Topic / Company

Continuous Improvment Culture

U.S. Dept. of Defense

When the U.S. Department of Defense opened a Continuous Process Improvement / Lean Six Sigma Program Office in October 2007, the office had a mission of enormous magnitude: build a culture of continuous improvement throughout the DOD by leveraging existing efforts, and accelerating the adoption of Lean Six Sigma within all levels of the organization. Download

Government Services

City of Fort Wayne

In the city of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Six Sigma has made a huge difference in the performance of city services and government. Improvements include a 50 percent reduction in missed trash pickups; a reduction in response time to pothole complaints from an average of 21 hours to 3 hours; and more than $10 million in savings or cost avoidance. Download

Global Enterprise Deployment

U.S. Army

A sweeping rollout of Lean Six Sigma is helping the U.S. Army transform its business practices and free up resources. The deployment is Army wide, making it one of the largest Lean Six Sigma deployments ever attempted, eventually encompassing 1.3 million employees across the globe. Download

Process Cycle Time

U.S. Army

In the U.S. Army, a complex set of documents is needed in the decision review process. If the documents do not arrive when expected, it can delay the decision review for large Army purchases. To address this issue, the Army launched a Six Sigma project to reduce the cycle time of this key process. Download