SBTI Awarded Process Patent
for Innovative Roadmap for Lean Product Development
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San Marcos, Texas, November 29, 2007 - Sigma Breakthrough Technologies,
Inc., an international business process solutions consulting firm
announced today they were awarded a process patent for their innovative
Roadmap for Lean Product Development.
Sigma Breakthrough Technologies Incorporated (SBTI), a world-class,
10-year provider of Design for Six Sigma (DFSS), was recently
informed that Joe Ficalora and Dr. Ian Wedgwood were awarded a
process patent for their innovative Roadmap for Lean Product Development. Lean Product Development is a second generation of DFSS that incorporates key lean
principles to design out waste while designing in value from the
Voice of the Customer (VOC). Ficalora and Wedgwood collaborated
on the Lean Product Development roadmap and materials in an effort to take
DFSS ‘up a notch’ and provide more value to their
customers.” Joe Ficalora, SBTI EVP of Technology had this
to say about the Lean Product Development program: “We have seen for
years in our Lean Six Sigma operations efforts that once waste
gets designed in, you cannot take it out after manufacturing begins.
You can reduce its impact, but ultimately you need to design out
the waste. Lean Product Development is an excellent way to influence the design
decisions to drive out waste while driving to exceed customer
expectations. You might saw we’ve extended and required
the Voice of Manufacturing to all the key parts of the design
process. While the theory to do this has been around for decades,
the execution of doing it has been mostly sub-par. This patented
approach to the right tools, in the right sequence yields amazing
product launch results when fully applied to a new product design.
Joe Ficalora, Executive Vice President, of SBTI stated: “I
credit Dr. Wedgwood’s insightful timing and vast experience
in DFSS deployment with identifying the opportunity, researching
potential solutions, and working to find the best mix of DFSS
and Lean manufacturing principles to implement in Lean Product Development.
It has been an immensely satisfying experience to see how Lean Product Development Black Belts have been designing out waste while increasing
performance, all the time exceeding customer and business expectations.
These ‘Lean-Design-trained’ engineers continue to
innovate exciting new products and services for their customers,
providing increased competitive advantage for their companies”.
About Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc.
Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc. is an internationally recognized
consulting firm for enterprise wide business process solutions,
offers an expansive portfolio of products and services to improve
businesses in all disciplines at all levels. SBTI has assisted
companies in a variety of industries including chemical manufacturing,
assembly, transportation and power generation and distribution.
Some of SBTI’s customers include 3M, American Standard,
Celanese and Invensys. SBTI is headquartered in San Marcos, TX
and currently has four international offices serving a host of
multinational clients.
For additional information please visit the SBTI website at www.sbtionline.com
or contact Kelley Furgason at kfurgason@sbtimail.com.
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