Ohio Nonprofits Reap Benefits of Six Sigma Training
If there was ever a group that could benefit from the principles of Lean and Six Sigma, it would be the nonprofits. It’s not that they have more waste and …
IndustryWeek ‘Best Plants’ Awards: 25 Years of Continuous Improvement
Applied Technical Services’ (ATS) story characterizes what makes a winner of IndustryWeek magazine’s prestigious “Best Plants” awards. In just two years, Applied Technical Services (ATS) has gone from a plant …
Six Sigma Practices Improve Dispatch Times for Medical Reports
A medical center in Amsterdam, concerned over the failure to consistently dispatch medical reports in a timely manner, utilized a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) initiative to study the underlying problems …
Lean Initiative Yields Multiple Benefits at Children’s Medical Center
We know that Six Sigma has found a happy home in the healthcare sector, helping to address everything from patient safety to resource utilization. So too has Lean established its relevance …
Using Lean Six Sigma to Improve Help Desk Performance
A recent project bringing together the best of Six Sigma and Lean at the help desk of a financial services firm in India yielded significant results in reduced customer response …
How Lean Six Sigma Can Improve Bank Loan Processing
Every business has functions that are less efficient than desirable, driving up costs and resulting in missed opportunities. For the banking industry, the loan processing methodology stands out as a primary …
Fact vs. Fiction: Why Lean Isn’t Part of Every Management Strategy
There’s no question that Lean Six Sigma has earned its position as one of the most important management methodologies ever devised for operational improvement. Its deployment alone speaks to it: …
How One Company’s Employees Found Personal Growth in Kaizen
Kaizen – the Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement – is the ultimate objective of Lean Six Sigma. While Kaizen is normally thought of in association with manufacturing processes and how they can …
Six Sigma Creating Major Shifts in Healthcare Performance
Rising costs, uneven quality and mounting regulatory pressures have characterized the healthcare community for years. While long-term solutions still remain something of a pipe dream, an increasing number of healthcare …
Farmers See Payoff of SOPs as First Step in Process Improvement
Like their counterparts in manufacturing, today’s farmers know that efficiency is the ultimate controllable factor in commodity margins. Doing more with less – and doing it better – is the …