Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential ticket, is making Lean Six Sigma part of the core of his early campaign. Gingrich explained how he envisioned applying Lean Six Sigma to federal government policies. “An intelligent Congress in a city that wanted to be intelligent would hold hearings, [...]
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Candidate Gingrich Promotes Six Sigma in Campaign
August 18, 2011Bolivia’s Minera San Cristobal S.A. Mine Certified to Three International Management Certifications Simultaneously
February 9, 2010Business Enterprise Mapping, a consulting firm in Scottsdale, Arizona, recently completed a business process improvement project for Minera San Cristobal S.A., a remote mine, located 4000 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains in southwestern Bolivia. After development of a business enterprise system and quality management system, the mine received certification on February 1, 2010 to three rigorous and highly respected international management standards.
Process Owner Participation in Process Mapping Projects
October 14, 2009One of the most important predictors of success in a process improvement project is the level of process owner participation. We always use a cooperative approach with our clients. Process owners and mapping team members need to be trained and educated throughout the process development cycle. This will lay the foundation for continuous improvement of [...]
Business Process Reengineering
May 11, 2009Companies often stagnate or simply fail to grow because they have become lost in overly complicated processes and suddenly realize that they no longer have control over the organization. When this happens, companies that wish to thrive will have to make improvements to their business processes and may even benefit from a “clean slate”. In [...]
What is Business Process Analysis?
March 25, 2009By conducting process analysis of a business, companies can remain efficient, streamline work flow and become more effective.
The Value of Learning Business Process Mapping
January 22, 2009What is the value of taking a training course on business process mapping in today’s economy? Process mapping is an in-demand skill set and a fast growing professional discipline. Streamlining operations not only improves work flow and staff communication; it offers a total organizational solution to improve overall productivity and bottom-line profitability. Process mapping [...]
Good Process Owner, Bad Process Owner
January 7, 2009Clients often ask,”How do we select the right process owner?” While we have a list of selection criteria for our clients, and work closely with them to make the right choice, the fact is that you never really know how someone is going to work out. The goal is to train and educate a group [...]
Are You Ready for Future State Mapping?
April 17, 2008A surprisingly large number of organizations have yet to document their processes in a formal way. So the idea of future state mapping may sound like a shortcut to process heaven, especially if your processes are out of control. What is future state mapping? It is, in a nutshell, creating the desired state for a [...]
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