The Six Sigma, Lean and Process Improvement Study Group of the Royal Statistical Society, in collaboration with the Chartered Quality Institute, announces a new service to UK based organisations of all types in manufacturing, service and the public sector. The service takes the form of a programme of surgeries with international experts on a “panel to panel” basis. The surgeries aim to provide the opportunity for the in-house Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma and Lean Leaders, together with executive management, to discuss confidentially any aspects of their current or prospective implementation with an impartial panel of experts led by Professor Tony Bendell. Details of current panel members are attached to this notice.
Modelled loosely on “Gardeners Question Time”, the panel-to-panel sessions will typically consist of one-hour private sessions between the organisations in-house team and a sub-panel of three independent experts. The in-house team participating can in theory consist of any number, but typically is expected to consist of 2-5 members.
Dependent on demand, it is envisaged that these Lean Six Sigma surgery sessions will be offered on a Regional basis, with the sub-panel visiting for a day to undertake discussions with 4-6 organisations. Participating organisation will be charged a nominal amount to cover expenses. Organisations interested in participating are invited to contact Paul Gentry at the Royal Statistical Society.
The intention is to pilot this activity with an initial set of surgery sessions to be run at the Royal Statistical Society in Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009. A nominal contribution to expenses of £100 per participating organisation will be charged. Places will be allocated strictly on a first come first serviced basis, so that early reservation is advised. Sessions will typically last one hour, but longer sessions can be negotiated if booked early. For details or to discuss, contact Paul Gentry, Theme Manager, Meetings & Conferences at the Society, Tel: (020) 7638 8998,
Fax. (020) 7614 3905, E-mail rss@rss.org.uk.
Lean Six Sigma Surgeries, Panel Members
Prof Tony Bendell is Chair of the Six Sigma and Process Improvement Study Group and is a well known expert on Six Sigma, Lean and all aspects of Quality and Excellence. He speaks internationally as an invited keynote speaker at numerous conferences and events including the recent 25th Congress of the EOQ in Vienna, last years RSS Conference in Nottingham and recent conferences in Dubai, Prague, Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Khartoum, and Florence. Through his company Services Ltd., he leads his own Six Sigma Black, Green and Master Black Belt programmes as well as an unique Master Lean Belt programme. He has published widely in professional and academic journals. His Financial Times book on Benchmarking is available in 6 languages and 2 editions.
Tony Brown is the Deputy Chair of the Six Sigma and Process Improvement Study Group and member of the Chartered Quality Institute. He provides Six Sigma mentoring and training through his company ABA – Tony Brown Associates Ltd. He is the UK expert on the ISOTC69/SC4 Statistical Methods Committee and a consultant to the Automotive and Defence industries in quality management and statistical methods. At BAE systems he provided leadership, practical experience and support for the introduction of Six Sigma. He has published a number of articles on the implementation of statistical methods in industry.
Roland Caulcutt is an independent consultant offering training and project support in Six Sigma and Lean. He has trained hundreds of blackbelts and greenbelts in Philips Electronics, ICI Paints and other smaller organisations. His training programmes cover human dynamics and consultancy skills in addition to the ubiquitous topics of statistics, DMAIC, etc. He was an invited speaker at the 2008 RSS Conference, at the 2008 ENBIS Conference and at recent professional meetings in Oslo, Barcelona and Glomfjord. He has written five books on the use of statistics in business and industry and was awarded the Greenfield Medal by the Royal Statistical Society for his work in industrial applications of statistics.
Dr Shirley Coleman is Chair of the Six Sigma Practitioners’ Circle of ENBIS (European Network of Business and Industrial Statistics) and Technical Director of ISRU, the Industrial Statistics Research Unit at Newcastle University. With ISRU, she developed Six Sigma training material as part of a European collaboration with Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland and led programmes for US, Danish, German, Turkish and UK partners. She has delivered tailor made Lean Six Sigma programmes to NHS Trusts, insurance and manufacturing companies. She ran a Six Sigma in Healthcare workshop at RSS 2008 conference in Nottingham and QMOD 2007 conference in Sweden and was a keynote speaker at the 1st Six Sigma conference in Leiria, Portugal. She is co-editor of a wide-ranging book aimed at statistical practitioners Statistical Practice in Business and Industry published by Wiley in 2008.
Professor Robert Raeside is a chartered statistician who pursues and advocates good statistical practice. He is a consultant to many commercial and public bodies, including the Scottish Government, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transport, Scottish Banks and Electronic companies. Currently he is undertaking research to build statistical capacity within Scottish Local Authorities. He has published in the area of applied statistics and undertaken many research projects. Examples of these are in optimising procurement, improving franchising relations and building innovatory capacity. These projects have resulted in the award of over 20 PhD’s. He teaches at Edinburgh Napier University and is responsible for research methods teaching and ethics and governance in the University’s Business School. He has presented at many conferences and is a speaker on forecasting in local authorities at the 29th International symposium on Forecasting in Hong Kong in June 2009.
