Employee Stress Over Economy Puts Firms' Employee ...       October 10, 2008
News: A poll of 711 adults shows that half of those surveyed reported feeling stress over financial matters, with 48 percent saying the current economic uncertainty has caused them to be less productive at work.
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Nissan Creates Large Staff of Quality Inspectors       August 22, 2008
News: The Japanese automaker also will roll out more quality-control training for workers and boost the number of engineers helping suppliers with quality issues to 1,000 from five. Meanwhile, the ranks of engineers certified as quality ...
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Dear Workforce: How Do We Adapt Six Sigma to Our ...       April 20, 2006
Article: Historically, human resources professionals have helped with the heavy training requirements when their organizations adopt Six Sigma. (4/20/2006)
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Productivity and Cost Chart       May 3, 2004
Feature: How productivity, output, labor costs and compensation are changing. (5/3/2004)
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Today's Mantra for Employees: More, More, More!       May 3, 2004
Feature: Whether it is technology, fancy management techniques, financial incentives or bosses just pushing employees to step up the hours in a workweek, today's mantra for boosting revenues is 'worker do more.' Some productivity approaches work...
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Employees Are Close to the Breaking Point       May 3, 2004
Feature: Money is indeed a great motivator. (5/3/2004)
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Fast-Tracking Culture Change       September 18, 2003
Feature: Vanguard's Rich Luzzi says 'We are creating better leaders' through the Six Sigma program. (9/18/2003)
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Huge Profits by Year Three       September 18, 2003
Feature: This year, the company projects a return of $9 million because of Six Sigma. (9/18/2003)
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Building Frameworks for Six Sigma Success       May 2, 2003
Feature: Trendy quality initiatives usually fade before they can turn a profit. Six Sigma is different, say three companies that have trained employees to use this system of process improvement. (5/2/2003)
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