Reduce Utility Bills and More

Reduce Costs, Improve Your Bottom Line

Investing in Excellence will provide substantial Returns for any organization.

RETURN ON EXCELLENCE™ (ROX) FOR CHAMPIONS

Have a problem that’s costing you? What’s it worth to have it fixed? Discover how you can use Improvement Initiatives to cut costs, improve profits, satisfy constituents.

"ROX for Champions" is an event specifically for those in an oversight capacity for business process development and improvements – for the ones who champion the cause! This energetic session will address how to maximize your return on Improvement Initiatives, whether to

• Reduce Operating Costs
• Eliminate Waste
• Improve Quality
• Reduce Processing Times
• Increase Operational Efficiency
• Reduce Utility and Energy Costs
• Improve Client Satisfaction
• Improve Profitability

BONUS SESSION (At the end of the workshop)

In keeping with our purpose of Energy Management on a personal, organizational, and global scale, we are including a special session on improvement projects related to reducing energy usage and the corresponding reduction in your company's utility bills. Austin Energy's Senior Conservation Program Specialist Michelle Noriega will enlighten you on additional benefits available by doing so.

CONTENT

Be prepared for an active session - our use of educational experiences enables us to provide tremendous value in a shortened timeframe. At the end of the session you will know:

• The Six Steps of an Improvement Project
• What is "Six Sigma" and "Lean" and how will it help you?
• The Five Families of Measure You Should Be Tracking
• Five of the Most Useful Analysis Tools and How to Interpret Them
• Questions to Ask When Reviewing an Improvement Project
• Assessing the Financial Impact of Your Investment in Improvement Projects
• Selecting and Prioritizing Projects for Optimum Return on Your Investment

This program uses laymen's examples so you don't need to be a statistical expert to understand the concepts, and it speaks an executive's language, relating the principles of quality and statistics to a business' financial measurements, and teaching at the level an executive needs. The result is a clear map of the metrics for your business and a set of strategies for reaching your destinations.

ABOUT RETURN ON EXCELLENCE ^TM

Return on Excellence^TM (ROX ) is a highly disciplined process that helps us focus on developing and delivering near perfect products and services.  We're confident that our Return on Excellence^TM programs can produce these results because we have done this  repeatedly in large and small organizations, and in both capital projects and operational budgets.  And because we know that you are the experts in your business, and we are the experts in the process of improving processes.  We work together in the most efficient way possible to achieve substantial, quantifiable results.

"ROX for Champions" is a stand-alone course that will enable you to oversee improvement projects to a successful conclusion.  If you would like further support for your staff, ask about our Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt and supplementary courses.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Not only did Bill Scherkenbach develop from scratch a lean Six Sigma organization at Samsung that had an ROI of over 350% in the first two years.  Not only did he save over US$1 Billion as Corporate Director of Statistical Methods at Ford by driving world-class levels of Quality.  Not only is he an American Statistical Association Fellow, a past Board member of the American Society of Quality, a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, winner of the Engineering Society's Gold Award, and Recipient of the Deming Medal.  Bill Scherkenbach also was acknowledged by the "Father of Quality" himself, W. Edwards Deming, who said   "He was my student, and there's none better in the world... It takes a little ingredient called profound knowledge, and he's got it."

Susan Meredith is founder and president of HumanExcel. Susan has taught and mentored over 600 Six Sigma Green Belt projects, including projects that have had measurable impacts exceeding $1Million. Susan has trained and certified over 40 Six Sigma consultants, has been instrumental in the design of World Class Six Sigma training programs, and has served as Master Instructor for Motorola's Continuous Improvement and Statistical Methods curriculums - where Six Sigma started - as well as for other multi-national corporations. During her eight years at IBM, Susan received a Management Excellence Award and a key Technical Award for initiating a Statistical Process Control (SPC) program on billion dollar manufacturing lines.

(Bonus Session)  Michelle Noriega, C.E.M., LEED A.P, received her  Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University prior to moving to Austin to pursue a career in green architecture.  Having worked for several different architecture firms in the area, her experience ranges from high-end residential to high-rise office to parking garage remodels with even some straw-bale design.  Ms. Noriega now holds the position of Conservation Program Specialist Senior at Austin Energy and works in the Commercial Rebate Program providing assistance and rebates to commercial customers.

ROX FOR CHAMPIONS IN AUSTIN

October 22^nd, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with Austin Energy session starting at 3:30 p.m.

At The Crossings

13500 FM 2769

Austin TX 78726

PRICING

$229 per person

$999 per team

*Includes course delivery, course materials, morning refreshments and lunch

*A Team includes a maximum of eight people within the same organization

*To secure your place, please register no later than two weeks prior to the course start date.

*Registrations are also screened to ensure participants are in non-competitive industries. Screening will be based on a first-registered basis.

*The Return on Excellence Program can also be delivered in-house on a customized schedule to your organization.

Register now!