivity

  May 15, 2012: Good processes can turn especially dangerous when they creep from manufacturing lines and finance departments into brainstorms and research labs. Some of the worst offenders have been companies that implemented overarching processes like Six Sigma, a rigidly data-driven quality-management program originally designed to tackle manufacturing problems.