MIAMIMore than 150 top-level executives gathered for two full days in Miami for the 4th Annual Six Sigma Summit, January 21 to 22. Developed and run by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC, London), and sponsored by Quality magazine, the summit brought together top-level companies that have implemented or are considering implementing Six Sigma methods.
Included among attendees and presenters were those from Glaxo-SmithKline, Rath & Strong, Sunbeam, Honeywell, TRW Automotive, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Raytheon. Instead of focusing on the Six Sigma metrics themselves, many of the speakers examined issues such as return on investment, internal changes in attitude, actual implementation, integration of Six Sigma to the business plan, project management, use within the supply chain and other effects of Six Sigma on other such corporate wide issues.