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Flextronics Paderborn Germany site has mapped its value streams and continually implements improvements using Kaizen techniques. These improvements accelerate the efficiency of the operations over time, as individual changes may be hard to notice, but cumulative effects are signficant. ...... "We are using the Kaizen cards to record and implement improvements to our workspace. Even changes

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Various types of innovation are discussed. Innovative ideas must be generated and shaped into achievable concepts. Understanding the voice of the customer and hidden customer needs can be improved by leveraging the DFSS process. ...... "The process begins by first understanding that there are hidden customers who must be discovered, and then working together to find the best way to satisfy

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Toyota leadership will wrestle with decision on the future of the Nummi site which was used to refine American lean techniques with General Motors. GM has reorganized its way out of the joint venture with Toyota. ...... "For Toyota, Nummi served as a beachhead for it to push deeper into the U.S. market and also a learning lab to figure out how to effectively use American labor within the

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GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt discusses the company's Michigan investment and its core capabilities, such as lean and Six Sigma, which positions the company to compete effectively in many markets. ...... "Through the use of lean manufacturing techniques, our 100-year-old Erie factory can export to Mexico and Brazil. Operational capability is a core part of GE's strategy. " ...Via Wall Street Jouranl

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Chrysler will implement Fiat's version of lean manufacturing, the Fiat Production System. ...... "Fiat, based in Turin, uses a system that emphasizes measuring every aspect of work and stopping inefficiencies, Hill said. It is similar to Toyota Motor Corp.’s highly regarded lean-manufacturing system ... " ...Via Bloomberg: Chrysler

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EFI Electronics and Autoliv are recognized for their lean manufacturing performance with Shingo Prizes. Both companies were committed to lean operations, which required changes such as equipment modifications and layout changes. ...... "Autoliv, the maker of automobile airbag systems and one of the state's largest manufacturers, was awarded the top Shingo Prize for two of its five Utah

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SUNY at Buffalo is offering a blended course of online and on-location education for Green Belt in Six Sigma, slated for the Fall - Sept. 3 through Nov. 12. ...... "Green Belt Blended Learning course, offered by UB's Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) in Fall 2009. Led by Master Black Belt Tom Miller, TCIE's senior business process performance manager, the 10-week program immerses

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Wegman's leader discusses efficient healthcare through Six Sigma principles. ...... "Speranza discussed the programs that the Rochester Business Alliance’s Healthcare Initiative has developed, including the implementation of six sigma principles in local hospitals and Wegmans’ communitywide eat well, live well challenge. " ...Via RocNow: Business

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IBM builds partnerships to solve sustainability problems with an integrated set of cross-industry solutions, that leverage Lean Six Sigma principles for improvement. ...... "Green Sigma is an IBM solution that applies Lean Six Sigma principles and practices to energy, water, waste and GHG emissions throughout a company's operations -- transportation systems, data centers and IT systems,

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Internal investment is an attribute of companies poised to weather the current business cycle and emerge in a stronger competitive position. ...... "Toyota's margins were higher because it invested heavily in automated production systems and lean manufacturing initiatives over many years and, as a result, was much better positioned to weather the current crisis than its American competitors. "

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GM's Tom Stephens brings his personal kaizen to the product development job. ...... "I'm here to defend Tom, for one simple character trait: He's a tinkerer. He has devoted his entire life to making things a little bit faster, a little bit more durable, a little bit more reliable. " ...Via Automotive News: Tinkering GM

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Littelfuse team is recognized by ASQ for its achievements in product performance, quality, handling, process efficiency, and financial results. The team focused resources and floorspace to improving its fuses. ...... "The American Society for Quality (ASQ), sponsor of the competition, recognized the team for its application of Lean/Six Sigma methodology to eliminate the chance of loose caps

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Traditional statistical process control charts may obscure signals of process instability, especially if there is a product-only focus. Charting process performance can catch instability sooner. ...... "The Short Run Control Chart takes care of those problems by coding the expected variation (in this case the target) out of the data and plotting data for all the parts on one chart. " ...Via

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Lean and Six Sigma are complementary methods, that should be applied where their strengths can have the greatest impact. ...... "This does not make Ford / Toyota and Six Sigma an either/or choice because the techniques are mutually supporting and synergistic. " ...Via IndustryWeek: Lessons for Industry

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UK equipment manufacturer makes product line improvements that incorporate lean designs to enable reduced unproductive machine times. ...... "A new quick-change guide channel means that bar changeovers can now be achieved within the allotted down time parameters of most lean manufacturing facilities. " ...Via Machinery UK: Hydrafeed

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Webcast will look at significant transformation in manufacturing costs as a strategy for competitive advantage. ...... "How would you respond if your executive team challenged you to cut your manufacturing costs by 50% in the next five years to remain competitively viable? " ...Via IndustryWeek: Cut Costs by 50%

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Toyota marshals its workforce to seek lean manufacturing savings, in war-room style, using an obeya to coordinate and accelerate cost improvements. The obeya is used to manage the project, monitor progress, and adapt to dynamic conditions with project managers living in the space. Toyota's Woodstock site is deploying these aggressive techniques to achieve savings. ...... "But with the global

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Apriso and Accenture collaborate to deliver a best practice lean software solution that enables material flow and business processes, such as operations synchronization, visibility and controls, quality management and traceability, error proofing, and ERP system integration. ...... "This new FlexNet solution fills some of the white spaces or gaps around Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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Brushy Mountain Bee Farm has implemented lean manufacturing through the company and receives local recognition for its growth. ...... "Applying lean principles for increasing productivity and decreasing waste led to expanding the wood storage area, the woodenware assembly area where beehives are constructed and the packaging area where workers prepare an average of 300 orders per day for

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Local leader will deploy Lean Six Sigma to improve the Navy's processes in talent recruiting. ...... "Ivan D. Bradley has been assigned as the first Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Team Lead for Millington to improve efficiencies and eliminate waste in processes. The Navy Recruiting Command launched the Lean Six Sigma initiative earlier this year. " ...Via NWTN Today: United States Navy

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Honeywell has institutionalized Six Sigma into its culture and uses the methodology in transactional and manufacturing applications. ...... "As a strategy, Six Sigma is a way for us to achieve performance breakthroughs. And it encompasses tools from all of our improvement initiatives, including those in Operational, Technical and Customer Excellence. It applies to every function in our company

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