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“Tom’s proven success in applying best practices in operational excellence and Lean manufacturing in a positive and engaging way will be extremely valuable for our Operations staff and Xcentric.”

George Marouchos previously was a senior manager at Maple Leaf Foods Inc., where he was the youngest Six Sigma Black Belt.

“As a board member, Victor’s contributions will help us maintain a culture of continuous improvement in our operations as we continue to expand our retail stores and manufacturing facilities.”

“Rose’s extensive experience with large multi-national companies, strategic execution and operational effectiveness will be invaluable as we continue to aggressively push to become EPS positive, increase market share across Canada and expand operations in the United States.”

Total savings stemming from their projects was about $40,000.

As the new head of operations, Mike McKibbin’s career has encompassed a range of senior management positions focused on production management, facilities management and Lean manufacturing.

She is a certified Master Black Belt in Six Sigma.

Most recently, Andrew Baney was with NETZSCH Premier Technologies and JLG Industries wherein he demonstrated building cultures focused on people and developing processes to have meaningful impact.

Ron Crabtree, founder and CEO of MetaOps, says, “We are delighted to be recognized for our forty-seven-step process that begins with understanding what the customer is trying to solve, the nature of the challenge, and the difficulty level.”

She presented on the topic “Utilizing Six Sigma’s DMAIC model to improve flour mill balance, mill performance, efficiency, finished product quality, extraction, and profitability.”

“Over the years at Georgia Tech, I have been privileged to serve in a wide variety of capacities — assisting companies with government procurement, their implementation of quality management systems and Lean Manufacturing protocols, the launch of a Lean Healthcare initiative, creating community economic development research and strategic plans, and directing the GaMEP,” Fite said.

“With the assistance of Leggett & Platt and its Global Systems Group, we were able to design a state-of-the-art, lean manufacturing facility in Southern California.”

Wieber will lead the overall operations, quality improvement, program development and clinical education efforts of the Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute. She has a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification in Healthcare.

More than 75 laboratories around the world have been awarded this certification, for which errors in test results must be minimal, with less than four errors in a million occurrences.

He completed his Six Sigma training at Motorola University.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Georgia, an MBA from Babson College and Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

Promoted to associate vice president, Chad Carmichael has over 20 years of experience in process and operational excellence.

He is board-certified in internal medicine and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Healthcare. He also has completed a certification program in business analytics from Harvard Business School.

“David [Buley]’s experience is extensive, as are his certifications including Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, factory physics and as an ISM certified purchasing manager.”

In addition to its virtual consulting services and workshops, the company has been updating its COVID-19 Resource Center online to further provide advice for companies facing this difficult time.

Earlier in his career, he served in a variety of roles in sales, marketing, and management, including Six Sigma business group director.

The programs will be offered virtually with a mix of live video time and individual and group exercises.

The state police said in a press release they are confronting the challenge of tackling their slowed down processing, even with an increase of use of the system. The ISP says it’s implemented changes from the Lean Six Sigma management analytics technique and is in the process of hiring 32 firearms eligibility analysts to work on the backlog.

Ingredion named Eric Seip senior vice president, global operations and chief supply chain officer. In this role, Seip will be responsible for leading global manufacturing, supply chain and procurement excellence, driving world-class safety, delivering cost savings through efficiency management and accelerating digital transformation.

During the programme, participants visited Fab-Lab at QBIC to learn more about digital manufacturing and received a number of inspirational seminars by the team at Fab-Lab.

He has 30 years of consulting experience with a focus on operational improvement and supply chain projects.

“Jeff brings extensive practical and strategic manufacturing experience, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma expertise.”

“These projects resulted in sustained time reduction and improved productivity for 97%-100% timely processing of quality assurance inspections, and 100% of weight certificate and file record reviews tracking.”

“[McQuade] will bring a wealth of knowledge to our talent development, international operations and global strategic development, Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement processes, and the aerospace and defense industries.”

Banks has been the champion of Parker Hannifin’s Lean transformation, as well as a driving force behind the company’s product innovation and successful acquisition strategy and integration efforts.