Rhode Island Government Goes Into Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 14 September 2008 | 9:29 pm
It started when government employees started leaving ahead of the changes in the health insurance coverage for retirees. With the leaving also comes a cut in budget.
Left with fewer employees and a budget cut, government agencies cannot afford to make its operations suffer. So what Gov. Donald L. Carcieri did was to try out Six Sigma.
Providence Business News reports:
Last month, top administrators from a dozen of the state’s largest agencies attended Six Sigma training sessions at Providence-based global conglomerate Textron Inc…
In full-day sessions… 75 state administrators picked through state government functions and processes, locating inefficiencies, prioritizing services, determining where job openings need to be filled and what needed to be streamlined…
The idea: Give department directors and their underlings some methods for dealing with the reduction in the state’s payroll, which has shrunk by more than 1,000 jobs in the last year.
Now, even governments turn to Six Sigma for improved processes, and the list is growing.
Filed under: Six Sigma Organizations, Training, Public Sector, Processes, Textron, Six Sigma, Productivity
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Successful Cessna’s Relocation is Due to Lean
Posted by: meikah | 6 August 2008 | 9:26 pm
The move was inevitable. Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company, knew they had to move its 140,000-square-foot McCauley Propeller Systems manufacturing plant in Vandalia, Ohio, to its new 110,000-square-foot home in Columbus, Georgia.
The clincher: to make the move in one month.
The challenges: to maintain the least amount of disruption to production and downtime and to have little or no disruption of operations and deliveries.
The solution:
Cessna’s Jimmie Veal turned to The ACCESS Group (TAG), experts in lean manufacturing consulting and plant relocation based out of Nashville, Tenn., to complete a feasibility study for the business impact of the project.
Then they enjoined Jabezco, which was working in harmony with TAG, who determined the optimum move sequence through first understanding the process flow, inventory levels, demand, etc.
Today, the Columbus McCauley Propeller Systems operations are producing more product, have employed cost and production efficient robotics vs. manual labor and are following lean manufacturing principals.
It’s amazing that one big move like this has been made successful because of a system called Lean.
Source:
iSixSigma News
Related stories:
Six Sigma Helps Cessna Make Good of Its Promise
Textron’s Six Sigma Way
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Textron, Lean, Cessna
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Six Sigma Practitioners To Hold Key Positions
Posted by: meikah | 8 May 2007 | 11:48 pm
In the news, two Six Sigma practitioners will be holding key positions in leading companies.
First is Lynn Kelley. She is the new VP of Textron Six Sigma. She will also serve on Textron’s Transformation Leadership Team, a group of 20 executives from Textron’s diverse businesses and functions that plan and drive the most vital company-wide initiatives. As VP—being Six Sigma Master Black Belt and having experiences in lean and integrated supply chain, Kelley will be responsible for further advancing Textron’s Six Sigma efforts, which do not only drive savings but have become critical to growth and innovation in the organization. Read more…
Second is Dr. Jeffrey A. Graves who will now sits on the Board of Directors in Teleflex Incorporated. According to Jeffrey P. Black, chairman and CEO of Teleflex, Graves will bring a strong engineering and international business background, as well as deep experience with Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing initiatives. Read more…
Then you have Kevin Stokes who is now the new VP for Global Technical Services. Stokes will be overseeing the Lean Six Sigma, Design & Test, Development Services, Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quoting and Information Technology for KEG units worldwide. Read more…
