iSixSigma’s Best Places to Work Competition
Posted by: meikah | 2 July 2008 | 8:15 pm
Last week, Michael Marx announced that iSixSigma is looking for nominees for the Best Places to Work for Six Sigma folks.
Are you in that kind of company? Or Do you know of any company that is the best place to work for Six Sigma advocates?
If you are or you know of one company, check out Michael’s post.
Filed under: Six Sigma Organizations, Events/Announcements, iSixSigma, Six Sigma, Productivity
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Six Sigma at Citation Corporation
Posted by: meikah | 27 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Citation Corporation designs, develops and manufactures high-quality cast, machined and assembled components for the automotive, heavy trucks, and industrial markets. It employs 2,700 associates in Alabama, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
East Texas News reports that Citation just certified its first wave of Six Sigma Green Belts. The company eyes a company-wide initiative to certify 42 Six Sigma Green Belts at its castings facilities in 2008.
For this initiative, a GE Master Black Belt team is providing the company with training and project mentoring.
Citation’s COO, Cary Wood:
“Six Sigma certification is a valuable tool that is helping us reduce process variation and drive continuous improvement throughout our manufacturing operations. With these certifications, we are planning double-digit improvements in quality indicators. Additionally, Six Sigma methods will add support to our existing Lean initiatives already underway, aimed at strengthening our position as a world-class supplier.”
This initiative combined with the existing 18 Six Sigma Black Belts and the 21 members of senior management who recently received executive overview training, brings the total count to 81 employees, or 18 percent of the salaried workforce, who have gone through some level of Six Sigma training in the past six months.
Source:
iSixSigma News
Filed under: Manufacturing, Six Sigma Organizations, Training, Deployment, iSixSigma, DMAIC, Six Sigma, Citation Corporation
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Looking for iSixSigma Live 2009 Summit Sessions and Ideas (And Speakers)
Posted by: meikah | 25 May 2008 | 10:23 pm
Michael Cyger of iSixSigma blogosphere is inviting you, your ideas, and your participation to the iSixSigma Live 2009 Summit. Check his invite-post now!
Last May 1, you were also invited to the premiere of the iSixSigma Live! Social and Networking Party in Seattle. The event was very successful, and Michael Cyger himself wrote about it.
If you had been to that premiere or you missed it, then you wouldn’t want to miss the summit in 2009, do you?
Filed under: Events/Announcements, iSixSigma, Six Sigma
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SixSig Announcement: 2008 ISSSP Leadership Conference has Started
Posted by: meikah | 20 May 2008 | 7:15 pm
Check out the iSixSigma blogs for updates of this event.
Already, Michael Marx has posted two updates over at his SixSigmaCompanies blog. 
Find the conference details here.
Filed under: Events/Announcements, iSixSigma, ISSP
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Six Sigma Movements
Posted by: meikah | 7 May 2008 | 8:21 pm
iSixSigma highlights a few Six Sigma movements in the past couple of weeks.
StreetInsider announces that Russell W. Duke, Ph.D. will join Sunquest Information Systems, Inc., as an executive consultant. Sunquest is a market leader in laboratory information systems, and Duke will fill in the role that will enable him to contribute towards developing and driving the company’s Lean Lab and Outreach strategies.
Over at eMediaWire, Change Management Consulting, Inc. (CMC), a privately-owned management consulting and training firm appoints Brad Thorne as Vice President and Global Lean Six Sigma Practice Head.
The EarthTimes also announces the promotion of Kerry Fordyce to the position of Vice President of Manufacturing at Arrow Industrial Ltd. Arrow Industrial’s President, Bob Geoffroy, said, “Kerry is a strong business manager who can use his experience with lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical process control, finance, leadership and safety to help us continue providing products and services that meet or exceed the expectations of our customers.”
*Photo from Insyte-Consulting
