Businesses Turn to Primavera Systems for Planning and Controlling Six Sigma Efforts.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.050803/bb4 PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2003 As companies try to do more with less, Six Sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications. has become a popular initiative to improve internal service quality and business processes. Primavera pri·ma·ve·ra 1 or pri·ma ve·ra n. 1. A tree (Cybistax donnellsmithii) of Mexico and Guatemala, having opposite, palmately compound leaves, yellow flowers, and close-grained, light-colored wood. 2. Systems provides organizations with the ability to successfully select, plan, execute and control quality management programs through its easy-to-use project management software. Primavera has developed Six Sigma templates and methodologies to help companies identify, analyze and select key improvement areas, such as portfolio, risk, and resource management, that will have the greatest impact on improving a business' vital performance indicators, driving the business strategy, solving critical customer issues and strengthening core processes. "Companies are using our software to control and improve critical processes," explained Richard K. Faris, president of Primavera Systems. "Several use the templates and methodologies as a starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the and then ask us to help customize them to match their business processes. Many more are utilizing our professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. group to help configure their systems to support Six Sigma requirements. As a result, customers are enhancing project quality, driving down costs and realizing how their projects impact the overall business in terms of profitability and growth." Primavera project management solutions enable companies to deliver value to the end customer by providing a solid foundation for the design of new products and services that meet Six Sigma standards, as well as, improving critical, existing processes. For example, Six Sigma black belts, who are responsible for tasks, deadlines, and essential deliverables, are using Primavera's template and document management, collaboration and web-based project management capabilities to ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget. Organizations are also using Primavera software to ensure lasting improvements through continuous process improvement methods. By applying methodology and skills set management contained within the application, companies are able to sustain the gains achieved through DMAIC DMAIC Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control DMAIC Design, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (5 stages of Six Sigma Quality Improvement and Assurance) and DFSS DFSS Design For Six Sigma DFSS Defence Force School of Signals (Australian Defence Force) DFSS Decision Frontier Solutions Suite (Informix) DFSS Dielectric Frequency Selective Surface improvement processes. For instance, black belts are customizing successful processes and documentation from previous projects and applying them to similar projects. Proficiencies and resource attributes are also captured and used to ensure that the best possible resources are assigned to projects. "By 2006, more than two-thirds of enterprises with proven revenue-enhancing quality management programs, such as Six Sigma, will have incorporated information quality management measures into those programs (0.8 probability)," stated French Caldwell, Kathy Harris, and Debra Logan, Gartner analysts, in their report, Using Knowledge Management to Drive Business. "This key issue will track the evolving methods of accounting for intangibles, and their quality and contribution to the bottom line, as well as consultants and service providers that provide methods and software for valuing intangible assets and measuring the outcome of investments in them." Product Availability Six Sigma solutions are available by contacting Primavera at 610/949-6736. For more information, visit www.primavera.com/six_sigma. About Primavera Systems, Inc. Founded in 1983, Primavera Systems, Inc., is the leading worldwide provider of project portfolio management solutions. Primavera is positioned as one of the market leaders in both the Gartner Project/Resource Management Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. report (dated July 24,2002) and the META Group Project Portfolio Management METASpectrum report (dated February 28, 2003). The company's innovative solutions help more than 42,000 companies around the globe achieve business success through project success. Primavera products maximize return on investment by speeding time to market, establishing best practices, assessing risk and providing project visibility to all participants, from executives to team members. The company serves a broad range of industries, including aerospace and defense, automotive, chemical processing, construction, energy, engineering, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, software development, technology, telecommunications and utilities. Primavera is headquartered in Philadelphia (Bala Cynwyd), Pennsylvania, with offices in Chicago, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and London. Visit Primavera at www.primavera.com. Primavera is a trademark of Primavera Systems, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.050803/bb4 |
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