Case Study – Business Performance Improvement (BPI)

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November 7, 2024December 3, 2024 bizpi

Medical device manufacturer achieves significant savings and revenue growth through Green Belt projects

After completing online Green Belt training, a series of Green Belt projects were launched in the summer of 2024. Here

Case Study

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 bizpi

Manufacturer leverages Green Belt training to save $30,000 per project with 10:1 ROI

An international manufacturer revamped their continuous improvement program, and wanted to increase the problem solving skill set of their leadership

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September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 bizpi

Value Stream Mapping event leads to $800K in revenue opportunities and $500K in inventory reduction

A small-town factory was looking to identify cost savings opportunities along with improved customer delivery and satisfaction. It was decided

Case Study lean

May 18, 2024September 9, 2024 bizpi

Rockwell Collins Lean Journey acheives decades long success

Rockwell Collins (now Collins Aerospace) launched a Lean Electronics program in 1997. I joined the organization in Jan 1999 at

Case Study JMP

January 24, 2024July 25, 2024 bizpi

Manufacturer invests in Green Belt training that leads to significant savings and payback

A manufacturer that does a mix of production and research and development expressed interest in a 2-week Six Sigma Green

ANOVA Case Study DOE

January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 bizpi

DOE and Gage R&R studies help evaluate solar panel efficiency

While working on the Corporate Sustainability team at Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) back in 2011, I was approached by

Case Study

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 bizpi

Food manufacturer achieves cost savings and skill development with Green Belt program

BPI was asked to develop and conduct a Six Sigma Green Belt training program for a well-known food manufacturer. There

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December 10, 2023December 10, 2023 bizpi

Product Specification Adjustments Reduce Paperwork

About 10% of the time, an aircraft part would fail to meet the quality specifications agreed upon with the customer

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December 3, 2023December 4, 2023 bizpi

Dermatology clinic finds waste opportunities with gemba walk observations

A dermatology clinic was curious if waste and opportunity could be found in their small clinic in Texas. They asked

Case Study kaizen burst kaizen event

November 9, 2023November 9, 2023 bizpi

Food manufacturer conducts kaizen event to establish new maintenance program

A kaizen event was planned with maintenance managers across multiple facilities in order to improve the preventative maintenance (PM) program.

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Lean Six Sigma Bursts

We share our takes and thoughts on a variety of topics related to process improvement (specifically Lean and Six Sigma methods), Bursts are rapid improvement activities, so this sounded like a good word to use for these short audio clips. We’ll try to keep them under 5 minutes each.

In this episode, I share a short segment of a recorded presentation I gave to the Continuous Process Improvement Forum hosted within the National Industries of the Blind. They wanted to hear my perspective on AI, so I shared how I’ve utilized for my consulting work.

NIB is a great organization whose mission is to enhance the opportunities for economic and personal independence of people who are blind, primarily through creating, sustaining, and improving employment.

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