I received an e-mail from Sharon de Courla-Souza, who is the head of Process Excellence, the Americas, for Tomson Reuters. She is on a quest to standardize master black belt (MBB) certification for her organization. She is proposing the following criteria, and would like members of the Financial Services Business Transformation roundtable to provide her with feedback on her criteria:
Projects Completed: 5
Projects Coached to Completion: 50
Classroom Training Received: 20 days BB + 20 days MBB
Classroom Training Delivered: 5 days
Written Exam: yes
Panel Interview: yes
Black Belt Experience: Minimum 2 years
If you would like to respond, please send an e-mail to me or to sharon.decorla-souza @ thomson reuters.com.
Teresa McMahon who is the director of the State of Iowa Deparment of Management’s lean initiative sent me this link to her article that is located on LEI’s website: Lean Thinking In Government: State of Iowa . Theresa has spearheaded the Lean Government Collaborative which was formed with Six private companies that include members from Wells Fargo, Rockwell Collins, EDS, Pella Corp., John Deere, and the State of Iowa. If you are interested in joining her collaboration and have business operations in Iowa, please contact me or Teresa for more information on how to join her group.
I will be hosting another demo of Proplanner’s Flow Planner, Workplace Planner, and ProBalance software programs on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 1pm CT. Once again, Many engineering colleges use these programs in their lean, process improvement courses. Professors, teaching assistants and students are invited to attend. Please visit our “See a Demo” page for more information:
“See a Demo” of Proplanner’s IE Software.
