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(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- In response to its huge and hugely successful Six Sigma Green Belt training classes in March 2010, and then receiving many requests for repeating, Accelper is organizing another session for March 21–22, 2011, at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- The year 2011 is shaping up as a prime year for MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies. Not only is the number 2011 a statistically fascinating convergence of prime numbers, but the new year…
(Purdue University MEP: Indiana) -- Purdue University’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Center will offer Six Sigma training programs around the state beginning in late January. MEP, a part of Purdue’s Technical Assistance Program, also offers Six Sigma on-site training, implementation,…
(EnerNOC Inc.: Boston) -- EnerNOC Inc., a provider of energy management applications for the smart grid, recently announced that it is partnering with a Virginia Tech research group to monitor energy usage data across multiple sites to study “lean” manufacturing strategies. The Wood Innovation…
(ATS: Amsterdam) -- Applied Tech Systems (ATS) announces the release of its visual quality operations management software, ATS Inspect version 5.3. Check out the complete list of enhancements available in 5.3 and read case studies describing the benefits that ATS Inspect has accomplished in the…
(Minitab: State College, PA) -- Kraft Foods is quickly and effectively working toward Six Sigma goals with new software that makes it easy to analyze Zarpac Performance Index (ZPI) data with Minitab Statistical Software.
The ZPI-Minitab Link effectively blends performance data-collection and -…
Following World War II, U.S. automakers focused on increasing productivity to meet a seemingly insatiable domestic demand. Meanwhile in Japan, faced with a decimated economy and limited resources, Toyota discovered their success hinged not on increasing productivity, but effectiveness. To this end…
(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc. introduces Banner Kits. Banner kits enable users to quickly produce durable, high-quality and professional-looking banners for 5S programs and create visuality in the workplace at a fraction of the cost of purchasing them from an…
(Rucker & Associates: Raleigh, NC) -- Getting lean can often mean going green. As energy costs continue to rise, company decision makers search for ways to make their organizations more efficient. Rucker & Associates president David Rucker says lean Six Sigma strategies, usually applied to…
(Gemba Research: Mukilteo, WA) -- Don’t miss the next Japan Kaikaku Experience, a best-practice benchmarking tour of lean manufacturing companies in Japan. This is a full-immersion experience in lean culture. The kaikaku tour is designed to open your eyes, broaden your horizons, deepen your…
(Profit Finders: Strongsville, OH) -- Profit Finders, a proprietary data collection and analysis company, has developed a web-based technology rooted in the concepts of lean manufacturing and continuous improvement. The technology is designed to capture and analyze detailed cost and process data.…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- In the book Leading the Lean Healthcare Journey: Driving Culture Change to Increase Value (CRC Press, 2010), by Joan Wellman, Patrick Hagan, and Dr. Howard Jeffries, every health care organization can learn from Seattle Children’s Hospital’s continuous improvement…
(QI Macros: Denver) -- Most people are afraid of math and statistics. They worry that they’re not smart enough to use them correctly, or that someone will challenge them. And who can blame them when statistics “speak” is loaded with phrases like, “cannot reject the null hypothesis.” Great jargon…
(WCBF: Chicago) -- WCBF’s 10th Annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement in Healthcare Summit, “Healthcare Transformation to Achieve and Sustain Excellence—Culture, Leadership, and the Impact of Government-Initiated Reform” is the largest gathering of senior-level executives responsible for…
(Edgecombe Community College: Tarboro, NC) -- Problem solving in manufacturing likely has been around since the first handmade tools were designed a couple million years ago.
But the phrase “problem solving” is relatively new, and so is its application in today’s world of business and industry…
(Apollo Associated Services: Midland, MI) -- Well-known for helping Fortune 500 and blue-chip companies solve recurring problems and reduce risk through its root cause analysis (RCA) training and consulting, Apollo Associated Services LLC has announced the 2011 schedule for its well-attended…
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n his new book, Essentials for the Improvement of Healthcare Using Lean & Six Sigma (CRC Press, 2010), author Diomidis H. Stamatis (aka Dean) presents solutions to the problems that plague the health care industry by providing case studies and explaining a multitude of quality tools and…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended-learning support technologies, has released EngineRoom-based versions of its popular lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt online training courses. Each course now includes a…
(Lean Enterprise Institute: Cambridge, MA) -- Next year’s Lean Transformation Summit explores lean practice from two angles. From a Fundamental perspective, you’ll see how large and small companies in a variety of industries launched and sustained lean transformations. The same companies also will…
(Zontec Inc.: Cincinnati) -- Zontec Inc. has announced 10 new features for its Synergy 1000T v. 7.0 statistical process control (SPC) software that is due for general release Dec. 1.
Synergy 1000 is designed for quality improvement on stand-alone PCs and local work-group computers. The…
(Business901: Fort Wayne, IN) -- Released as an e-book, Lean Marketing House, by Joe Dager (Business901, 2010) is now available for downloading.
“When you first hear the terms ‘lean’ and ‘value stream,’ most of us think about manufacturing processes and waste,” says Dager. “Putting the word ‘…
Cummins Inc. designs, manufactures, sells, and services diesel engines and related technology around the world. It serves its customers through a network of 500 distributors and more than 5,200 dealer locations in more than 190 countries and territories. Cummins incorporates quality in everything…
(High Technology Seminars: Cold Spring, NY) -- High Technology Seminars has announced three events for the beginning of 2011: “Visual Lean Basics—Lean Eyes—Learning to See Waste,” “Human Error Prevention,” and “Root Cause Analysis.”
“Visual Lean Basics—Lean Eyes—Learning to See Waste”
This…
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- The Gold Mine: a Novel of Lean Turnaround (Lean Enterprise Institute, 2005), a popular lean business novel about a failing company that survives by adopting lean manufacturing, is now available as an audio book.
Written by Freddy and Michael Ballé, the novel deftly…
(Factory Strategies Group: Morro Bay, CA) -- Factory Strategies Group has released its new Lean Enterprise Strategy Kit to support the strategic planning efforts at organizations and smaller companies. The kit brings together the best of traditional SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and…