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This case study will be featured in the soon-to-be released Lean Six Sigma Blended Learning Playbook: Using Lean Six Sigma Methods to Improve Lean Six Sigma Training. Like a copy? Contact sales@moresteam.com and request to be one of the first to receive this publication from MoreSteam.com.
 Textron Inc. is one of the world's best known global, multi-industry companies, encompassing such well-known brands as Bell Helicopter, Cessna, Greenlee, E-Z-Go, Defense Systems and Lycoming Engines. Founded in 1923, Textron has grown into a network of businesses with total revenues of $14.2 billion, approximately 37,000 employees with facilities and presence in 29 countries, and a diverse and global customer base.
In 2002, as part of their vision to improve business performance and become the premier multi-industry company, the company launched Textron Six Sigma (TSS). Since that time, TSS has trained thousands of Black Belts and thousands more of Green Belts, closed a large and ever-growing number of Green Belt and Black Belt projects, and realized tremendous financial benefits. The entire senior leadership team at Textron is Green Belt certified, as is the extended global leadership. In short, Textron is wholly committed to Six Sigma at all levels.
One unique aspect of TSS is its global, multi-track Green Belt (GB) program, where candidates can train in one or more specialty areas: Lean, Design, Variation Reduction, and Rapid Problem Solving. Read the case study summary.
Highest and Best Use
Conquering the Classroom Real Estate Market
 Since classroom activities take place in a physical location, it seems appropriate to use a real estate metaphor to examine the role of the classroom. When commercial real estate is appraised, the concept of "Highest and Best Use" is employed to determine whether or not the property is maximizing its potential economic value. The "Highest and Best Use" concept maintains that real estate has the highest value when its use is consistent with its market conditions.
Simply stated, it doesn't make sense to grow corn on a lot adjacent to Times Square in NY because the profits from growing corn are miniscule compared to the potential rent from a retail store or office building. Likewise, it doesn't make sense to put a high-rise office building in the middle of a thinly populated rural area where a single story office would be far less expensive to construct and more consistent with the demand for office space. Read the complete blog.
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You can add SigmaPedia as either a search box somewhere in your pages or on your Intranet, or as a double-click Encyclopedia. Both methods are described on our site. For more information and the code for your site, visit http://www.moresteam.com/addsigmapedia.cfm.
When You're on Your Own: Securing a Six Sigma Project
 If you work for a company that has an active Six Sigma deployment, you are likely to find yourself grappling with selecting the right project to pursue on your path to certification. If, however, you aren’t currently working for a Six Sigma company, your challenge is much greater, but certainly not insurmountable. Review our list of ideas to help you prepare a plan to seek outside sponsorship of a Lean/Six Sigma project.
EngineRoom® 5.0 Sneak Preview
 The next major release of EngineRoom® is now very close and we would like to give you a small taste of what you can expect to see in version 5.0. Starting with this version, we will combine all future releases of EngineRoom for Excel 2003, XP, 2007.
The major new functionality added is Design of Experiments (DOE) Analysis in Plain English, with a Wizard that guides you step-by-step through the design creation and analysis process. The module includes Two-level Full and Fractional Factorial designs for up to eight factors, and General Full Factorial designs for factors with up to five levels each. Features included are: Replication, Randomization, Blocking, Power for two-level factorials, and much more.
Detailed information will appear on our Web site as soon as EngineRoom 5.0 is officially released. We are also keeping a running list of interested customers. If you would like to be added to this list, simply drop a quick e-mail to Sales@moresteam.com . We will alert you once a free trial version is available for download. Stay tuned! |
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