SigmaFlow 4th Quarter 2007 Newsletter

4^th Quarter 2007 Newsletter

In This Issue:

Replicating Best Practice Projects

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training in the Midwest (includes software)

Upcoming Events

You’ve taken a valuable
project across the
Finish Line.

Other shifts and/or locations
are in critical need of
this solution.

How do you ensure the replication
project is properly executed ?

When Employees Cannot Execute the Project Effectively, the Costs Add Up:

Lost Time & Opportunity
Poor Quality
Additional Compliance Oversight
Workforce Rejection... Cynicism from a failed project makes it difficult to gather support for the next major need
Failed Investment

How does your company mitigate the risks of methodology execution?

SigmaFlow’s Best Practice Execution System ensures:

Converting a Best Practice Project into an executable workflow
Role-specific and task-focused roadmaps, enabling employees to quickly adopt the new project with less chance of errors or rejection
Linking appropriate guidelines and tools to roadmap tasks for greater productivity and self-sufficiency, giving employees the information they need right when they need it
Deploying the roadmaps into a project workspace that lets employees work on-line or off-line for greater productivity
Automatic management of communications and files to a project portfolio repository
Project portfolio management enabling oversight and mentoring

SigmaFlow’s patent pending approach of linking a document library to each roadmap task makes creating a roadmap as simple as mapping a business process:

Operational excellence… Work is done right, and risk is averted
Improved Quality
Compressed Time
Financial Savings

>> To start replicating your best practice project today:

"The Best
Lean Six Sigma
Black Belt Training"

- Diane Heudier, Chief Experience Officer for Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

* 4 weeks of Instructor-led Training *
from one of the most engaging Master Black Belts in the nation.

This approach compresses learning curve,
increases retention, and shortens time to proficiency.

Increase your average savings per project.

Complete more projects per year.

Training follows the Project Execution Roadmap (think ‘Execution’ vs. Academic)
Exercises and examples reinforce the actual software to be used in project execution
Coaching is included to ensure you are successful
Ensures best practice projects are replicated
Provides framework to successfully replicate best practice projects
Redundant tasks and rework are eliminated from project execution
Included SigmaFlow Software ($1,200 value):

Project execution workspace with linked refresher training
Project management software
Statistical software
Process analysis software
Value Stream Mapping software

Instructor:
George Pesansky, Master Black Belt, has trained over 500 Black Belts and Green Belts in 8 years.
In his Process Improvement practice, George has built a record of improvement in a variety of firms
in the services and manufacturing industries, as well as in government.

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Midwest Venue

Weeks of: January 7^th , February 4^th , March 10^th , April 7^th

To learn more, contact David Hamilton at 800.663.0585

Upcoming Events

January 28 - 31, 2008
Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit 2008
Disney’s Contemporary Resort and Convention Center, Orlando, FL
Join our CEO Jay Holstine for:

Seminar E: Changing the Game in Six Sigma Project Execution

This is an extremely interactive workshop, so bring your real world questions on the issues that you’re experiencing in your projects. In addition, the software tools mentioned during the workshop (SigmaFlow Coach, Modeler and VSM) are provided to workshop attendees at no additional charge.

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