About a week ago, Stars and Stripes reported that 19 members of the 8th US Army Korea became Black Belts. The new Black Belts would be part of Lean Six Sigma, now in its third year at U.S. Forces Korea.
So far the the 8th Army has completed 51 Lean Six Sigma projects, saving about $51 million. According to Ron Rezek, a special assistant to the Secretary of the Army who works in business transformation, U.S. Forces Korea’s Lean Six Sigma program is ‘at the front of the pack’ Army-wide, and students get an unusually high amount of support from their commanders. Read more…
It seems that US Army is also getting its other bases outside of the U.S. into Lean Six Sigma. This should be a good thing.
Source:
iSixSigma News
