Rubbish processes?
Waste of money, brains and time
Lean Six Sigma – yah!

Amanda Beard – The Phone Co-op

We talk and we plan
plans alone are wasted time
we think and we do

Rob Hall – Chemring Technology Solutions

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We’re delighted to be helping sponsor the event and Catalyst Director John Morgan will be presenting the Lean Six Sigma Award.

To find out more including details of how to book to attend these prestigious awards take a look at Quality Scotland’s website. We may well see you in Glasgow in June!

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Following her assessment of the programme, ICiPS CEO, Debbie Simpson said, “I am delighted to confirm that the depth, content and quality of subject matter covered were sufficient to become ICiPS Recognised and provide a fast track route to Professional Membership for delegates.

For a period of 3 years after they are certified, delegates who have successfully completed the course will receive exemption from Underpinnings and Applied knowledge requirements for member status. They will need to provide a copy of their certificate.”

ICiPS mission is to embed continuous improvement (CI) within the delivery of public services, developing a continuous improvement community that works as one to share best practice, knowledge and ideas.

Catalyst’s Green Belt Training course is a trusted Learning Provision for all ICiPS members, so check out our next two open training courses in London on 9-12 June and 14-17 July.

Our customers love our training – that’s why we consistently score above 9/10. To see what they have to say click here

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ONS team receiving their award

Office for National Statistics Wins Top UK Business Award

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has won the British Quality Foundation’s 2014 Lean Six Sigma Award at the 2014 UK Excellence Award Ceremony recognising exceptional performance improvement projects.

ONS was chosen by an independent panel for its methods and results on a project which addressed inconsistencies in management of ONS field staff on long-term sick leave.

ONS field staff are crucial to the organisation, there are around 850 of them reporting to more than 70 Field Managers. They work around the country gathering data for surveys, such as the Labour Force Survey, which form the basis of a number of Government policy.

The field staff work remotely and after it became apparent there was a need to tighten processes in dealing with the number of people on long-term sickness in this area, ONS’s award winning project to address this enabled an improved process for getting them back to work, thereby saving additional recruitment costs.

Rushmi Laidlaw, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in the ONS Continuous Improvement Zone, said: ‘I think the key to our success has been to have Champions across the organisation who can help identify these types of improvement projects. We have extensive training programmes in place which aim to empower more people to make a difference to how we do things.’
Ian Stokes, Chief Executive of the BQF, said: ‘The ONS team has demonstrated how versatile Lean Six Sigma tools are with a great example of a streamlined and beneficial process.’

ONS was presented with its award at the 2014 UK Excellence Award Ceremony which took place on Thursday 16 October at the InterContinental London Park Lane. The event was hosted by actor, comedian and television presenter, Alexander Armstrong, and attended by guest of honour, HRH The Princess Royal.

The Lean Six Sigma Award recognises exceptional performance improvement projects based on Lean Six Sigma. Previous winners include London Underground, Royal Mail and Cooper Vision. The BQF UK Excellence Award Ceremony is the most prestigious excellence event in the UK business calendar.

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Following the success of our one-hour Lean Six Sigma Awareness Webinars, we are now covering the important, but often overlooked ‘Role of the Project Champion or Sponsor’.

Green and Black Belt projects need effective sponsor support to avoid projects take longer than needed, and to ensure they deliver the benefits they should. Teams are successful when they know what to do, why it’s being done and how to do it. And they’ll need to know they have the support and respect of their champion.

Champions need to be flexible in the way they work with their teams to help them accomplish their goals.

This 45 minute webinar will help champions get a better feel for what’s involved and in particular will:

• Walk through the key responsibilities involved in the role
• Highlight some of the challenges the champion is likely to face
• Provide an overview of how to become better qualified

For more information about Catalyst why not check out our website at www.catalystconsulting.co.uk and our recent addition www.enablingresults.com plus our youTube channel – “enablingresults” http://www.youtube.com/user/enablingresults

Please complete the form below to join us for our next Webinar on 23rd April 2015

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