Six Sigma Companies News: Toyota to recall 3.8 million vehicles
Posted by: meikah | 8 October 2009 | 9:50 pm
Here’s another edition of Six Sigma Companies News.
Toyota Motor Corp. said it would recall 3.8 million vehicles sold in the United States as it tries to resolve concerns that floor mats in those cars and trucks could cause their gas pedals to become stuck, leading to uncontrollable acceleration.
The recall will be the largest ever in the U.S. for the Japanese carmaker, whose reputation for quality has been dinged by other recalls in recent years. The recall will cover eight models of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, including various years of Camrys, Priuses and Tundra pickups.
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Six Sigma Companies News: Toyota considers halting operations at California’s Last Car Plant
Posted by: meikah | 30 July 2009 | 9:16 pm
Here’s another edition of Six Sigma Companies News.
Toyota, the company that is known to have set the standards in process innovation and improvement with its The Toyota Way, is not spared from the crisis.
In a recent article on Los Angeles Times Online – Business, Toyota is considering ceasing operations at California’s last car plant.
LAT reports:
Toyota Motor Corp. appears to be moving closer to shuttering California’s last auto plant.
The Japanese automaker plans to start talks next week that could dissolve New United Motor Manufacturing Inc., or NUMMI, which opened in Fremont in 1984 as a 50-50 joint venture of Toyota and then-General Motors Corp.
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Upcoming Lean, Six Sigma Conferences on GoingToMeet.com
Posted by: meikah | 2 July 2009 | 8:23 pm
GoingToMeet.com, the most comprehensive online directory of conferences around the world, has listed a good number of Lean and Six Sigma conferences in the coming months.
Check out the list below.
- Lean Six Sigma Certification Programs Hyderabad from CSI and KINDUZ
Hyderabad Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India 500007
Jul 18, 2009 – Jul 26, 200 - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt to Black Belt Upgrade (July 2009)
New York, New York United States
Jul 20, 2009 – Jul 24, 2009 - 8th Lean Six Sigma for Pharmaceutical, Biotech & Medical Device Excellence
Los Angeles, California United States
Jul 27, 2009 – Jul 29, 2009 - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt to Black Belt Upgrade (August 2009)
New York, New York United States
Aug 10, 2009 – Aug 14, 2009 - WCBF’s 4th Annual Lean & Six Sigma in Service & Transactional Environments Conference
Chicago, Illinois United States
Aug 18, 2009 – Aug 20, 2009 - WCBF’s New to Six Sigma
Chicago, Illinois United States
Aug 31, 2009 – Sep 02, 2009
For more conferences, visit and subscribe to GoingToMeet.com.
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The SixSig Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 22 June 2009 | 6:31 pm
It’s time again for some link-loving and see what other blogs are saying about Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma and other quality improvement processes.
Perhaps, in one of his wine-tasting activities, James the Wine Guy asked if Six Sigma was used in making the wine. He got a “yes” answer. Read on…
Over at The Call, Cheryl A. Ficarra, the new finance director of North Smithfield, is excited about her new post, and is anticipating to implement Six Sigma in her line of work. Read on…
Gift Shop features Tony Jacowski who said that asking the right questions is the key to Six Sigma data collection. Read on…
At Lean Manufacturing Online, Tom Smith, shares some insights on how to define the Six Sigma structure. Any major change initiative requires a clearly defined supporting infrastructure to drive the program. Read on…
Agribusiness-Tour shares the contents of the book, The active Managers’ Toolkit. Among the list are the Six Sigma Managers. Read on…
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Six Sigma Companies News: Johnson Controls Wins $12M Energy Efficiency State Contract
Posted by: meikah | 18 June 2009 | 8:14 pm
Here’s another edition of Six Sigma Companies News.
Johnson Controls Inc., a global leader in automotive experience, building efficiency and power solutions, launched Six Sigma in 2000 as a step to fulfill their mission, which is to exceed their customers’ increasing requirements.
Well, nine years later, Johnson Controls may have made good on that promise and took it to another level. This time they’re embarking on energy efficiency.
Washington Business Journal reports:
Maryland State Police hired Johnson Controls Inc. for electric upgrades that will cut energy consumption by 26 percent.
The state Board of Public Works approved the $12 million contract Wednesday.
Johnson will tackle lighting and water conservation retrofits, heating and cooling system upgrades, digital controls and renewable technologies for the police’s Reisterstown headquarters and barracks across the state.
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The SixSig Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 7 June 2009 | 7:15 pm
It’s time again for some link-loving and see what other blogs are saying about Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma and other quality improvement processes.
Lean Manufacturing Blog takes us back to the basics of Six Sigma and asks, “What is Six Sigma?” Basically, the concept of Six Sigma deals with measuring and improving how close we come to delivering on what we planned to do.
Daily Kaizen shares how to create local engagement after top down change. “One of the most challenging problems we are trying to solve is how to balance organizational and customer needs for consistency and performance with the engagement of frontline teams in defining improvement.”
Ron Pereira of LSS Academy shows us how to deal with the seven deadly wastes. View the interesting video now!
Lean Thinker shows us the value of catching an error before it is too late. There are three levels when talking about mistake-proofing: “prevent the error from happening in the first place; detect an error as it is being made and immediately stops the process (and alerts the operator) before a defect is actually produced; detect a defect after it has occured, and stops the process so that the situation can be corrected before any more can be made.”
Over at Spercus, Peter Peterka tells us why Six Sigma will work in service environments. “The core principles of Six Sigma allow it to cost-effectively translate manufacturing-oriented Six Sigma tools into the service delivery process.”
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Six Sigma Companies News: Troubled NBC calls on exec Angela Bromstad
Posted by: meikah | 26 May 2009 | 10:32 pm
Here’s another edition of Six Sigma Companies News. The complete title of the news article was Troubled NBC Calls on exec Angela Bromstad to revive prime time.
If we may recall, in December 2008, another news article had the headline NBC Six Sigma Retooling. According to that news, NBC was using Six Sigma to improve its processes in the TV network space and has positioned itself for a transformation versus its peers.
Fast forward to April this year, Los Angeles Times carried the story of a troubled NBC:
Angela Bromstad is NBC’s survivor.
Two years ago, Bromstad, then president of NBC’s television production studio, made what was seen as a suicidal career move. After losing a power struggle over control of the network’s programming, she walked away from her job.
Fast-forward to last November. NBC’s fall prime-time schedule had collapsed, Bromstad’s nemesis at the network was long gone, another rival was about to be shown the door, and NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker desperately needed to restore order to NBC after two tumultuous seasons with Ben Silverman in charge.
Continue reading…
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Six Sigma Companies News: Boeing’s Troubles
Posted by: meikah | 16 April 2009 | 9:00 pm
Here’s another edition of Six Sigma Companies News. Boeing is another Six Sigma company that is trying to keep afloat during this crisis.
Last year, we heard about workers’ strike, and workers returning back to work after ending strike. The airline industry was happy that Boeing was able to resolve its issue with the workers. A company like Boeing when it halts operations affects the whole aviation business.
Now, latest news has it that Boeing stock dips after analyst dowgrade.
Shares of aerospace giant Boeing fell Monday, as analysts lowered ratings and earnings estimates for the company following its announcement last week that it would cut production of wide-body jets.
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The Oil Industry Looks at Six Sigma as Savior
Posted by: meikah | 14 April 2009 | 9:55 pm
In a press release on MarketWatch, oil industry visionaries foresee a decrease in consumption of gasoline. Thus, energy companies see the need to use their resources more efficiently to maintain and grow revenue and profit.
To address this need, iSixSigma Live! sets an Energy Forum for Process Excellence in Houston, the energy capital of the world, on May 19-22. The workshop will detail how upstream and downstream energy companies can spend fewer resources and achieve faster results.
One of the goals of the workshop is:
Explore, understand and discuss ways for you to integrate and apply Strategic Process Management, Lean and Six Sigma, to rapidly improve your business performance.
Via: MarketWatch Press Release
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Six Sigma Companies News: G.M.’s Latest Blues
Posted by: meikah | 29 March 2009 | 10:07 pm
General Motors (G.M.) is really in a bad situation right. Amidst decreasing sales and impending request for bailout, the latest news has it that it’s CEO, is stepping down.
It was only mid last year that G.M. was reported to be ahead of the pack because of its quality initiatives, specifically DFSS and Six Sigma.
It’s sad to see a big and successful company such as G.M. go. It’s even unthinkable!
What can you say about this?
The latest update on G.M.:
‘Surgical’ Bankruptcy Possible for G.M.
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