NewPage 4th Q and Year-End 2009 Financial Results Attributed to Lean Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 22 February 2010 | 10:02 pm
NewPage, the leading producer of coated paper, announced its 4th quarter and year-end 2009 financial results, and attributed its success to Lean Six Sigma.
According to Mark A. Suwyn, NewPage Corporation Chairman:
“We also continued our relentless focus on Lean Six Sigma (LSS), and now have 3,800 people trained in LSS. Our employee efforts have had a significant impact on our costs and productivity is growing every day. In 2009, we realized $60 million in hard savings through 470 completed LSS projects. Since deployment, LSS has realized $149 million and completed over 900 LSS projects.”
Well, it’s not new that NewPage is into Lean Six Sigma. In fact, the company has been using Lean Six Sigma principles in its green efforts. In 2008, NewPage is one of the Top 10 Best Places to work for Six Sigma Professionals and won Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Start-up in iSixSigma Live 2009!
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Recycling Efforts at NewPage follows Lean Six Sigma Principles
Posted by: meikah | 6 April 2009 | 8:01 pm
Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune carries the story about an inter-school contest of gathering and collecting phonebooks for recycling.
Two recycling clubs will receive cash prizes at the end of the contest that is running from now until Thursday, April 30. Representatives of NewPage and ATK are donating $250 each for this phonebook recycling contest.
… Giving a Powerpoint presentation of NewPage’s environmental stewardship was Patsy Koontz, public relations manager, who said, “Green practices start with each of us.â€
Telling about a newly-formed Rapid Lean Six Sigma team that enables productivity and growth, Koontz said, “The environment is important to NewPage, the employees, customers, and the community.â€
She also mentioned that as part of Lean Six Sigma, a focus centered on reducing waste, finding and working toward a solution, while engaging employees for ideas.
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Lean Six Sigma Works at NewPage
Posted by: meikah | 5 October 2008 | 9:51 pm
NewPage Corporation is a leading producer of coated paper in North America. The company has around 8,000 employees and has net sales of about $4.7 billion.
As a producer of coated paper, the company faces the challenge of producing paper faster, better and cheaper—all at the same time. To do this and more, NewPage implements an operating model with two priorities: (1) lowering costs while increasing quality; (2) focusing on customer needs to optimize value as well as two cultural initiatives.
The company then implements Lean Six Sigma, a combination of the speed and low cost of lean manufacturing principles and the quality and low variability of Six Sigma. The results have been amazing for the compay.
