Using an interactive case study from a real-world setting, a Missouri University of Science and Technology author demonstrates how Lean Six Sigma business strategy concepts can be applied to supply chain management.
The book comes with an interactive CD that contains all of the graphs, charts, tables and data analyses provided in the text, as well as PowerPoint training slides and easily accessible data sets that correspond to the figures in the book. It also includes a full glossary and reference guide to commonly used Lean and Six Sigma terms.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today added new software and services to its expanding portfolio of solutions aimed at creating sustainable enterprises and smarter urban infrastructures. The new offerings, piloted in-house by IBM, help owners and managers of commercial buildings leverage the latest efficiency technologies and compliance systems to deliver economic, operational and environmental benefits.
IBM also announced that Autodesk has joined its industry alliance, Green Sigma Coalition, a move that can help the group improve buildings’ sustainability from blueprints to daily operations. Additionally, IBM announced an expanded relationship with Schneider Electric, global specialist in energy management, to deliver new combined offerings that monitor and reduce energy use to make buildings smarter.
Bellwether Services, a leading Lean Sourcing, Lean Six Sigma, and Quality Audit solution provider, along with Intesource, the e-Sourcing experts, today announced they will integrate the Intesource full service suite of solutions with Lean Sourcing and Supply Chain best practices to provide end-to-end profit improvement solutions to each of their valued customers.