SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Point B Inc., a management consulting and venture investment firm, will lead a professional Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification training course February 29 – March 4, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. Taught by instructors who have led highly successful Green Belt courses for some of the nation’s top universities, […]

Missouri University of Science and Technology’s engineering management systems engineering program (EMSE) department has been approved as a Quality Training Provider (QTP) by the Institute of Industrial Engineers, allowing students to test for Six Sigma Green Belt certification. Six Sigma is focused on reducing variation in processes, products and services, […]

Achieving certification as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is a super-boost for any career, with a level of training that establishes the concrete knowledge and skills to demand paycheck prestige. When you’re ready to move into the ranks of upper management within your current company or become a much […]

Five colour-coded charts are grouped together on noticeboards throughout Barclay Chemicals manufacturing’s facility at Damastown in west Dublin. These dashboards, as the staff call them, outline the company’s objectives across a range of categories and they’re updated every month to reflect progress towards those goals. They’re a relatively recent innovation […]

Like the previous two Manufacturers’ Forum’s held in Taipei and Leipzig also this 3rd one draw some 200 participants. The terms participants is used here instead of visitors as the people attending are not just listeners. They are asked to join on finding solutions for instance on eliminating waste in […]

Cirtronics, your promise of reliable, worry-free manufacturing, located in New England, is actively and purposefully engaged in a Lean Manufacturing Renaissance, including foundational training for new hires and renewal belt training for senior level staff. Lean Manufacturing has long been a core practice at Cirtronics. Using lean principles to maximize […]

The Six Sigma methodology for reducing defects through a disciplined, data-driven approach has shown time and again that, when done well, it can lead to huge savings and increased efficiency. By closely following the define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) system, your manufacturing team has a structure in place […]

To make a manufacturing process more efficient, a company must understand what lean is. To “go lean” means your workplace applies lean manufacturing philosophy and practices. Lean is an industrial practice where manufacturing facilities focus on waste reduction to create more value for the customer. There are several different lean […]

Circular economics is fast becoming more mainstream as ever greater numbers of companies realise there are profits to be made from this new, more sustainable way of doing business. Some manufacturers feared that second or third life product streams would cannibalise their regular, new product lines. However, our research suggests […]

I want to tell you about this book. But I’m afraid that when you see the words “Lean Business Planning” you’ll get scared and stop reading. Maybe you’ll think, “Ugh, another book about business planning telling me that I should have one and showing me how easy it is.” Maybe […]