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The Quality Club at the Industrial Research Institute in
collaboration with the international body COTECNA organized
a seminar on the “Objectives of Six Sigma”. It was held on
the 3rd of May 2006 in the Seminar Hall of the Industrial
Research Institute. The workshop aimed to give awareness of
the 6 techniques of Sigma, approved in big international
industrial enterprises, to improve the capability and reduce
the defects in any process in order to satisfy the customer.
The Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture Louis
Lashed, the Director General of the Ministry of Industry
represented by Geary Al Khoury, the European Lebanese Center
of Industrial Modernization Director Raja Habre, the
Director of the Lebanese Cleaner Production Center Ali
Yaacoub, the vice-president of the COTECNA enterprise Alison
Bourgeois, the Regional Director of M. E. COTECNA Joe Saliba,
the Representative of COTECNA Lebanon Simon Tawilé, and the expert in the COTECNA enterprise
Christophe Renard attended the Seminar, in addition to the
participation of representatives from the Lebanese
industrial enterprises, the divisions & units heads and
engineers of the industrial research institute
The Director General of the industrial research institute
Bassam Frenn opened the ceremony by clarifying that the 6
Sigma targets were prepared, adopted and approved by
international industrial enterprises like Motorola, General
Electric, Siemens, Kodak and other... They are also used by
insurance, communications and medical enterprises. These
techniques aim at developing any existing scientific and
productive path. He added that the Industrial Research
Institute primary target is to reach the adoption of a
sustainable view to the development of the industrial
sector. He stressed on encouraging the industrialists to
adopt the new measures and standards, as well as their
application in their industries, which will be of a big
support to the export and finding new external markets for
their products.
Then the expert Christophe Renard gave a presentation and a
detailed explanation on Sigma targets, confirming their high
return on the industrial enterprises which applied them. He
gave as an example General Electric that gained 5 points on
the three first years of the implementation of these
principles, the value of its shares exceeded 15 % and it
saved 2 billions of American dollars.
At the end of the day, a dialogue was held with the
participants inquiring on the best ways to implement the
Sigma principles.
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