Pharma and Biotech Firms See Value of Operational Excellence Strategies The successes of Six Sigma, Lean, and similar operational excellence strategies are legendary in heavy manufacturing.

Implementing a well-established business approach allowed physicians to shave hours off pediatric patient discharges without affecting readmission rates, according to researchers at Penn State Hershey ...

Quality assurance methods address quality issues in the output of businesses. Lean and six sigma principles apply approaches and metrics to a process to promote efficiency with a minimum number of ...

Organizations aim to improve their processes’ efficiency and effectiveness by reducing waste, which creates a need for experts in project management frameworks and process improvement techniques such ...

While the full impact of healthcare reform is still unknown, hospitals will be under tremendous reimbursement pressure from insurers and the government. Hospitals will need to improve their ...

Catherine Alman MacDonagh explains how Lean, Six Sigma, & Project Management help teams streamline work, reduce rework, and deliver more ...

Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma principals are used to improve processes and create efficiencies in the overall manufacturing process. Lean manufacturing is used to minimize waste, while saving costs ...

It is clear that for-profit enterprises manufacturing products strive to achieve their targeted revenues from their production reliably utilizing their available capacities and resources. Unreliable ...

Based on a presentation to 19th Annual Technical Conference of the GCC Chapter of the Gas Processors Association, May 4, 2011, Kuwait. Saudi Aramco's Khurais central processing plant has improved ...

Applicable across all industries, Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training prepares individuals to become Continuous Improvement leaders. The course develops enhanced problem-solving skills and ...