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(University of San Francisco: San Francisco) -- With demand for qualified supply chain specialists reaching record levels, there’s never been a better time to demonstrate your expertise in supply chain management. With the University of San Francisco’s new Master Certificate in Supply Chain…
The Performance Management Group (TPMG) is offering new live, e-learning courses through two certification and training programs: Lean Six Sigma Service Excellence and Performance Management.
Lean Six Sigma Service Excellence
Course: No. Online Live 21—Black Belt Certification—Nov. 1 and Dec.…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- Organizations know the key to survival is maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction, because keeping customers is much easier than earning new ones. Those organizations also know that using lean and Six Sigma helps them to stay fiscally competitive. But now the task is…
Quality auditor, engineer, and Quality Digest Daily columnist Mike Micklewright will present his entertaining and informative impersonation, "What Would Deming Say?" during his keynote address at the American Society for Quality (ASQ) Silicon Valley Quality Conference, Oct. 21–22. Micklewright…
(Lean Enterprise Institute: Cambridge, MA) -- The books Follow the Learner: The Role of a Leader in Creating a Lean Culture, by Sami Bahri, DDS, and The Lean Manager, by Michael Ball and Freddy Ballé, both published in 2009 by the Lean Enterprise Institute Inc. (LEI), will be honored at the 23rd…
(Pilgrim Software: Tampa, FL) -- Pilgrim Software Inc., a global provider of enterprise risk, compliance, and quality management (ERCQM) software solutions, is the recipient of business analyst Frost & Sullivan’s 2010 North American Best-In-Class Customer Value Enhancement Award in the ERCQM…
(Buker Inc.: Antioch, IL) --The Lean Manufacturing Assessment, a new booklet produced by Buker Inc., offers manufacturing companies the opportunity to benchmark themselves in their lean efforts against the “best in class” lean manufacturing standards. The Lean Manufacturing Assessment focuses on…
(Six Sigma Management Institute: Scottsdale, AZ) -- Business leaders, improvement experts, Six Sigma professionals, and consultants are cordially invited to attend “The Social Convergence of Six Sigma,” a two-day leadership event to be held Oct. 27–28 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Discover new…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- Representatives from Kraft, Medtronic, Procter & Gamble, and others will be giving presentations about how their companies are leveraging manufacturing quality to increase productivity and lower costs at InfinityQS’ fourth-annual SPC software user conference,…
(University at Buffalo: Amherst, NY) -- Through the Center for Industrial Effectiveness, the University at Buffalo (UB) provides public training for lean Six Sigma. The fall course, Green Belt Blended Format—Wave 10, offers a unique way to become a lean Six Sigma Green Belt that can take place…
(Professional Business Solutions: O’Fallon, MO) -- Professional Business Solutions Inc. (PBSI), a provider of technical assistance and training programs for forensic laboratory professionals worldwide, has released its 2010 edition of the combined Forensic Laboratory Lean Six Sigma Training and…
(Bluespring: Cincinnati) -- Bluespring Software, a leading provider of business process innovation (BPI) technology and solutions, has announced that it will expand its Rapid Process Assessment (RPA) service. Bluespring RPA provides organizations with quantitative data to make informed decisions…
What is kansei engineering? Editors Mitsuo Nagamachi and Anitawati Mohd Lokman and publisher CRC Press present two books that explore kansei engineering: Innovations of Kansei Engineering defines in detail what kansei is and its role in developing products based on the customer’s feelings, wants,…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, has introduced its Master Black Belt (MBB) Fall Webcast Series, to occur in October and November. This series of three, free one-hour lectures by…
(PowerSteering Software: Cambridge, MA) -- PowerSteering Inc., developer of PowerSteering Software, an on-demand project and portfolio management (PPM) solution for managing lean Six Sigma, IT, and product development, will host a free webcast on Tuesday, Sept. 28 at 11:30 a.m. (EDT). The webcast…
(CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Far from the Factory: Lean for the Information Age (CRC Press, 2010) delivers the tools and techniques needed to adapt lean manufacturing concepts of waste, value, and continuous flow to the technology-rich, service-oriented office. Today most of the work-to-be-done…
(University at Buffalo: Buffalo, NY) -- The University at Buffalo has announced two new courses, the Certified Change Management Professional program, and the Blue Belt Lean Certification program.
Change management
In today’s ever-evolving business environment, leading and adapting to change is…
(SME: Dearborn, MI) -- The demand for sustainability is growing stronger every day, and manufacturers are looking for ways to comply in order to reduce their impact on the environment and increase profitability.
Many are discovering that lean practices—which seek to eliminate all forms of waste…
(ACTLean: Lawrenceville, GA) -- ACTLean will offer a two-day workshop discussing lean innovation topics in Atlanta, on Nov. 4–5. The goal of the seminar is to teach practical approaches of lean management thinking for innovation and development departments, and the successful implementation of…
(Simpler Consulting LP: Pittsburgh) -- Simpler Consulting LP, a global management consulting firm that helps companies improve processes to stimulate business-affecting results, has launched the Simpler Design System (SDS), a new service that assists organizations with the product development…
(PowerSteering Software: Cambridge, MA) -- PowerSteering Software, a provider of on-demand project and portfolio management (PPM) solutions, will lead an executive forum titled “Applying Lean Six Sigma to Lean Six Sigma” at the IQPC Process Excellence Leaders Meeting in Chicago on Sept. 14–15…
Since 2007, Cape Coral, Florida, has adopted a mission to eliminate waste in all processes and operate in a more effective and efficient manner. Since then, the city has achieved more than $2 million in cost savings and performed 18 kaizen events to reduce costs and increase productivity without…
(University Alliance: Tampa, FL) -- Fueled by the rising demand to streamline key processes, business process management (BPM) has become a central requirement in planning, implementing change, and evaluating performance in organizations. In fact, the number of large companies (those with more…
(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Praveen Gupta, adjunct industry professor for business innovation and co-chair for the Business Innovation Conference 2010, announces that registration is open for attendees. The conference, now in its third year, is being held at the Illinois Institute of…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, the global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, reports a quadrupling of enrollments for its lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt certification programs. Since June, MoreSteam has witnessed…