Operational Excellence Tools Blog : case study

New IndustryWeek webcast: Lean at Haldex featuring Microsoft Dynamics

LeanTeam — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:35:00 GMT

New IndustryWeek webcast featuring a Lean leader and an IT leader from Haldex, discussing "The Haldex Way," how and why the company embarked on a Lean path, and how IT and Microsoft partner Avanade has been an enabler in the process. This story focuses not on value stream mapping but on building visibility into core plant and operational metrics and marrying these with traditional ERP.

ARCHIVE URL: http://www.industryweek.com/Webcasts/072407Eventregistration.aspx?eventID=364&ref=MSarch1

Podcast of last weekend's radio show on using six sigma to improve energy efficiency

LeanTeam — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:31:00 GMT

Podcast of six sigma segment from Corning on last weekend's America's Business with Mike Hambrick show. Again highlights the use of Visio as a tool in implementing process improvements.

Podcast is here.

How Corning used Six Sigma to improve energy efficiency - this weekend's topic on America's Business with Mike Hambrick

LeanTeam — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:22:00 GMT

This weekend another radio segment airs on America's Business with Mike Hambrick on how Corning used Six Sigma (DMAIC), supported by Microsoft technology tools such as Visio and our partner Itron, to achieve the following objectives:

§ Assure uninterrupted supply of energy to BSD facilities.

§ Reduce the total direct cost of energy as impacted by consumption and price

§ Reduce consumption through the use of energy management tools and processes.

§ Develop a rigorous sustainable process to manage energy effectively

Here are the details:

Segment Title: Incorporating Six Sigma Methodologies to Develop and Sustain the Business Services Division Energy Management Process

Dates: March 10 – 11, 2007

Interviewees:

1. Jon Arnold – Microsoft - Global Utilities Industry Director | Microsoft Corporation

2. Philip Mezey – ITRON - Senior Vice President of Software Solutions

3. Scott Ryan - Corning – Global Energy Manager

A podcast will be posted here on Monday.

Interesting article on Lockheed Martin's LM21 management philosophy combining lean and six sigma

LeanTeam — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:07:00 GMT

...from Defense Acquisition Review at www.dau.mil/pubs/arq/2004arq/Joyce.pdf

A couple of years old but still a good read.

New case study - Gates Corporation enabling continuous improvement with Sharepoint

LeanTeam — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:54:00 GMT

New case study published on Gates Corporation - details how they are using various Microsoft technologies such as Sharepoint to standardize work, improve information access, and push KPIs and transparency throughout the organization.

Excerpt: "To enforce consistent business processes, executive management and division leaders create annual objectives that correlate to pillars of the Gates Business Leadership Process, a permanent model for continuous improvement at Gates. These objectives are easily accessible through the portal. What’s more, managers can log on to their KPI list in the Unity portal and see red, yellow, or green lights indicating the status of each objective. Team members scope out their work (mapped to their division leader’s annual objectives) in 90-day action plans and can readily see how close they are to meeting the action plans."

Case study is published at http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=200899

New IndustryWeek Webcast January 18: Emerson Lean - From Strategy to Execution

LeanTeam — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:35:00 GMT

Great webcast next week featuring Ray Keefe, VP-Manufacturing at Emerson Electric.

Lean deployment at Emerson Electric goes beyond traditional shop floor thinking to reduce manufacturing cycle times and remove waste. Through the years, Emerson has expanded the scope of Lean from shop floor, to total value stream focus, to enterprise-level thinking. The enterprise-level scope is the total value chain, including customers and suppliers. This Webcast featuring Ray Keefe, VP of Manufacturing for Emerson Electric, will highlight Emerson's best practices for Lean.

Live Internet Broadcast
Sponsored by
Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 2:00 p.m. EST (GMT -05:00, New York)
Estimated Length: 1 hour

Click here to register for this Web-based conference.