1204‚ Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law‚ no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. 1. REPORT DATE 2. REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED 2004 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE N/A 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER The Lean Enterprise-A Management Philosophy at Lockheed Martin 6. AUTHOR(S) 5d. PROJECT
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Recycling & Reducing Waste Starbucks is committed to significantly reducing and diverting the waste our stores generate‚ and recycling is just one way in which we do this. But while recycling seems like a simple‚ straightforward initiative‚ it’s actually extremely challenging. Not only are there municipal barriers to successful recycling in many cities‚ but it takes significant changes in behavior to get it right. One wrong item in a recycle bin can render the entire can unrecyclable to the
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IMPLEMENTING LEAN SIX SIGMA FOR PROCESS IMPROVEMENT ILI MARINI BT ZAINAL ABIDIN 1. ABSTRACT Lean Six Sigma approach is recognized widely and has been implemented predominately in manufacturing rather than other industries. To illustrate the point‚ this paper draws attention to the adoption of Lean Six Sigma in various industries with a case study. The combination of Lean tools and Six Sigma methodology is used to improve the process and quality by eliminating the variations and
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Southwest Airlines and Control Mechanisms August 20‚ 2010 MGT330 Southwest Airlines and Control Mechanisms Southwest Airlines is a vigorous business commonly admired‚ whether it is positive or negative‚ by many for countless reasons. Southwest Airlines has withheld a positive social responsibility for many years. Southwest is an organization promoting people to be innovated leaders focused on promoting the success of the company. Establishing and maintaining the function of control is crucial in a
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INTEGRATION OF SIX SIGMA AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT LITERATURE RESEARCH 1. Introduction In today’s global business environment‚ the importance of first-to-market‚ customer service‚ cost-competitiveness‚ and quality are key factors in determining an organization’s success‚ or undesirable failure. Manufacturers‚ engineering and transactional firms share a drive to lower costs‚ reduce cycle time and offer a diverse product mix as they pursue higher profits and an increased market share in a growing
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Increase Efficiency Using Six Sigma Methodologies by Justin E. Faust A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Science Degree III Manufacturing Engineering Manufacturing Competitiveness Depth Area The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout December‚ 2009 11 The Graduate School University of Wisconsin-Stout Menomonie‚ WI Author: Faust‚ Justin E. Title: Efficiency Increase Using Six Sigma Statistical Methodologies
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Critical Factors for successful Six Sigma Implementation (Published in NCQM Journal April 2004) By Hemant Urdhwareshe‚ General Manager Product Engineering‚ Cummins India Limited. Six Sigma approach is one of the most widely discussed topics by business executives for the last few years. It all began when Motorola started talking about Six Sigma and then Jack Welch embraced it for GE when Six Sigma became a hot cake. While Six Sigma was somewhat suddenly known to many‚ its evolution is not as sudden
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Six Sigma Research Paper In search of finding ways to improve their manufacturing processes or any type of input/output procedures‚ large companies are investing lots of time and money into a recently developed practice known as Six Sigma. Six Sigma is an odd term to most people‚ but to mathematicians the Sigma’ is a Greek alphabet letter meaning "the sum." In terms of Six Sigma‚ the sigma refers to standard deviation for statistics‚ which is used to determine by how much a process differs
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manager at Maple Leaf Food’s Rivermede plant in Toranto‚ regarding a new initiative that she was heading‚ six Sigma @ The Edge. Based on the recent success of Six Sigma at the Rivermede plant‚ Louann had approached Anthony about the Rivermede plant becoming one of the Pilot site for Six Sigma @ the Edge. The term “Six Sigma” refers to 3.4 defects per 1 million opportunities. Six Sigma Uses martial art terminology to describe the level of training and experience of practitioners Green Belt
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Dissertation at Gulf Medical College Hospital and Research Centre‚ Ajman‚ UAE (February 9- May 5‚ 2013) A Report on Improving the Hospital Discharge process with Six Sigma Methods Himanshu Maitra Post-graduate Programme in Hospital Management 16th Batch 2011-2013 Institute of Health Management Research‚ Jaipur Table of Contents Section Page No. Acknowledgement 3 Certificate 4 Introduction 6 Project Title 7 Research Methodology
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