美国陆军正在积极推行Lean Six Sigma

去年 (2007) 美国的国家品质奖Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 给于了陆军的军械研發和工程中心 (ARDEC, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center)。据报导，ARDEC在过去的七年里花费了六百万美元去训练它的员工因而替美国省了四亿多美元。详情请看：

http://www.reuters.com/article ... 71130

http://www.army.mil/armybtkc/a ... 1.htm

Lean Six Sigma Credited for ARDEC’s Prestigious Award:

One of the Army’s vital military installations, Picatinny Arsenal is a 6,500-acre base in northwestern New Jersey that is home to ARDEC headquarters, the Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center. ARDEC provides nearly 90 percent of the Army’s suite of weapons systems, and is known internationally for its innovative weapons technology and engineering, as well as its focus on the customer and high-quality workforce. These achievements, supported by Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology, led to ARDEC being the first federal organization in history awarded the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award –- one of the nation’s top prizes for performance management and quality achievement.

ARDEC is the Army’s principal center for the research, development, and sustainment of armaments solutions, both current and future – requiring proficiency in process management and business decision-making. ARDEC’s drive to provide the latest technology to our Warfighter, while supporting the Army’s strategic force transformation, has required excellence in leadership, strategic planning/analysis, and customer/market focus. Meeting all of these criteria was necessary in earning the Baldrige Award, and ARDEC’s internal “Enterprise Excellence” initiative based on LSS contributed in large part to this special achievement.

Enterprise Excellence itself was developed as a result of an LSS Black Belt project. It integrates various techniques and methodologies – LSS included – to accomplish its mission and objectives. This demonstrates that ARDEC recognizes the value of using LSS not only for process design and innovation, but for redesign and continuous improvement.