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Top industry strategists guide businesses on sustaining performance excellence

Lean Six Sigma Improvement Week – September 16-19, 2008

Chicago, IL, August 7, 2008 – With the fated credit crunch, a slowing economy, and several US states already in full recession, consumers and businesses alike are eyeing investments more carefully. While cutting resources and selling off business assets may be prudent, it is a panicked reaction that may do irreparable damage to customer relationships.

Top fortune 500 companies as well as small service providers are re-invigorating and re-investing solidly in Lean programs. Its proven methodologies offer the capacity to streamline resources without cutting capacity to deliver, giving businesses much more sticking power for 2009.

This topic is what will be on the table at the “Lean Six Sigma Improvement Summit” taking place this September at the Hyatt Regency, McCormick Place in Chicago.
Ensuring end-to-end quality, streamlining business-wide operations and transforming process improvement into performance excellence will dominate the discussions at this 4th annual installment of the forum.

This ‘who’s who’ of Lean Six Sigma will see 46 of the top thinkers in performance excellence leading discussions, think tanks, seminars and workshops over 4 intensive days. Top industry strategists presenting include:

• Tonja Summit, SVP Enterprise Planning & Strategic Initiatives Wachovia
• Srisu Subrahmanyam, Vice President, Continuous Improvement, United Airlines
• Kenneth Marcia, VP Worldwide Supply Chain & Process Innovation, Dresser-Rand
• Nancy J. Plews, Worldwide Director KOS, and Quality, Graphic Communications Group, Eastman Kodak Co.
• Dr. Jeffrey K. Liker, Professor, Industrial and Operational Engineering, University of Michigan & author of best selling book - ‘The Toyota Way’

Hundreds of participants at this key industry event will hear discussions on a myriad of issues including:

• Dramatically increasing business flexibility and front-end creativity by tying Lean Six Sigma closely with innovation
• Aligning individual Lean Six Sigma targets and corporate development through integrating a clear Performance Management framework across your organization
• Winning and retaining business in the wake of the credit crunch by stepping up quality, delivery and service to deliver more to your customers
• Streamlining business-wide operations with Lean supply chain, supplier collaboration and corporate-wide training and deployment strategies
• Ensuring projects are 100% aligned with corporate strategy and deliver true business ROI through strategic decision making techniques

Visit www.iqpc.com/us/lean for a detailed agenda and full speaker list or email enquire@iqpc.co.uk.

About IQPC
IQPC produces more than 1,500 events annually around the world, keeping executives up to date with industry trends, technological developments and best practices in their respective industries. IQPC’s “Six Sigma IQ”, offers a suite of events that have been specifically tailored for executives involved in performance improvement. Visit www.iqpc.com for more information.

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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.


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