Mark Piggot of PACCAR is Six Sigma CEO of the Year 2008
Posted by: meikah | 10 August 2008 | 8:13 pm
The Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards, organized by WCBF, has announced that Mark Piggot of PACCAR is Six Sigma CEO of the Year.
PACCAR is a multinational technology company that manufactures premium commercial vehicles sold around the world. It has committed to its ambitious goal, among other goals, to achieve 30% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency for selected medium-duty applications over the next seven years.
According to the PR email sent to me:
Six Sigma has played a major role in PACCAR’s worldwide growth and profitability since 1997. Revenues have increased from $6.5 billion in 1997 to $15.2 billion in 2007. 12,000 employees as well as dealers and suppliers are trained to use Six Sigma to evaluate engineering design, assembly procedures, sales ordering and financial transactions. PACCAR has implemented more than 7,600 Six Sigma projects which have delivered over $1.5 billion in cumulative savings since 1997.
One of the most successful and innovative Six Sigma initiatives at PACCAR is the High Impact Kaizen Event (HIKE). HIKE’s combine the power of Lean and Six Sigma to make significant improvements across multiple functions of an operation in just four weeks. HIKE’s have been successfully deployed throughout all PACCAR locations and businesses, many supplier facilities, and customer sites.
“PACCAR and its customers have benefited from Six Sigma and HIKE initiatives which have delivered world-class product quality, efficiency improvements and innovative customer service programs,” shared Mark Pigott, PACCAR Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Since the establishment of Six Sigma in 1998, the company has achieved improved operating efficiencies in its manufacturing facilities of 5-7 per cent per year. Six Sigma has also contributed towards improving logistics performance and the quality of components delivered by the company’s suppliers.”
The awards ceremony will take place at WCBF Global Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit on October 15th in Orlando. Please visit www.gsssa.com to view the summit information, and www.tgssa.com to view the awards site.
Congratulations Mr. Piggot and PACCAR!
