Lean Six Sigma News

SigmaXL Inc., a leading provider of user-friendly Excel Add-ins for Statistical and Graphical analysis, announces the release of SigmaXL Version 9.

Aaron Chang is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and holds a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification.

In 2019, MRC focused on increasing efficiency and exploring new applications for recycled mattress components. Significant projects included more than $120,000 in funding awards for collection sites to enhance their storage and loading capabilities, studies to identify new end markets and improve the transportation network, Lean manufacturing assessments of its recyclers and projects to improve the recycling of pocketed coils and create a circular economy for polyurethane foam.

While the program was offered on campus in past pre-pandemic years, all of the course work and project can be completed online.

“Lean Six Sigma training takes the combined approach of eliminating waste and reducing defects. At Veneer Tech, this is something we look for opportunities to do every day.”

The management program includes Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt courses and project management certification.

Raymond’s commitment to Lean management principles, including Toyota Production Systems’ innovative training efforts and standardized work documents, was a key factor in its Muscatine plant achieving this honor.

“The improvements have been nothing short of amazing. What used to take weeks and months, now takes a couple of days.”

Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron said he appreciates Salinas’ expertise in Six Sigma leadership principles. “He has developed a number of dashboards that allow the public to go in at any time and see the budgets for things, and how well we’re doing on conserving energy and all those sorts of things,” Cameron said. “He’s been very successful with that, and that was a big attraction for me.”

Officials credited the program’s engagement with Indiana manufacturers and estimated a $4.35 billion economic impact. The program helped more than 1,200 companies in the past year with Lean manufacturing, leadership development, quality improvement and cybersecurity.

“Transplace continues to expand into more manufacturing-centric verticals where inventory management and visibility are important. Having LeanCor’s expertise is critical when folks are trying to find the balance of lean principles as well as being nimble and having flexibility to respond to changing market conditions.”

The city said it used best practices and applied Lean Six Sigma approaches to develop the Power Dashboard, as well as identify efficiencies and improve the procedures and processes at various testing sites to help secure better testing experiences.

Sue Vanderbilt brings 25 years of experience in plant startups, mergers and acquisitions, enterprise resource planning software implementations, plant improvement projects and Lean manufacturing oversight.

The Creform System is used to create an array of material handling and efficiency enhancing devices and is a proven component in continuous improvement and lean manufacturing programs.

In Process Improvement and Legal Project Management, participants will explore strategies to gain competitive advantages in the marketplace through applying important process improvement toolkits (including Lean, Six Sigma, Legal WorkOut, Pure Technology, BPR, RPA, Theory of Constraints, PDCA, Gemba, 5S and the main concepts behind each), and applying the five key phases in executing a process improvement project, as well as project descriptions for the context of a legal environment.

Professionals who have mastered the Six Sigma courses and would like to showcase their journeys to success, or individuals in need of some extra motivation to get started with their Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean certifications, are encouraged to acquire this rare coin.

Downing continually explores new research opportunities related to quality and operations management and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Ian K. Walsh is the incoming CEO. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and achieved the prestigious International Shingo Silver Medallion for Operational Excellence for his work at Lycoming Engines.

The Kenworth Chillicothe team used Design for Six Sigma methodologies and a collaborative effort with its partner ARC Solutions Technology.

Leslie Bradley’s also been selected as a member of the next Missouri Leadership Academy class — a program for state workers that develops leaders in the state’s 16 executive departments — and has completed the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training and certification.

She has over 25 years of experience in Lean manufacturing environments, engineering and information technology.

The curriculum includes not only essential hands-on training but also Lean manufacturing principles and critical workplace behaviors.

“Dr. Edgeman has broad research interests in quality management, Lean Six Sigma, operations management, and supply chain management.”

The FastForward short-term programs being offered entirely online this semester include Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

He brings the specific disciplines of Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma to Office Furniture Warehouse’ operational management.

The webinar will discuss a healthcare case study on the current application of process simulation in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and will also explore how to start an initial process simulation study.

The two-day, eight-hour program, led by Dr. Myriam Quispe-Agnoli, associate professor of economics at Mercer, and Dr. Eric Kushins, assistant professor of management at Berry College, provides entry-level certification for individuals interested in understanding the Lean Six Sigma managerial approach and developing a process improvement toolkit.

For the past 30 years Ty Schroeder has gained experience in a wide range of industries including print, finishing, advertising, distribution and fulfillment and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Goodnight has implemented successful business improvement initiatives, including Lean manufacturing tools like Kanban, 5S and value stream mapping.

“We will be offering two dynamic workshops packed with information from leading subject matter experts who will show engineers how to analyze and reduce the cost of a company’s designs and another group of subject matter experts who will discuss why manual assembly remains the most popular way to put together a product,” said John Sprovieri, Editor of ASSEMBLY Magazine, sponsors of The ASSEMBLY Show.