8 Project Leaders at Clamason Industries presented their improvement projects to the Senior Team and they, in turn were presented with Six Sigma Green Belt certificates.
Their porfolios of work were also assessed against the BIT standards and they will be receiving their Level 2 diplomas from Walsall College. Well done.
Capella has ponsored a team of riders who are planning to cycle 1000 miles in 10 days from Lands End to John O Groats. They are raising money for Cancer charities and hope to raise at least £5000. Good luck!
On 5th May, 52 people from 14 companies met at Kimal's Droitwich facility to mark the formal launch of a Lean Six Sigma Supply Chain Network. Workshops and in-company support will enable delegates to complete Green Belt and Balck Belt improvement projects that will boost sales and jobs as well as increase customer satisfaction and profitability. The project is part financed by the European Union's ERDF Competitiveness programme.
Capella has submitted a bid for funding in conjunction with two key partners, that would enable the development of exciting new e-resources for Problem Solving and Process Improvement. Fingers crossed!
Capella has signed a contract with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to deliver another Environmental Supply Chain Network. Contact us for more information on this exciting opportunity. Closing date 16/06/2011.
Kate Bullock is Capella's newest recruit. She has considerable experience in running Enironmental Improvement Programmes as well as setting up Environmental systems and policies. She will provide expertise to the new Supply Chain Programmes hosted by Alcon Components and Kimal plc. Welcome aboard Kate!
on 29th March, 7 employees at UYT presented their improvement project to a group of senior managers and handed their completed BIT portfolios to the Wasall College Verifier. "A good value learning experience with the added bonus of saving considerable amounts of money" said Sharon Gunnell.
24th March marked the formal end to a ten month programme that has delivered over £2m in direct annual savings, £16m of safegaurded sales, 28 Green Belts and 6 Black Belts. Well done to all those who took part - fantastic results and a great evening!
We delivered a one-day Presentation Skills programme (on Valentine's day!) for a group of Project Leaders to help them tell a good story when sharing progress.
Capella's new Trainer, Michelle Adey, specialises in Leadership, Performance Improvement and Change Management. She developed and develivered a series of workshops for Team Leaders at STC.
28/1 marked the launch of a new BIT programme for Clamason and one of its key suppliers. The Yellow Blet level programme will lead to NVQ accreditation as well as 3 improvement projects.
We have started discussions with the Rail Alliance with the aim of jontly developing a programme of support - exciting times!
Cllr Huxtable joined the presentation event for the Environmental Supply Chain programme. Targets for CO2 Emmissions, Jobs and Sales Safegaurded and Savings were all exceeded and a good time was had by all!
We've signed a partnership agreement with SEMTA. This will lead to us working more closely over the next twelve months. Watch this space!
We have started work with Webasto to tackle warranty problems. Cost savings and improvements in customer satisfaction will be delivered through this important programme.
Two BAE Trainers will be delivering the first wave of internal Yellow Belt training, following completion of their own training to Balck Belt level. Good luck guys!
17th September will see the launch of the latest phase of Kimal's improvement journey. This will lead to the identification of new improvement opportunities which Capella will be helping to deliver.
Early in September we launched a Six Sigma Green Belt programme for a group of Senior Managers at Barclays. We'll be supporting them through the delivery of a range of improvement projects to deliver process improvements in marketing.
Training and assessment activities at UYT on behalf of Walsall College will yield 9 BIT NVQs and the improvement of two key processes. Customer satisfaction is key and these projects will contribute to sustantial increases.
On the 14th July, 40 Green Belts and Black Belts from 16 companies joined together at Rieter Automotive to Launch a funded Six Sigma improvement programme. The sharing of best practice between banking, healthcare, aerospace, automotive and chemical industries will be fantastic!
Capella's work with Remploy and the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce is set to deliver impressive reductions in CO2 and to generate significant savings.
A new associate will be joining Capella at in July. Chris brings skills in Lean and Quality Engineering as well as six Sigma - welcome aboard!
Contracts are now in place for Capella to deliver Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt programmes to a group of companies hosted by Rieter Automotive GB. Contact us to find out more.
Two of our Associates were invited to join a dinner and discussion at the House of Lords on 27th May. "Improvements in the NHS" was the main topic and there was much lively debate.
We closed a Lean Six Sigma Supplier Development programme on 8th April, following 4 months of intensive training and coaching. "We've learned to stop and do things differently" said Team Leader Wain Hinton.
Capella is providing Black Belt resource to boost the capability of organisations not wishing to employ their own full-time Belts. This is proving very popular with their customers!
4 new case studies showing key programme outputs and the experience of our cleints are now available in the resources area.
Capella has teamed up with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce to deliver a ground-breaking programme that will yield cost savings and CO2 reductions for 18 manufacturing companies. Contact us for more information.
Capella has an entry in the 2010 Parliamentary Yearbook. Checkout our profile.
We have started work on an exciting new contract for BAE Systems.
On 17th December we celebrated the completion of 28 Six Sigma Green Belt improvement projects across 18 companies. Average direct savings pa were £70k. What a great success!
Amrik was invited to present a Balck Belt project he completed with one of Jaguar/Land Rover's key suppliers. This recognition of the quality of improvement projects is well great to receive.
Capella has been contracted to write questions that can be used to assess against NVQ standards - great experience for our A1 Assessors.
Capella's on-hand expertise has enabled a leading OEM to significantly reduce warranty concerns. Our Associates have been providing Six Sigma Black Belt support to fill key gaps in their organisation to great effect.
One of our Associates has received an Honorary appointment from the Medical School at Warwick University following the successful delivery of Productive Ward modules for NHSi
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Capella is now an approved supplier on the West Midlands Supplier Register.
Capella, in conjunction with Covpress Holdings has secured funding from the Manufacturing Advisory Service to set up and run a Six Sigma based improvement programme that is expected to safeguard jobs and sales as well as to deliver bottom-line savings for 9 different companies. Following a well-attended launch event, the first wave of training is now complete and Project Leaders are completing final drafts of their Project Charters. Check the local press or contact us for further details.
We have been working with Warwick University and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement on the delivery of the now internationally recognised Productive Ward programme. Another cohort completed its training at the beginning of April and are ready to roll-out improvements across their trust.
Capella is working with Kimal Plc to increase Problem Solving and Process Improvement capability, training more of its people to Black Belt, Green Belt and Yellow Belt level. Capella is coaching the Black Belts who are leading a range of stock-related projects. The whole team will be focussed on the stock reduction target.
Capella has worked with Projectfour to develop an integrated Problem Solving and Leadership Skills programme for key members of the team at Geotechnical. Capella and Projectfour will be providing facilitation and coaching support throughout the programme.
At the end of another course for Jaguar Land Rover suppliers, Steve Fannnon summarised the delegate feedback sheets and said: "Very positive feedback once again, thanks for your professional delivery of this course". We look forward to the next one later this year.
