PODCASTS

These blog talk interview podcasts were conducted by organizations such as American Management Association (AMA) Edgewise, PI Windows on the World, and Quality Conversations. In these interviews, Forrest Breyfogle describes, among other things, the benefits of the enhanced business process management system (BPM); i.e., Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE). Podcast topic titles include: “What Really Happened at Toyota”, “Taking Six Sigma to the Next Level”, and “Corporate Performance Management: Integrated Enterprise Excellence”.

An Interview with Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics

View this podcast and explore how to achieve organizational performance improvements through the use of the Integrated Enterprise Excellence system. During our discussion, Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics: Golfing Buddies Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard and CEO of Smarter Solutions, a global management coaching and consulting firm specializing in the design and application of innovative enterprise-wide performance measures and business solutions.

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Using Six Sigma to Lower Medical Costs, while Improving Patient Service and Outcomes

CIGNA’s Leslie Benke and Smarter Solutions’ Forrest Breyfogle team up in discussion of using Six Sigma to Lower Medical Costs, while Improving Patient Service and Outcomes at the ASQ World Conference in May 2005. In regards to Six Sigma helping to change paradigms, they find that lower medical costs do not have to equate to lower quality outcomes. In addition, CIGNA focuses on its 3-tier approach to Six Sigma in proving the cross-divisional/business paradigm. Both find that Six Sigma data analysis tool provide new insights into medical services utilization, costs, and proactive solutions for improved clinical outcomes, leveraging benefits and resulting in more robust solutions.

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