eSmarter News: The Powerful S4/IEE Approach

eSmarter News: The Powerful S⁴/IEE Approach
July 12, 2005 Edition I

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In This Edition of eSmarter News
>>The Eagles' View
>>Design For Six Sigma
>>Green Belt
>>Black Belt
>>Master Black Belt
>>Ask Forrest

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Ask Forrest
What is Six Sigma? Why not "Ask Forrest" yourself? We pioneered and wrote the books leading to next generation Six Sigma and Lean methodologies to improving your company's bottom line.

Q: Can Six Sigma and Lean impact a company in a positive manner in fulfilling Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements?

In this segment of Ask Forrest, we focus on how a pragmatic S⁴/IEE approach can become the catalyst for addressing all your business needs as well as the addressing Sarbanes Oxley requirements by providing the following... Get Full Details.

The Eagles' View | July 28, 2005
Does your organization need to make improvements, but nothing seems to change? Do you feel like your organization is in a constant firefight mode? Do you think you are picking Six Sigma projects that are not truly the most productive to your business needs? Are your Six Sigma or Lean programs stalling out? Our upcoming one-day session exhibits how your organization can benefit from our Smarter Six Sigma Solutions (S⁴)/Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) approach, which takes Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard to its next level. Leading-thinking influencers/decision makers in your organization should attend this complementary one-day session to see how each can benefit from the leading-thinking concepts, which are described in our Crosby Medal award winning book Implementing Six Sigma. This session offers the roadmap to make this happen! Get Full Details

Design For Six Sigma | August 8-12, 2005
For your manufacturing or service processes, are you finding design problems that should have been captured within the product, process, or IT development process? Are your potential customers choosing another company’s product since your product is lacking some feature or benefit, or does not work at all? Our upcoming one-week session exhibits how your organization can benefit from our Smarter Six Sigma Solutions (S⁴)/Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) approach, which takes traditional Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) to its next level. Pre-certified Black Belts or equivalents learn how design projects can be more aligned to the enterprise needs. This session offers the roadmap to reduce development cycle times while at the same time improving customer satisfaction relative to product function and a reduction in design defect escapes. Get Full Details.

Green Belt | August 15-19, 2005 (WK 1)
Does your organization need to have line operation personnel better equipped to utilize effective tools at the correct time within their processes? Through our Smarter Six Sigma Solutions (S⁴)/Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system you will see how you can take Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard techniques to its next level. The two-week Green Belt training session no only provides dramatic financial benefits for your in-class project but also offers the roadmap to yourself and others to complete the correct activities at the correct time, improving your organization's bottom-line and customer satisfaction on an on-going basis. Get Full Details.

Black Belt | September 12-16, 2005 (WK 1)
Has your organization’s process improvement strategy not been achieving the benefits that are truly felt by the whole enterprise? Does your Six Sigma or Lean project execution lack substance? Do practitioners get stuck on what they should do next when executing a project? Are executives within your organization not truly buying into your Six Sigma or Lean program? From experienced quality professionals to novice practitioners who want to really make an impact to their organization and improve their own skill set, one can achieve dramatic benefits from our four-week Black Belt training session. Through our Smarter Six Sigma Solutions (S⁴)/Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system you will be instructed on how to effectively utilize Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard techniques to its next level. Our no-nonsense S⁴/IEE project system not only helps your organization reap the benefits from your in-class project, but also creates a system that leads your organization to more customers and cash, long after class completion. Get Full Details.

Master Black Belt | September 26-30, 2005 (WK 1)
Do you think your Six Sigma or Lean tools should be better integrated? Do Black Belts and Green Belts in your organization have difficulty determining what tool to use when? Are executives within your organization not truly buying into your Six Sigma or Lean program? For Black Belts who want to really make an impact to their organization and improve their own skill set, one can achieve dramatic benefits from our two-week Master Black Belt training session. This training session offers the roadmap for you to do the correct activities at the correct time, so your organization improves its bottom-line and customer satisfaction. Our no-nonsense S⁴/IEE project system leads your organization to more customers and cash. Get Full Details.

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