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NEXT WEEK
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Monday, July 5 - NO MEETING -
OUR PREVIOUS
MEETING________________________________________________
Topic: “Six
Sigma Green Belt Training” -
If managers are willing to identify
their biggest problem, assign their best employee to it, provide tools,
resources and management support to fix it, and guarantee uninterrupted time and
focus to the employee assigned to it until the problem is solved, these
represent the base principles of the lean manufacturing or six sigma
concept. Lean/six sigma is a
continuous improvement process providing tools and methods that management can
use to solve their biggest problems.
What makes it powerful?
Dedicated and trained problem solvers working in a well-structured system
on projects aligned with business priorities. What are the critical success factors?
Strong, viable, and involved leadership; specific goals; full-time project
leaders; training to develop the capabilities of the problem solvers; regular
reviews to assess progress and hold accountability; and project selection based
on strategic priorities.
Since the 1970s when quality and
continuous improvement became a national priority in product production, a
number of concepts have been introduced:
MBO, HPO, Quality Circles, SPC, SDWT, ISO, Baldridge, TQM, Lean, and Six
Sigma. Each concept has succeeded
on the achievements and understandings of the previous ones. In the future, there will be another new
continuous improvement concept that will build on the success of lean/six
sigma.
Thanks to Jim Barrott for the meeting
summary.
FUTURE MONDAY
MEETINGS_____________________________________________
July 5: No Meeting, Independence Day
July 12: “TVA's NEWclear Program: What's next on the nuclear horizon?” - Mark Burzynski, TVA Nuclear
July 19: “Clean Air Act Compliance: Breathe easier with TVA” - Mike Scott, Title IV Program Mgr, TVA
July 26: “Getting the "tech" out there: ORNL’s Summer Tour” - Fred Strohl, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
August ?: “It'll take more than a homemade rocket for this trip: NASA's Vision for Space Exploration” - Roy Priest, Marshall Space Flight Center
August ?: “Nuclear Proliferation and Security: Keeping us safe at home and abroad” - ORNL
WHERE WE MEET
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We meet at The Read House, and lunch is $11. Parking is free at the Days Inn across
QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS?
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If you have any questions or
suggestions about program items please call Tiffany Gibby at
423-751-3168 or email her at tjgibby@tva.gov. You can find references to other
Chattanooga Engineers Club members at our web site: www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org.