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On
October 4, 2005, Smarter Solutions, Inc. held a successful,
informative executive overview seminar - The Eagles’
View: Lean Six Sigma Executive Overview & Goal Setting.
Executives, influencers, and decision makers joined
this interactive session geared toward educating and
demonstrating the benefits of implementing Lean Six
Sigma as an Integrated Enterprise Excellence
(IEE) system.
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"Great
workshop! This is the best in Six Sigma and Value
Stream Mapping!"
Clark Miller
Synergy O.C.S.
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We
thank all who were able to attend and look forward to
our next executive session on November 15, 2005. Get
more information today at www.smartersolutions.com.
Forrest
Breyfogle interviewed by Executive Government Magazine.
Look for next month’s article in the Executive
Government Magazine on Lean Six Sigma Opportunities
in Government. Kim Palmer, independent journalist, interviews
our own Forrest Breyfogle about Lean Six Sigma and how
the government is looking to develop and intermingle
such a methodology in future opportunities as it relates
to process management, improvement, and measurement. |
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Hawks' View: S4/IEE in Motion
MSQPC:
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October 31-November 1, 2005
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Lean
Six Sigma: An Enterprise-Level Culture & System
A
brief word from Forrest Breyfogle III, CEO of Smarter Solutions,
Inc.
From manufacturing
to transactional and from product to service, can Lean Six
Sigma fully enable all companies to capitalize on providing
value to their customers on an enterprise level? And if so,
then how? This is one of many questions one will hear within
the corridors of small, medium, and large-size company operations
meetings on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Let us be honest
in saying that short answer to the question above is “yes”;
now let us focus on how. We often hear of the traditional
benefits of departmentalized projects ranging from effective
streamlined actions, reduced firefighting, and increased quality.
Those objectives are commendable. However, the real value
is found in enhancing tangible benefits to extend
beyond the departments and to cascade throughout the company
as an enterprise-level culture and system.
Besides
financial savings and efficient processes, the primary tangible
benefits are that having an enterprise-level Lean Six Sigma
implementation, such as the Integrated Enterprise
Excellence (IEE) system, as opposed to keeping it
departmentalized is that an enterprise-level Lean Six Sigma
implementation acts as an adhesive bond in collectively and
cohesively joining together an organization’s infrastructure,
processes, and people. These are the very three components
and elements of every company’s business existence,
and each can drive both negative results to the bottom line
when not synchronized with one another on an enterprise level.
Not only do all three enhance your customers’ value
of today and tomorrow, but each impacts your very own enterprise
value of today and tomorrow - from the CEO to the senior directors
to the middle managers down to the frontline workers and back
to the customer.
Creating
and sustaining this type of enterprise-level culture and system,
and continually improving upon your customers’ feedback
gives greater business existence to obtaining profitable,
sustainable growth in your customer base. A truly effective,
value-add, enterprise-level Lean Six Sigma implementation
requires a culture and system of people, processes, and infrastructure
effectively working together and driving the correct behavior
to improve your bottom line. And in the words of Mastercard,
having a culture and system like this is “priceless”.
Joining
your organization’s Lean Six Sigma culture and system
on an enterprise level can result in offspring where the whole
is greater than the sum of its parts for both the company
and customers. The ability to form a successful customer base
and cash flow that exceeds in growth plays a vital role in
your company's success and existence. It's not enough to get
engaged in a one department Lean Six Sigma program or affair;
you want to reap the tangible benefits of being married
on an enterprise level.
Next month, join
me as I discuss what
the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) System truly is
in all aspects, and
the value added to a company's existence in achieving more
customers and cash. Until Next Time...
Forrest
Breyfogle III
If
you have comments on this article, please send your comments
to enews@smartersolutions.com. We would greatly appreciate
understanding your perspective on this article.
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The
Eagles' View: An Executive Level Overview
November
15, 2005
This one-day session exhibits how your organization can benefit
from our Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) approach, which
takes Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard to the next
level. Leading-thinking influencers and decision makers in your
organization should attend this session. Register today!!! Get
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