10th Annual Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit Event Podcast
Awards Judges Podcast
In this Profit through Process podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma IQ speaks with three judges for IQPC's 11th Annual Process Excellence Awards, who discuss this year's entrants and what your organization can do to drive further process improvement in 2010..
Freightliner on Green Improvement through Six Sigma
William Harris of Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation speaks to us on recently being declared a finalist in the Best Green Process Improvement category. We discuss the Freightliner project, how the company has developed its process over the past year and how ROI has benefitted from an environmental-focused approach..
Xerox talks Improvement
Chuck Chada from Xerox shares his time with us to discuss the company's finalist recognition in the Best Improvment Program Category at IQPC's 11th Annual Process Excellence Awards.
Awards Judges Podcast
In this Profit through Process podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma IQ speaks with three judges for IQPC's 11th Annual Process Excellence Awards, who discuss this year's entrants and what your organization can do to drive further process improvement in 2010.
Outside-In Thinking: The Ticket to Achieving a Successful Customer Outcome
Steve Towers, CEO & Founder, BP Group and speaker at IQPC's 2010 Lean Six Sigma & Process Improvement Summit talks to Genna Weiss, Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ about outside-in process thinking and how you can better orientate your Process Improvement programs from the customer backwards to drive competitive advantage.
A Panel Discussion with Three 2009 IQPC Process Excellence Awards Judges
Hosted By: Genna Weiss
Genna Weiss speaks with three 2009 IQPC Process Excellence Awards judges---Diane Francisco, Global Director for Process Excellence for Covance; JD Rapp, Vice President of Business Process Management for Whirlpool Corporation; and John Douglas, Vice President of Business Process Management for Hess---to discuss the highlights of the upcoming event.
An Interview with the 2009 IQPC Process Excellence Awards Winning Team from JEA
Hosted By: Genna Weiss
In this Lean Six Sigma Process Excellence Awards podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma IQ speaks with IQPC's 2009 Process Excellence Awards winners Robert Growcock, Rod Hill, Heather Fontaine, Brian Hancher, and Greg Ravn from JEA. This JEA award-winning team received the Best Process Improvement in Service & Transaction Project Award under the Large Corporations Category. You will hear how they were compelled to initiate their project based on JEA’s desire to better serve its disadvantaged constituents in Jacksonville, Florida, who “could not keep up with the rising cost of energy,” and how the team was able to produce significant results for the affected community.
Hosted By: Genna Weiss
In this Profit through Process podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma IQ interviews Jeffrey Cox, Lean Six Sigma Facilitator for eflexgroup.com, to discuss his finalist status for IQPC’s 2009 Process Excellence award in the Best Start-Up Program category.
Sustaining a Six Sigma Program: An Allstate Insurance Case Study
Hosted by: Genna Weiss
It takes a lot of work to maintain the sustainability of any Six Sigma program, but Allstate Insurance Company has done just that. Genna Weiss speaks with Steven Degnan-Schmidt, Director of Six Sigma Enablement for Allstate, to discuss how his organization’s Six Sigma deployment has managed to maintain itself for the last five years, keep program momentum and ride through the current economic crisis.
Degnan-Schmidt is a member of our Process Excellence Awards judging panel.
Interview with William Kimbrell of Blue Ocean Strategy
Hosted By: Blake Landau
Blake Landau speaks with Bill Kimbrell, a self-proclaimed "bluegrass businessman" about the business phenomenon Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS). Kimbrell explains how BOS fosters innovation and creates a new, uncontested marketspace; and he provides compelling case study examples, including [yellow tail] wine and Cirque Du Soleil, to prove the power of this methodology.
Kimbrell is CEO of Kimbrell & Associates, Inc. as well as a qualified strategist/practitioner of the Blue Ocean Strategy Network. He will be a keynote speaker at the IQPC Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit in January 2009.
Interview with Christopher Kopka, Chief Compliance Officer, Thrivent Financial
Hosted By: Blake Landau
Christopher Kopka, Chief Compliance Officer of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a Fortune 500 financial services membership organization known for the caliber of its lean six sigma programs. In this podcast, Kopka gives a snapshot of regulatory compliance today and discusses recent rapid expansion in financial services compliance. Listeners will learn how Kopka navigates compliance in a mandated environment and will be given a sneak peak of his case study presentation that he will deliver at IQPC's Lean Six Sigma Summit in January of 2009.
Hosted By: Genna Weiss
In this Profit through Process podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma IQ speaks with Liz Feirstein, Master Black Belt for Allstate Insurance, to discuss Feirstein's finalist status for IQPC’s 2009 Process Excellence award in the Master Black Belt of the Year Award category.
How Xerox Effectively Moved from Lean Six Sigma to Strategic Enterprise Management
Hosted By: Blake Landau
In this Profit through Process podcast for Six Sigma IQ with Blake Landau, Xerox Canada's Vice President of Business Operations and Chief Privacy Officer, Tony Martino, says, "The current economic crisis has reinforced Lean Six Sigma as a tool to deal with current market challenges." With a 30-year career at Xerox, Martino has a holistic understanding of the company's operations. Martino talks about Lean Six Sigma and how his organization continues to leverage this methodology for improved business performance.
Highlights of IQPC's 10th Annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit
Hosted By: Genna Weiss
In this Profit through Process podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma IQ speaks with Vanessa Lovatt-IQPC's Lean Six Sigma Divisional Director and head of IQPC's 10th annual Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit-to discuss the major highlights of the four-day conference and the 2009 Process Excellence Awards.
Hosted By: Genna Weiss
For years, Lean Six Sigma was mostly associated with the manufacturing level of production. But as organizations become more familiar and comfortable with Lean Six Sigma, many are now applying it to non-manufacturing processes. Christopher Cool, Vice President of Sector Quality Systems and Safety for Northrop Grumman Corporation Integrated Systems, has paved the way for his organization to follow suite. In this Profit through Process podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma IQ talks with Cool, a speaker at IQPC’s January 2009 Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement Summit, about best practices for implementing Lean Six Sigma throughout an end-to-end value stream and maintaining a culture focused on continuous quality improvement..
