Transplace Launches Lean Six Sigma Program
Posted by: meikah | 9 December 2008 | 9:11 pm
During this critical times, Transplace is launching Lean Six Sigma Program. They had started with the initiative in 2005, and is into it till now.
To date, Transplace has sent to training 12 Black Belts and 65 Green Belts that lead and provide support on projects. As a result, the program has made Transplace realize savings in excess of $5 million, allowing the company to continue investing in people, processes, and technology; all to bring value to its customers.
What’s good about Transplace’s Lean Six Sigma initiative is that it is supported by top management. According to its CEO, Tom Sanderson, the main objective of the program is to equip employees to make decisions based on statistical analysis and drive waste out of processes.
In this note, Transplace suggests the following to make your Lean Six Sigma program successful:
- Provide executive support and leadership. Programs have a better chance of positively influencing the culture with sustainable results when there is sponsorship and support from the highest levels.
- Dedicate qualified individuals. Commit employees with the appropriate skills and not just those that are available. It is important to have solid leadership driving the program and teaching these critical skills to others.
- Practice what you preach. Using Lean Six Sigma principles internally drives experience and knowledge on the program and strategies.
- Fully develop your program. Companies should consider committing 1 percent of their employees to a full-time Black Belt role and engage 10 percent of their employees part-time for leading Green Belt projects.
- Learn from others. Discussing successful Lean Six Sigma strategies with peers paves the way for building best practices and aids in avoiding common pitfalls. Continue to benchmark your Lean Six Sigma program with others.
- Do not practice on customers. Becoming proficient at Lean Six Sigma strategies before engaging customers is critical in order to ensure positive results occur and problems are avoided during implementation.
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Lean Six Sigma Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 7 November 2007 | 10:08 pm
It has been a while since I last went around the blogosphere. Today, I’m sharing with you good lean six sigma links. Read on…
Mike of Got Boondoggle? describes the lean journey as taking two steps forward and one step backward. It’s true! Isn’t it that you need to step back to assess a situation in order for you to move forward? And I agree with Mike when he says, “I must admit, part of the allure of the lean journey for me is the challenge. It’s not about the challenge to master the lean tools. It’s not even about the challenge to eliminate waste. For me, the challenge is helping create a learning culture that drives continuous improvement forever, even as we go two steps forward and one step back.” Very well said!
Ron of Lean Six Sigma Academy describes two types of Kaizen: Point Kaizen that looks at only a part and the System Kaizen at the whole. There are good and bad points of each but it’s sure better to have a wholistic view first then break the operation down into more manageable parts. Work gets done faster and better that way.
Over at Lean Blog, Mark shares a link whose writer shares his experience with seeing lean manufacturing in action. The writer claims that seeing lean (literally, as in posters on “lean corners,” 6S, and Kanbans) live is a beautiful thing. Mark’s thinking, on the other hand, makes sense: we should not make platitudes but be champions of action, and always safe action at that.
Let me end this roundup with a news about Transplace, a third-party logistics (3PL) provider, that embarked on a lean Six Sigma program. The goal of the company is to bring quality service to its customers, and what better way than going Lean Six Sigma. Read more…
