Finalists Announced for Prestigious 2006 Six Sigma Excellence Awards

six sigma IQ have announced this week the finalists of the 2006 Six Sigma Excellence Awards. The lucky chosen few stand to win massive honour and prestige at this month’s 7^th Annual Six Sigma Summit in Miami. The finalists are as follows (in alphabetical order):

Best Six Sigma Project in Healthcare

• i3, an Ingenix Business (Customer Feedback Program)
• Valley Baptist Health System (Interdisciplinary Communication in Patient Care)
• Virtua Health (Carveouts – System Project)
• Virtua Health (CAT Scan Marlton Division)

Best Design for Six Sigma Project

Sponsored by SBTI

• Delphi Corporation, Steering Division (Manual R&P Gear Rack Rattle Elimination)
• Delphi Electronics & Safety (Six Sigma Capability of High Q Printed Capacitors)
• Dominion Resources (Clover Power Station Coal Management Process)
• MeadWestvaco (Atlanta Print Cut Safety Improvement)

Most Innovative Six Sigma Project

Sponsored by George Group

• Dell (ACS Ownership Process Development)
• Dominion Exploration & Production (Improved Drilling Location Selection)
• Shaw Industries (Shaw Industries Customer Services Order Entry Claim Reduction)
• Valley Baptist Health System (Interdisciplinary Communication in Patient Care)

Best Lean Six Sigma Project

• John Crane Brazil (MCR – Material Cost Reduction)
• Lockheed Martin (Sniper – A Lean Six Sigma Case Study)
• Patni Computer Systems Ltd (Creating a Lean Help Desk)
• Tyco Safety Products (Material Auto-Change Initiative)

Best Defect Elimination in Service & Transaction Project

Sponsored by JMP

• i3, an Ingenix Business (Regulatory Document Cycle Time Reduction)
• Shaw Industries (Shaw Industries Customer Services Order Entry Claim Reduction)
• Tyco Fire & Safety ADT Security Services (Customer Partnership with Bank of America – Increase Accuracy and Timeliness of T&M Invoices)
• Whirlpool (Six Sigma and Finance: Applications to Working Capital Management)

Best Defect Elimination in Manufacturing Project

• Coca-Cola (Water Consumption Reduction)
• Delphi Automotive Systems (Optimization of the Dual Pass Dicing Process to Reduce Silicone Edge Chipping)
• Delphi Electronics & Safety (Dispense Optimization to Significantly Reduce the Occurrence of Bubbles in Silicone Coating)
• Dominion Exploration & Production (Improved Drilling Location Selection)

Winners will be announced at the glittering ceremony on January 24 as part of the established annual celebration for Quality professionals worldwide, the 7^th Annual Six Sigma Summit. Tickets are selling out but lucky last minute bookers can still grab the few left at www.sixsigmasummit.com/NA-2447/ISS