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The Integrated Enterprise Excellence System

February 24, 2008 |

RECENTLY I WAS given to opportunity to review two new books by Forrest W. Breyfogle. I am in the process of reading the advanced copies and hope to have a review posted soon. In the mean time please reference the press release below for more details.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shelby Sledge at (512) 478-2028 ext. 227

Corporate paradigm shift: A chance for new beginnings

Business leader and author offers solutions to Lean Six Sigma limitations

AUSTIN, Texas – According to the Internal Revenue Service, more than 68 percent of corporate leaders investigated for fraud in fiscal year 2007 were incarcerated. Between Enron in 2001, the sub-prime hubbub of today and the recent lead paint scandal with American toy companies, it is clear that corporate America needs a paradigm shift that injects clear checks and balances and no-nonsense accountability into the corporate culture.

Leading the charge for a shift in corporate governance, Forrest W. Breyfogle III introduces a new, four-part business book series, Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) (Bridgeway Books, February 2008), to take businesses beyond Lean Six Sigma – a widely used project-based improvement system - and the Balanced Scorecard – a measurement tracking system.

Six Sigma was originally developed by Motorola, in the 80s, to improve quality. General Electric Co., in the 90s, enhanced Six Sigma by creating an infrastructure to formulate and execute defect-reduction projects. More recently Lean Six Sigma was introduced, which includes tools for waste reduction. Many Fortune 500 companies and the U.S. Army are now using Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma to improve operational processes.

Breyfogle, a Lean Six Sigma system expert, says project-focused systems are difficult to sustain and can lead to sub-optimization since these systems lack a structured integration with enterprise-level-process metrics and analytical-derived executive decisions. The IEE system builds on the strengths of Lean Six Sigma and overcomes its weaknesses, providing a framework that supports corporate goals and analytically, innovatively developed strategies. IEE can create a culture that transitions organizations from firefighting to an orchestrated system that moves toward the three “Rs” of business: everyone doing the Right things and doing them Right at the Right time.

“We have seen top companies falter with ethical and quality issues,” says Breyfogle, an executive coach and trainer. “Business managers need a governance system that encourages fire prevention rather than fire fighting.”

IEE is the result of a quarter-century of work in the development and integration of statistical and non-statistical tools. This process is spelled out in the upcoming book The Integrated Enterprise Excellence System: An Enhanced, Unified Approach to Balanced Scorecards, Strategic Planning, and Business Improvement, the first book in the series. IEE techniques transcend management changes, competitive conditions and the day’s economic climate.

The IEE system helps an organization avoid counterproductive projects and assists in planning for unforeseen events. In addition, IEE combats the temptation to use metrics in a fraudulent way.

Breyfogle is founder and CEO of Smarter Solutions Inc. He has authored and co-authored 11 books and published over 80 technical resources for well-known, worldwide publications on Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma and Lean methods. Breyfogle is a fellow with the American Society for Quality and a recipient of the American Society for Quality Crosby Medal. He a member of the board of advisors for the University of Texas Center for Performing Excellence. He has two children and lives with his wife in Austin, Texas.

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To schedule an interview with Breyfogle or receive review copies of the Integrated Enterprise Excellence series, please contact Shelby Sledge at (512) 478-2028 ext. 227 or ssledge@phenixpub


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  1. Alex on March 24, 2008 12:09 am

    Dear Matt,

    May I recommend the Full Text Feed plugin for Wordpress? That way, I can read your snappy writing in the convenient environs of my RSS reader instead of clicking through to your (admittedly attractive) site.

    I might even say that doing so reduces muda (? sp)

    Zoom!
    -Alex

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