Innovation of the Week: Spotlight on Innovative Companies
Posted by: meikah | 27 October 2011 | 7:31 pm
This week’s edition of innovation update celebrates the companies that have embraced and sustained innovation in their respective organizations.
These companies, among which are International Business Machines Corp., Novartis AG, Intel Corp., Abbott Laboratories, Xerox Corp. and runners-up Hewlett-Packard Co. and Yahoo Inc., are the winners of The Wall Street Journal’s Technology Innovation Awards this year.
- Does the innovation break with conventional ideas or processes in its field?
- Does it go beyond marginal improvements on something that already exists?
- Will it have a wide impact in its field or on future technology?
Filed under: Innovation, Innovation Update, Novartis, Xerox Corporation
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SixSig Reference Feature: Putting Dinner on the Table with Lean Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 31 August 2010 | 8:23 pm
Every time I read about Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma being applied to everyday life, I’d get excited. It is because I want people to know that although the concept sounds ominous, it is actually not difficult to use or even learn it.
Aqua Porter, VP of Lean Six Sigma Strategy at Xerox, shares some insights on Real Business at Xerox.
When I read Dr. Carol Marchetti’s blog post back in June about the ways Xerox is using Lean Six Sigma methodologies to improve business processes, I started thinking, if Lean Six Sigma can help the business world, what could it do for my home life?
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Xerox Corporation
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Xerox Uses Lean Six Sigma to Improve Waste Management
Posted by: meikah | 15 October 2009 | 7:38 pm
An article on Environmental Leader says that Xerox has been helping its customers prevent waste through Lean Six Sigma.
First is Procter & Gamble whose worldwide print operations are handled by Xerox. Xerox helped P&G cut operational costs 20-25 percent by helping control when and how printers, copier and fax machines work.
Second is KeyCorp, a financial services company, that was able to reduce the annual paper output per person by 40 percent, reduce the number of printers, faxes and copiers from 10,000 to 3,500, and in the process save $6 million in operating costs through the help of Xerox and Lean Six Sigma.
You may also want to check out this ebook on Lean Six Sigma advocacy at Xerox.
Filed under: KeyCorp, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Procter & Gamble, Six Sigma, Six Sigma Organizations, Xerox Corporation
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Podcast: The Role Of Lean Six Sigma At Xerox
Posted by: meikah | 28 September 2009 | 9:58 pm
Xerox has made a major commitment to using Lean Six Sigma tools and methodology – both to drive improvements in our own business and to deliver measurable results for customers. Their unique, disciplined approach involves analyzing business processes and identifying ways to eliminate both errors and unnecessary steps. Xerox Global Services looks for ways to deliver improvements quickly and focus on leveraging your existing IT investments. From streamlining paper-choked workflows to automating labor-intensive functions, the results can be remarkable.
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Xerox Emirates Attributes Continued Success to Lean Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 26 February 2009 | 10:03 pm
Xerox Emirates (XEM) announced that the company enjoyed revenue growth in excess of 25% for the year ended December 2008 as compared for the same period of 2007.
In the process, XEM managed to maintain its leadership in the A3 color copier based multifunction product.
According to Andrew Hurt, General Manager of Xerox Emirates, the company will continue to give focus on their five critical building blocks namely people, infrastructure & business processes, customer & partner engagement, ‘customer experience,’ and cash.’
Mr. Hurt added:
“In 2007 we invested in the deployment of Lean Six Sigma to support our business objectives and operational excellence, as a result of which 9 green belts were certified. We will continue to deploy Lean Six Sigma to improve efficiency, simplify our business processes, add value to our customers and generate revenue.”
Related posts:
Lean Six Sigma at Xerox
Xerox Driving Efficiency Through Lean Six Sigma-based Document Management System
Xeroxing the Six Sigma
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma, Six Sigma Organizations, Xerox Corporation
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Xerox Driving Efficiency Through Lean Six Sigma-based Document Management System
Posted by: meikah | 28 February 2008 | 9:24 pm
Xerox Corporation, the leader in document management, is helping its clients save costs and streamline processes through its Lean Six Sigma-based document management system.
Among the ones most benefitted by this assessment methodology are the healthcare providers. Healthcare processes battle every day with paperwork, thus document management is really crucial. But by streamlining document-driven business processes, healthcare providers are achieving cost savings, ensuring regulatory compliance and realizing productivity gains.
According to Valerie Mason Cunningham, VP for Healthcare Industry, Xerox Global Services, “Patient records, healthcare forms, insurance regulations…all those documents can be hard to manage, whether they are in paper or electronic form. Healthcare executives who have a sound document management strategy will be the leaders in the industry to combat the barrage of economic and regulatory challenges. Xerox is poised to help them succeed.”
Three big healthcare providers that claim to have been benefitted by Xerox’s Lean Six Sigma-based document management system are:
Baptist St. Anthony’s Health System through Lean Six Sigma-based Xerox Office Productivity Assessment – achieving brand consistency throughout its 16 healthcare locations. Documents and forms are standardized for ordering and are now printed on-demand, eliminating waste and reducing costs.
Foote Health System through Xerox Document Advisors and Xerox ReqDirect™ Plus – enhanced worker productivity, eliminated warehousing of obsolete and out-of-date forms and helped address the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations’ document standards.
Physicians Endoscopy, L.L.C. through Xerox DocuShare™ and Xerox DocuShare CPX 6.0 – said good-bye to file cabinets and hello to improved productivity, bringing us closer to reaching our corporate paperless initiative.
Check out also the other SixSig posts on Xerox.
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