February 2015 Issue
Roadmap to Savings
The agency that oversees a Denver-area toll road uses lean Six Sigma to improve how it manages operations and patrols the 47-mile-long stretch of public highway.
by Jim Harlan, Walt Arnason, Jack Nichols and Jay Arthur
Six Sigma
Capturing Cash
A consulting firm tapped into Six Sigma tools and techniques to tighten up how it tracked new business opportunities, helping the firm to follow through on leads and ultimately generate more revenue.
Lean Six Sigma
Carried Away
Lean Six Sigma propelled U.S. military medical planners in their design of a new version of a Blackhawk helicopter used to transport wounded soldiers.
Lean
Lean Learning
Tasked with cutting millions of dollars from its annual budget, an Ohio university leveraged lean strategies and techniques to save money and become more efficient.
- Up Front
- Innovation Imperative
- Perspectives
- Quality in the First Person [Open Access]
- Career Corner [Open Access]
- Standards Outlook
- Statistics Roundtable
- Measure For Measure
- 3.4 Per Million
- Back to Basics [Open Access]
- Volviendo a los Fundamentos [Open Access]
- One Good Idea [Open Access]
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