BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. – Two Rhode Island companies are among the organizations honored for outstanding Six Sigma programs and projects during the recent iSixSigma Live!
Winners and finalists in several categories were recognized at an awards breakfast during the four-day iSixSigma Live! Summit & Awards gathering held last week at the Trump International Beach Resort in Miami.
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The competition, sponsored by iSixsigma.com and its iSixSigma magazine, attracted more than 50 nominations from around the world. Entries were divided into in three categories – Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Start-up Program, Most Successful Re-energized Lean Six Sigma Program and Largest-Breakthrough Improvement Projects – and were judged by a team of certified Six Sigma Belts.
Winners for for Largest-Breakthrough Improvement Projects included:
• Bell Helicopter – a division of Providence-based Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) – was the winner in the environment category, for its project “Compressed Air Savings Headstart (CASH).”
• Electric Boat – a division of Falls Church, Va.-based General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) that has facilities in Groton, Conn., and Quonset Point, North Kingstown – was the winner in the supply-chain category for “Submarine Material Receipt Inspection.”
[Note: The Providence St. Joseph Medical Center of Burbank, Calif. – a finalist in the customer-service category for its project “Outreach Lab Patient Service Center Patient Wait Time Reduction” – is not connected with the Providence-based St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island.]
To qualify for the competition, programs must have delivered a 90-percent reduction in defects; a minimum $250,000 or five-fold return on investment (ROI); and at least a 2-sigma increase in process sigma level, according to the iSixSigma Live! announcement.
But “most entries achieved far greater results,” iSixSigma founder Michael Cyger said in a statement.
He congratulated the award winners and finalists for the “hard work and effort” they have invested to achieve their breakthrough improvements.
“In keeping with the summit’s theme, ‘Back to Breakthrough,’ these awards highlight those programs and projects that go beyond the good,” Cyger said. “iSixSigma is recognizing truly the best.”
iSixSigma, based in Bainbridge Island, Wash., bills itself as “the leadering provider of content for the Six Sigma community.” The publisher of Web sites and iSixSigma magazine, it also presents various live events. Additional information is available at www.iSixSigma.com and www.iSixSigma-magazine.com.
