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Document Advisors and Xerox ReqDirect™ Plus - enhanced worker productivity, eliminated warehousing of obsolete and out-of-date forms and helped address the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations’ document standards.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.
Source:
Six Sigma Zone News
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma Organizations, Technology, Six Sigma, Xerox Corporation
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Lean Six Sigma at Lydall, Inc.
Posted by: meikah | 27 February 2008 | 11:35 pm
Lydall, Inc. is a leading producer of specialty engineered products for demanding thermal/acoustical and filtration/separation markets.
To be able to carry out the company’s strategy, one of which is to be global company known for its excellent service, high quality, and unique technologies, Lydall embarked on its Lean Six Sigma journey. That was in 2005.
A couple of years later, Lydall can already boast of significant benefits and savings brought about by its Lean Six Sigma initiatives.
According to Dale Barnhart, President and Chief Executive Officer:
“We closed the year with a solid fourth quarter as sales and operating income increased significantly when compared to last year’s fourth quarter. For the year, excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, sales increased by 1 percent and operating income by 4 percent, as compared to 2006. Contributing factors were: the strong performance of our air and liquid filtration businesses; continuing improvements by the vital fluids operation; a stable automotive business, despite current market conditions; and the ongoing benefits of our Lean Six Sigma efforts.
I can’t stress enough the importance of the Lean Six Sigma program to Lydall, especially in light of the current economic climate. Since we first began implementing Lean Six Sigma at the beginning of 2005, gross margins as a percent of net sales have increased by 290 basis points and we look forward to continued progress as Lean becomes inherent in the culture of Lydall.”
Source:
CNN Money
Filed under: Benefits and Savings, Manufacturing, Lean Six Sigma, Deployment, Inc., Lydall
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What Lean Six Sigma Improvement Teams Should Do
Posted by: meikah | 26 February 2008 | 9:59 pm
Aside from strong harmonious teamwork, Tony Jacowski also suggests that the Lean Six Sigma implementation team should do the following:
- Identify the common problems and challenges and focus only on those that are critical to the main process - make use of time-tested Six Sigma tools and techniques such as “Process Charts” that highlight each and every event, functionality, and sub-processes of the given process selected for improvement.
- Seek input from people such as floor managers, supervisors, process managers, and others who might be having workable knowledge about the given business process. If required, middle and top management can also be requested to provide their valuable input and suggestions.
- Utilize Six Sigma simulation tools.
- Encourage creativity and innovation because sometimes only these skills can save a project from certain failure. Constant motivation, guidance, and recognition are good ways of promoting creativity and innovation among the Lean Six Sigma implementation team members.
- (and if I may add)Sustain the improvement initiative by constantly reviewing data and processes.
Source:
Free Business Articles
*Photo from Stock.Xchng
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Training, Team Dynamics, Six Sigma
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Ranhill Bhd and Felda Holdings Bhd Saving Cost Through Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 26 February 2008 | 9:21 pm
These two leading Malaysian companies—the former an engineering corporation, the latter a services company —have claimed at the Six Sigma Asia Pacific Conference 2008 in KL to have made significant savings through Six Sigma.
Ranhill Berhad saved about RM656,000 since it adopted the programme, while Felda Holdings Berhad has recorded savings of RM30 million.
Source:
TheEdgeDaily, 22-02-2008: Ranhill, Felda control cost with Six Sigma formula
Filed under: Six Sigma Organizations, Six Sigma Zone, Six Sigma
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SixSig makes it to Process Geek’s new O! Blog List!
Posted by: meikah | 26 February 2008 | 8:41 pm
Thanks to Troy Worman again for including SixSig on his new O! Blog List!
I’m especially happy because the blogs on my blogroll made it to the list, too, through SixSig. 
Congrats everyone!
Here’s a blog, I’d like to add to this new O! Blog list: Lean Healthcare Exchange.
Check it out!
