Driving Lean for Year-end Savings
Posted by: meikah | 14 December 2009 | 9:04 pm
An article on Industry Week talks about how to achieve savings at the end of the year, and as you close your books. The formula is:
Minimizing Tax Liabilities + driving Lean Manufacturing = Year-end SavingsÂ
Opportunities for tax savings have never been better. In fact, many manufacturers are minimizing tax liabilities by identifying depreciation and R&D tax credits as they continue their pursuit of lean initiatives.
*Photo from iStockPhoto
Filed under: Benefits and Savings, Finance, Lean, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
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The SixSig Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 14 December 2009 | 8:17 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.
Jeff Pruit of Fort Wayne Politics online writes that Indianapolis takes Six Sigma to its illogical conclusion. Read on…
Over at Lean Manufacturing Blog, the role of Six Sigma in supply chain is discussed. A manufacturer can provide a quality which is highly dependent on – The Suppliers and the suppliers of suppliers. Read on…
Today’s Six Sigma features the most FAQs about Six Sigma. Many companies have heard of Six Sigma, but most have no idea what it actually is or how it works. Read on…
Over at Management Care: Project Management blog, Aaron Gonzalez writes about using Six Sigma to improve productivity by Wafer Fab. Read on…
Going Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard blog shares the one-day Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business management system Strawman creation to share with executives. Read on…
Filed under: Lean Manufacturing, Project Management, Six Sigma
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Innovation of the Week: Framework of Principles for Innovation Initiatives
Posted by: meikah | 10 December 2009 | 8:46 pm
For this week’s edition of innovation update, I’m sharing with you the Framework of Principles for Innovation Initiatives that the Australian government will be implementing.
Electronic News reports:
Federal, State and Territory Innovation Ministers said they adopted a set of national innovation principles to guide policy development and increase the consistency of government innovation programs across Australia.
The adoption of the “Framework of Principles for Innovation Initiatives” by all governments, said Australian Innovation Minister, Senator Kim Carr in a statement, will increase the coordination of innovation program design to ensure that the programs are complementary and respond to the changing needs and priorities of Australian businesses.
Filed under: Australia, Innovation Update, Public Sector, Six Sigma
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5 U.S. Organizations Receive the 2009 Baldrige National Quality Award for Innovation and Performance Excellence
Posted by: meikah | 9 December 2009 | 10:54 pm
According to the press release:
President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced that five organizations are the recipients of the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for innovation and performance excellence.
The 2009 Baldrige Award recipients—listed with their category—are:
- Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, Kansas City, Mo. (manufacturing)
- MidwayUSA, Columbia, Mo. (small business)
- AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (health care)
- Heartland Health, St. Joseph, Mo. (health care)
- VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center, Albuquerque, N.M. (nonprofit)
Filed under: Awards, Baldridge National Quality Awards, Innovation, Quality, Six Sigma
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The SixSig Trivia
Posted by: meikah | 9 December 2009 | 9:00 pm
It’s 16 days before Christmas, and I’m sure by now, many of you have already Christmas trees in your homes. Do you get a real tree or those artificial ones?
When my mom was much younger, she would always make her own Christmas trees. Sometimes she would get a real one, other times, she would create a replica of a tree full of snow (soap suds, really). About 10 years ago, she resigned to putting up the same green plastic Christmas tree year after year, and adorn it with different balls or colored-paraphernalia each year.
However, according to the American National Association of Christmas Tree Growers, although artificial Christmas trees are more convenient, “real†trees are better for the environment.
They came up with this chart that shows Christmas tree preferences since 2002.
Source: http://www.christmastree.org/statistics_consumer.cfm#type
Via: PQ Systems eLine, Data in everyday life
Filed under: Data, Data Analysis, Environment, Six Sigma, SixSig Trivia, Sustainable Business
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 9 December 2009 | 8:24 pm
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, you get a chance to win a copy of the newly-released collection of Quality Quiz Classics. Submit your response by December 31 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
As he was making his patient rounds each day at St. Marble and Glass Hospital, Dr. D. Fib Rillayter kept running into evidence of patients in restraints—those who might be considered risks for hurting themselves or others if they were not restrained. Dr. D. Fib Rillayter knew that while many restraints were applied appropriately for only short periods of time, the mounting use of such restraints for prolonged periods of time was nonetheless troubling.
Winners of last month’s quiz and a copy of the Quality Quiz Classics DVD are:
Bob Fullenkamp (American Honda)
Cyndi Lee (Mayo Clinic)
Neil Melbourne (Edscha AG)
Sandra Morris (GlobalMed Inc.)
Ryan Punch (Australian Springs)
Congratulations!
Filed under: PQ Systems eLine, Quality, Quality Quiz, Six Sigma
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Six Sigma and Managing the Environment
Posted by: meikah | 7 December 2009 | 9:39 pm
From iSixSigma articles:
The current ISO 14001:2004 standard for environmental management systems has explicit requirements for defining and establishing objective targets and measures as part of an organization’s commitment to sound environmental management. Meeting these standards can be made easier when Six Sigma is applied in complement to an organization’s environmental management system. The presence of a robust Six Sigma program – including work completed and documented during DMAIC projects – also can help demonstrate compliance to ISO 14001:2004. The following example illustrates the benefits of using Six Sigma to meet environmental goals.
*Photo fom Stock.Xchng
Filed under: Environment, Six Sigma, Sustainable Business
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The Benefits of Implementing Six Sigma in Education
Posted by: meikah | 7 December 2009 | 8:41 pm
Last month, I shared with you how Six Sigma can be incorporated in education in terms of instilling in the minds of the students this quality mindset.
Today, I will share another article about the benefits of implementing Six Sigma in education. This time the focus is on getting the players (teachers, parents of students, and students) into the Six Sigma initiative. The idea is quite interesting really.
How then can Six Sigma be incorporated in education? The workforce in the academic industry would be the teachers while the customers are the parents. The parents are the ones that pay fees, all the while expecting their wards to procure positive qualitative results. Through the improvement of teaching techniques, teachers can then foster positive changes in the performance of the students. This change is actually expected to last all throughout a stipulated time period, for acquired profits to remain consistent.
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Filed under: Benefits and Savings, Education, Six Sigma, Training
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Lean Six Sigma at ADC Telecommunications
Posted by: meikah | 7 December 2009 | 6:56 pm
ADC Telecommunications is the leading provider of Broadband network infrastructure products and services (Copper and Fiber connectivity, Network solutions and professional service). The company has 10,000 employees and has facilities in Shakopee, MN; Sidney, NE; Santa Teresa, NM; Juarez, MX, Delicias, MX; Berlin; Brno (CZ); Bangalore (IN); Sydney (Aus); Shanghai.
Looking at that basic profile, we can say that there is a need for the company to establish a system. The company then decided to go into Lean Six Sigma. The goal was to “have a systematic approach to managing change in critical business processes leading to sustainable breakthrough performance; and an effective leadership and management tool to maximize the best use of ADC’s time, money, and resources.”
And this is ADC’s Lean Six Sigma journey: Lean Six Sigma Deployment at ADC.
Filed under: ADC Telecommunications, Lean Six Sigma, Processes, Six Sigma, Telecommunications
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Innovation of the Week: Innovation Perspectives – No Shooting Stars
Posted by: meikah | 3 December 2009 | 8:46 pm
For this week’s edition of innovation update, I’m sharing with you concepts and misconceptions of innovation.This is a running series of the Blogging Innovation blog.
When companies think every innovation has to be a shooting star, their innovation efforts aren’t going to get very far.
A recent Accenture survey of 630 executives from large firms in the U.S. and U.K. found this alarming stat regarding innovation inside enterprises:
58% believe their organization is looking for the next silver bullet rather than pursuing a portfolio of opportunities.
