Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Start-up or Re-energized Lean Six Sigma Program
Are you a Six Sigma EntrepreneurTM? Are you already seeing great results from your Lean Six Sigma start-up effort? Or have you injected new life into a dying deployment? Tell us about it and you could be a finalist or winner of iSixSigma's Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Start-up or Re-energized Lean Six Sigma Program. You could share your deployment team's success and lessons learned with the 200 Lean Six Sigma professionals and business leaders in attendance at the conference. What better way to recognize the hard work and effort your team has invested to make your program great?
Finalists and winners will be highlighted by iSixSigma and recognized at an awards breakfast at the iSixSigma Live! Summit & Awards. The winners will be announced in the March/April 2010 issue of iSixSigma Magazine and on iSixSigma.com..
How to nominate a Lean Six Sigma Start-up or Re-energized Program. Any Lean Six Sigma deployment team member can nominate their deployment and must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Deployment must have been started/re-energized on or after Jan. 1, 2007
- Deployment must be a corporate-wide initiative with Lean Six Sigma ingrained in the way your company does business
- Deployment must use Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma methodologies
- You will be asked to address achievements and practices around each of the following:
- Deployment return on investment (minimum 5x)
- Deployment alignment with senior leadership's intent and goals
- Change management and corporate culture
- Deployment program management and infrastructure to include:
- Training program both soft and technical skills
- Deployment plan development
- Project selection process
- Repatriation process for Black Belts
- Recognition/reward system
- Project knowledge sharing
- Talent selection and leadership development
Nominate Your Lean Six Sigma Deployment Now!
Methodology
Lean Six Sigma Deployment nominations will be reviewed by a judging panel of experienced Six Sigma professionals, utilizing consistent criteria across all deployments.
Dates to Note
Nominations deadline: Nov. 30, 2009
Finalists announced: Dec. 18, 2009
Finalists recognized and winners announced at the Awards Breakfast at the iSixSigma Live! Summit & Awards: Feb. 3, 2010
Finalists and winners announced in
iSixSigma Magazine: March/April 2010
iSixSigma Live! Awards 2008 Finalists Announced!
Here are iSixSigma's most successful Lean Six Sigma Start-up and most successful Re-energized Lean Six Sigma Program Finalists by category, in alsphabetical order: Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Start-up Programs: - Betfair
- NewPage Corp. Winner
- Unlimited Technology Inc.
Most Successful Re-energized Lean Six Sigma Programs: - United Services Automobile Association (USAA) Winner
- US Army TACOM LCMC
- Washington Mutual/JPMorgan Chase
iSixSigma congratulates these companies, and the individuals who have led and contributed to these programs.
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