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Global Perspectives
How Six Sigma Is Interpreted Around the World
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Corporate Leadership Profile
Lean Six Sigma Around the Globe
By Elaine Schmidt and Randy Woods
Lean and Six Sigma have been successfully applied at organizations across the world. The deployments at Avis Budget Group in North America and Hertel in Europe, as well as one consultant's experiences in Asia, show that there are many ways to interpret process improvement and work toward operational excellence.
Research
The Training Experience
By Heidi Hanson
The approach that organizations take to Six Sigma training is ever-evolving, as new trends in delivery methods, curriculum and requirements develop. This research report checks in with practitioners around the world to understand their training experience.
"Final Tollgate" Project Example
Stability Protocol Planning Process
By Ann Hosea and Ilona Kirzhner
A contract research manufacturer reduced the lengthy cycle time for the process of designing stability protocols, which are used in testing drug formulations and packaging.
 About the "Final Tollgate" Project Example
The Final Tollgate features a Six Sigma project as it would be presented to a panel of company executives at the final project review. The objectives of such a presentation are to 1) communicate significant results of the project, 2) share highlights of how results were achieved and 3) gain agreement to close the project. The slides are the Black Belts visual presentation and the accompanying text is the verbal presentation. It is assumed that the project leader has been making regular presentations at each tollgate and that the executives in the audience have a basic understanding of Six Sigma. The content for this project was assembled for illustration purposes. It is based on fabricated data from a fictional company. Any similarities to an actual project are coincidental. Do you have an exemplary Six Sigma project to share? Would you like to see it here? Submit it to us at www.isixsigma.com/submit/. Strategy
Curbing Hidden Energy Use with 'Eco Belts'
By Phil Reinke
A dedicated team of "Eco Belts" can employ
Lean Six Sigma to discover and reduce an
organization's less-obvious forms of energy
consumption - which can be beneficial for the
company as well as the planet.
Methodology
Deploying Design for Lean Six Sigma
By Kimberly Watson-Hemphill and Kristine Nissen Bradley
To achieve the best results from Design for Lean Six Sigma, organizations should focus on using the methodology to help drive innovation and develop products and services that can be created without waste.
Product/Service Guide
Lean Six Sigma Consultants
Guide to consultants in Lean Six Sigma
More Features
Finding the Right Mix
Soft Skills Checkup
Also In This Issue
Editor's Notes
Best Black Belt
Ask an Expert
Six Sigma Basics
Tool Spotlight
Shop Talk
Plugged In
The Cox-Box Cartoon
Open Mike
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