Ivy Tech Community College will provide a 32-hour course in Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt to all departments of the City of Columbus. Forty-six individuals, including Mayor Fred Armstrong, all department heads, and several employees of each department, are expected to participate. An organizational meeting will be held this Friday, January 16, in order to finalize the course logistics.
Mayor Armstrong became interested in the course—offered as a community service by the Workforce and Economic Development department of Ivy Tech—because of his concern about the economy, its effect on city government, and, ultimately, on the residents of Columbus. The focus of the course will be on efficiency of processes that will result in cost savings. The course will be taught by Terrill Paradise, Master Black Belt of Lean Six Sigma and Program Chair of Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Technology.
“We, in city government, are always looking for cost-cutting measures that will save the taxpayer from undue burdens. We are grateful to Ivy Tech for providing—free of charge—the Lean Six Sigma course that will lead us in this direction,” said Mayor Fred Armstrong.
The training to be offered to the city by Ivy Tech as a community service is generated through Ivy Tech’s Six Sigma Institute, which offers training, certification classes, and other specialized programs that address issues resulting from continually increasing technology and expansion of processes in business. The focus of Lean Six Sigma is to reduce business costs while improving performance and generating growth. Six Sigma training is offered at any location, including the main Ivy Tech building on Central Avenue, the nearby Advanced Manufacturing Institute, recently renovated by Ivy Tech for this purpose, or at the client’s facility or other location of his/her choosing.