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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

USI offers free showcase on Lean Enterprises Green Belt training program

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USI's Extended Services will offer a showcase about the Lean Enterprises Green Belt, a five-day training certificate program designed to provide a practitioner's level of understanding and application of the Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement methodology. The free program will be held from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, November 13, in Carter Hall in the University Center.

The Lean Six Sigma process includes basic Lean principles and tools that help businesses identify and eliminate defects in order to increase customer satisfaction. Participants will learn Value Stream Mapping and Analysis, 5S workplace organization, Poke-Yoke, data collection and sampling, introduction to database decision-making, statistical analysis, and the DMAIC process.

The Lean Enterprises Green Belt Showcase will be led by Floyd McKeag, principal consultant with Corio Consulting of Evansville. McKeag is an ASQ-Certified Six Sigma Black Belt with over 30 years experience in production, engineering, and maintenance. He has extensive experience in lean manufacturing, quality systems, maintenance systems, management techniques, and team building. His background includes working with Lean Operations clients in manufacturing, service organizations, healthcare, and the U.S. Navy.

"All organizations are looking for ways to become more profitable," said McKeag. "Lean Enterprises is a strategy that allows organizations to increase revenue by improving productivity and eliminating waste."

The Lean Enterprises Green Belt training program is designed for:

-Companies who are interested in reducing working capital, increasing return on invested capital, reducing cost of poor quality, and increasing their gross margin

-Current or future deployment leaders, project sponsors, and champion

-Leaders seeking to jumpstart or rescue their current deployment or continuous improvement initiative

-Engineers, business unit managers, program managers, and future participants who will be charged with breakthrough business results

Register online for the Lean Enterprises Green Belt Showcase or call 812/464-1989.

The program is sponsored by the USI Center for Human Resource Development.

For more information, contact Julie Brauser, training consultant of the Center for Human Resource Development, at 812/461-5425 or jbrauser@usi.edu.



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