USG Corporation Wins Award of Excellence for Lean Six Sigma Deployment of the Year
April 12 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Recognized by American Quality Institute for
outstanding implementation of Lean Six Sigma programs that foster
continuous improvement and drive substantial savings for the
building materials company
USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), an industry-leading manufacturer of
building products and innovative solutions, is a recipient of the
2017 Lean & Six Sigma World Excellence Award for ‘Lean Six
Sigma Deployment of the Year’ from the American Quality Institute
as part of its annual Lean & Six Sigma World Conference. Now in
their second year, the Lean & Six Sigma Excellence Awards
recognize organizations across a variety of industries for
outstanding process improvement programs that drive efficiencies,
increase profitability and improve customer experience.
“We are honored that USG earned recognition for our process
improvement initiatives with the Lean Six Sigma Deployment of the
Year Award,” said Chris Lawson, USG’s Senior Vice President of
Corporate Excellence. “Our talented corporate excellence teams
foster a culture of continuous education and improvement, which
empowers employees across the organization to create new
efficiencies that have a direct impact on the company’s
performance. To date, we have completed more than 1,000 Lean Six
Sigma projects allowing us to strengthen our bottom line throughout
the business cycle.”
USG implemented Lean Six Sigma (LSS) in 2010 to improve
profitability, strengthen capabilities and increase continuous
improvement awareness. LSS is the strategic approach to operational
improvement that increases speed and quality of organizational
processes while reducing waste and cost. Since launching its first
LSS initiatives, USG has expanded the programs across its
manufacturing, corporate and former distribution divisions.
USG’s high-performing employees undergo extensive training to
become LSS leaders, or “Belts,” who oversee the planning and
execution of LSS projects and play an instrumental role in their
successful deployment. To date, USG has trained more than 375 Belts
and 5,500 employees to support its LSS efforts. The company’s
holistic approach to training, coaching and providing ongoing
education for its Belts marks it as exceptional among corporate LSS
programs. Even after formal LSS training concludes, Master Black
Belts continue to guide process excellence leaders on projects. As
a result of this commitment to team collaboration, USG achieved an
aggregate project cycle time in 2016 of 5.2 months.
“USG’s recognition reflects a Lean Six Sigma program that is
both broad and deep, with a strong core of Black Belts and Master
Black Belts, as well as a lean program to engage the manufacturing
plant teams in continuous improvement,” said Kimberly
Watson-Hemphill, Chair, Lean & Six Sigma Excellence Awards and
President of Firefly Consulting. “Their established track record of
success includes impressive financial savings. Since implementing
Lean Six Sigma, they have achieved more than $250 million in hard
savings, reflecting a 250 percent internal rate of return.”
The Lean & Six Sigma Excellence award winners were honored
on March 29, 2017, at an awards ceremony that took place as part of
the annual Lean & Six Sigma World Conference in Nashville,
Tenn.
About USG Corporation
USG Corporation is an industry leading manufacturer of building
products and innovative solutions. Headquartered in Chicago, USG
serves construction markets around the world through its United
States Gypsum Company and USG Interiors, LLC subsidiaries and its
international subsidiaries, including its USG Boral Building
Products joint venture. Its wall, ceiling, flooring, sheathing and
roofing products provide the solutions that enable customers to
build the outstanding spaces where people live, work and play. Its
USG Boral Building Products joint venture is a leading plasterboard
and ceilings producer across Asia, Australasia and the Middle East.
For additional information, visit www.usg.com.
About the Lean & Six Sigma World Conference
The Lean & Six Sigma World Conference, organized by the
American Quality Institute, is the leading conference on quality
management standards and Lean and Six Sigma principles. Companies
who are interested in having their projects recognized should
consider applying when registering for the 2018 conference. For
additional information, visit www.leanandsixsigma.org.
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