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(Juran Institute: Southbury, CT) -- Juran’s Upgrade to Black Belt Workshop is now being offered in Washington, D.C. beginning Feb. 28, 2012. These eight days of training will consist of two, four-day training sessions spanning approximately two weeks. Participants will become technical experts for…
(LEI: Cambridge, MA) -- The nonprofit Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) will run 13 workshops April 3–5, 2012, in San Antonio, Texas, addressing the technical and social aspects of lean manufacturing and lean service transformations.
The curriculum also will help you understand lean as a complete…
(TÜV SÜD: Peabody, MA) -- TÜV SÜD America Inc. has opened its 30,000 square foot Energy Efficiency Center of Excellence, located just north of Atlanta. The laboratory is accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) in compliance with ISO/IEC 17025—“General…
(ASQ: Milwaukee) -- An author and president of a management development and advisory company, and a principle consultant for a recognized thought leader have been selected as keynote speakers for ASQ’s 2012 Lean and Six Sigma Conference.
The conference will be held Feb. 27–28, 2012, at the…
(Gemba Academy: Mukilteo, WA) -- The development team at Gemba Academy has developed an online training course, Hoshin Planning. Currently the course includes 11 video modules, one quiz, and 11 downloadable files. This brings the total number of continuous improvement videos offered by Gemba…
(Visual Workplace: Byron Center, MI) -- Visual Workplace Inc., which develops and markets high-quality products to help you implement and sustain a lean work environment and 5S programs, has introduced on-demand educational webinars presented by visual workplace expert, Gwendolyn Galsworth, Ph.…
(S. Chand Group: New Delhi) -- Implementing Six Sigma in Education Towards TQM in Academics, by Dheeraj Mehrotra (S. Chand, 2011) is about excellence in education and an experiment to solve issues concerning the teaching-learning process. Mehrotra discusses handling problems as Six Sigma…
(Visual Workplace Inc.: Byron Center, MI) -- How do you bring visuality to a manufacturing setting that sometimes requires a full year to complete and ship a single product? How do you ignite and maintain interest? And what role does management play in keeping the momentum strong?
Every…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- Building on the success of Mark Graban’s Shingo Prize-winning first edition in 2009, Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Engagement, Second Edition (Productivity Press, 2011), explains how to use the lean management system to…
(Pyzdek Institute: Tucson) -- The Pyzdek Institute LLC has added two online lean training classes to its portfolio of online courses on process excellence topics. The new courses are written and presented by Thomas Pyzdek, author of The Six Sigma Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 2009), The Handbook of…
(MoreSteam.com: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a global provider of online lean Six Sigma (LSS) training and blended learning support technologies, will host “Projects: From Idea to ‘Done’ and Back Again,” a free, one-hour Master Black Belt (MBB) webcast at 1 p.m. EST on Thursday, Nov. 17,…
(WCBF: Chicago) -- WCBF will be approving a limited number of storyboard/poster presentations for display at the WCBF 11th Annual Lean, Six Sigma, and Business Improvement in Healthcare Summit, taking place at the New Orleans Marriott, May 15–18, 2012.
Presenters will need to be available to…
(InfinityQS: Chantilly, VA) -- InfinityQS International, the leading provider of real-time quality control software solutions, announced that Doug Fair, vice president of technical services, will speak this week at Quality Expo in Chicago. Fair will present “Deploying a Global Quality System,”…
(Accelper Consulting: Schaumburg, IL) -- Accelper Consulting, provider of training and consulting services in Six Sigma and business innovation, will be holding the next 2.5-day Six Sigma Green Belt Training and Certification session on Oct. 17–19, 2011, at the Illinois Institute of Technology…
Known for engaging employees to solve problems and achieve efficiencies, WorkOut is a process that relies on employees to identify and solve problems in less than 90 days. The tool was developed and gained popularity in the early days of Jack Welch’s tenure at General Electric during the 1980s…
Industry-leading manufacturers will be presenting best practices for using statistical process control (SPC) software at InfinityQS’ fifth annual user conference at the JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, Oct. 16–19, 2011. The conference, Infusion 2011, will offer nine comprehensive, hands-…
(Marconi Society: Mountain View, CA) -- Robert W. Galvin, former chairman of Motorola, will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Marconi Society for his historic and lifelong impact on worldwide telecommunications. The award will be presented at the Society’s annual awards gala…
(Lean Learning Solutions: Toronto, ON) -- Lean Learning Solutions Inc. has introduced its Lean Thinking app. This unique mobile application illustrates lean vs. conventional thinking in contemporary organizations.
The app works as a memory jogger of key lean mental models through thought-…
(X-Stream Leadership Group: Pottstown, PA) -- X-Stream Leadership Group, provider of executive coaching and leadership development, has announced its inaugural session for its new world-class Blended Black Belt course developed in conjunction with Drexel University. This course combines in-…
(Productivity Press: Boca Raton, FL) -- The methods and concepts presented in the bestselling first edition of Practical Lean Accounting revolutionized the approach to the management and control of lean companies. Enhanced with extensive end-of-chapter exercises and a CD-ROM with lean accounting…
(MoreSteam: Columbus, OH) -- MoreSteam.com, a leading global provider of online lean Six Sigma training and blended learning support technologies, and the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University have set the dates for the upcoming fall and winter live sessions for their joint…
Editor’s note: Quality Digest Live will be featuring an interview with Mikel Harry and Tom Pyzdek on Friday, July 25, 2011. Don't miss it!(Six Sigma Management Institute: Scottsdale, AZ) -- Since Mikel J. Harry spawned the Six Sigma movement nearly 25 years ago, it has become a recognized industry…
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Norman Bodek, author of several best-selling books, including How to do Kaizen: A new path to innovation—Empowering everyone to be a problem solver (PCS Inc., 2010), will be running his “Respect for People” certification course in September 2011 to teach you how to…
(QI Macros: Denver) -- Jay Arthur, author of Lean Six Sigma Demystified (McGraw-Hill Business, 2010) and QI Macros for Excel, has spotted new trends driving changes in Six Sigma. The recent recession has made every company more focused on reducing costs and boosting profits. Because lean Six Sigma…
(Southern New Hampshire University: Manchester, NH) -- Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is now offering an MBA with a concentration in Six Sigma quality. Six Sigma is one of the most widely used quality management approaches in the business world, utilized to gain production and…