Brush Wellman Inc. began its Lean Six Sigma program in 2001. Since that time, 178 projects have been completed and 76 Green Belts, 29 Black Belts and 5 Master Black Belts have been certified. The original program goals were highly focused on eliminating quality problems that had plagued various production facilities for many years. Recently, the focus has shifted to Lean Manufacturing, eliminating waste and leveraging the benefits of the improved quality made possible by numerous Six Sigma improvements.


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    Title :

    The Application of Lean Six Sigma at Brush Wellman Inc


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Aerospace Manufacturing and Automated Fastening Conference and Exhibition ; 2006



    Publication date :

    2006-09-12




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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