The Globe and Mail.
Virginia Galt
Aug. 15 2013
When Sun Life Financial goes to market to bolster its growing team of “lean” business specialists, it faces wide-ranging competition – jostling on job boards with companies as varied as Telus, Bombardier, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, Shoppers Drug Mart, Kraft Foods and the City of Vancouver.
On any given day, there are hundreds of postings on Canadian online job sites for people with formal certification in techniques known as Lean and Six Sigma, as well as the strong managerial skills needed to lead organizational change.
The two techniques are methodical, detailed approaches to analyzing and solving problems and improving efficiency and quality. The techniques began in manufacturing (Lean at Toyota, Six Sigma at General Electric), and trained specialists are now in hot demand across all sectors.
Organizations are eager to find people with skills to analyze how they operate, identify waste, and devise better and more cost-effective methods of delivering quality goods and services.
Virginia Galt
Aug. 15 2013
When Sun Life Financial goes to market to bolster its growing team of “lean” business specialists, it faces wide-ranging competition – jostling on job boards with companies as varied as Telus, Bombardier, Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, Shoppers Drug Mart, Kraft Foods and the City of Vancouver.
On any given day, there are hundreds of postings on Canadian online job sites for people with formal certification in techniques known as Lean and Six Sigma, as well as the strong managerial skills needed to lead organizational change.
The two techniques are methodical, detailed approaches to analyzing and solving problems and improving efficiency and quality. The techniques began in manufacturing (Lean at Toyota, Six Sigma at General Electric), and trained specialists are now in hot demand across all sectors.
Organizations are eager to find people with skills to analyze how they operate, identify waste, and devise better and more cost-effective methods of delivering quality goods and services.
