Praise for "Breakthrough Lean Six Sigma"

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"Jim Bandrowski's streamlined approach to Lean Six Sigma and quality improvement is the best available in the marketplace. His training and facilitation of 12 of our teams saved us millions and helped our division generate 46% of the revenue and 87% of the profit of our parent corporation."

Walt Woodbury
Former CEO
QualMed California
Division of HealthNet

"Jim Bandrowski's workshop on Breakthrough Six Sigma was phenomenal. Both the workshop and Jim's dinner speech, Putting Creativity into Six Sigma, were brilliantly presented and really got our members fired up."

Larry King
President of the San Francisco Chapter
American Society for Quality (ASQ)

"Jim, it was a pleasure working with you, and the Lean training you gave us was a great benefit. As one of our team members wrote:  'Jim's use of hands-on techniques and examples were more applicable and effective than what I've experienced in similar training sessions.'"

Kyle Haeussler
Blackbelt and Manager
GE PowerSuite
General Electric

“As a business leader in charge of serving both internal and external customers who purchase millions in supermarket equipment, Jim Bandrowski's seminar on Improving Operations in the Service Industry gave me the proven methods, tools, knowledge, and many great ideas to make things happen, and immediately improve customer service and reduce cost.”

Jeff Miller
Director Equipment Services
Design Services Group
SUPERVALU INC
(Acme, Albertsons, and Farm Fresh Grocery Stores)

“The Six Sigma training I attended was an investment in time and money that far exceeded my expectations. I laughed a lot and almost cried when I found out how much money we are spending on processes that just frustrate employees and add no value to the customer.”

Chris Butler
CEO
Community Credit Union
Onalaska WI

“You are one of the greatest motivational speakers we have heard in a long time. The ease by which you adapted your expertise in Breakthrough Lean Six Sigma for immediate use by candy manufacturers was outstanding. Your speech energized our Seminar and was the highlight of the day!”

Ed Silva
Chapter Chairman
American Association of Candy Technologists
Quality Manager, American Licorice

“Jim, I want to thank you again for delivering the March 10-11, 2011 Design for Lean Six Sigma executive education course. Participants scored you 6.86 on a 7 point scale. You can deliver very technical information to a wide ranging audience, from individuals completely new to Six Sigma and DFLSS, to experienced black belts with a deep understanding of new product development. It takes a master instructor to be able to meet the needs of such a wide band of participants.”

Scott Converse
Director - Six Sigma Programs
Executive Education
University of Wisconsin - Madison

“I call Jim Bandrowski's Breakthrough Six Sigma workshop my 200/300-level course on Six Sigma. Two weeks later, I am into the "M" step of DMAIC and feeling confident about it. People at work tell me that I have a new take on our work. I do! And I owe much of it to the class. I have recommended that all leaders of our company attend this course. I am so fired up!”

Patty Keller
Customer Service Manager
Omnipress (National printing company)

“Jim is an engaging and dynamic presenter. When it comes to the before-after learning outcomes participants report, no program faculty member scores higher.”

Scott Converse
Director, Technology and Operations Programs
University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Business
Executive Education

"Your Six Sigma course was great! We covered a huge amount of material in three days, applying it to our own problems. The results were so incredible, I couldn't wait to get back to work and apply what I had learned."

Ruth McCarthy
Group Manager, Claims Services
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company

"The improvements we made in our admission, documentation and billing departments were the direct result of Jim Bandrowski's approach to Six Sigma. These improvements resulted in a cost saving of $450,000 the next year, a breakthrough given our size, as well as attracting some major new customers. Jim's hands-on style of combining Six Sigma with leadership development is unique, and facilitated change and growth—not just once for us, but as a new way of life."

Steve Vinci
General Manager
Timberlake Division of Sutter Health

"Get on a fast track to Six Sigma. Their world class instructors bring Six Sigma philosophy down-to-earth so you can get breakthrough results, fast. You'll never look at a process in the same way."

David Atkins
President/CEO Argosy Console, Inc.
(Creates furnishing solutions for the recording,
television, film, and video industries worldwide)

"Our managers were reluctant to attend a seminar that they feared would be mainly motivational in scope. But, Jim's workshop gave us tangible tools to attack any issues that we were struggling with and gave us a systematic way to solve them. Jim applied the tools to our business right in the session, and our managers left upbeat and eager to try out this new approach. And they left motivated!"

Dave Hall
Co-owner of the Mustard Seed and Noodle Express
11 unit restaurant company

"Jim's program is excellent, and his level of energy is enormous. As a participant, you are "involved" from the very beginning to the end. Jim facilitated numerous action learning programs for a number of our operating organizations, resulting in millions of dollars of savings."

Patrick Carmichael
Talent Manager
Saudi Aramco (largest oil company in the world)

"I thoroughly enjoyed Jim Bandrowski's Accelerated Six Sigma workshop. It was fast-paced, covered the essential elements, and the practical, real-world examples he provided made the concepts easy to comprehend and added so much credibility to the program. Jim is an excellent trainer and an expert in the tools and techniques of Six Sigma. I now have the confidence to pursue process improvements."

Bev Boltz, Senior Trainer
Subzero, Inc.
(Top of the line manufacturer of refrigerators, freezers, etc.)

"Your Lean Six Sigma class was thorough and insightful, and I came away with a deeper understanding of the concepts and techniques used in Lean Six Sigma to achieve strategic and operational excellence."

John S. Marceca
Sr. Vice President, NPL and Quality
GBM T Group
(Large Electronics Contract Manufacturer in U.S. and China)

“I very much enjoyed your course on Breakthrough Lean Six Sigma. I returned to the office with the tool set and confidence I needed to tackle my most difficult process problems—from internal and external customer service to production and new product design.”

Corrine Daniels
Nursery Manager
Applied Ecological Services

“Jim Bandrowski’s Six Sigma for Small to Medium-Sized Companies half-day workshop was a big hit with my CEO members. One of my long term members (over 8 years) said it was the best presentation he has heard in TEC’s monthly meetings. Another member CEO immediately applied the Six Sigma techniques at his company and significantly reduced the manufacturing costs of a major product within 48 hours of the meeting!”

Randy Yost
TEC Chair, Roseville, CA
TEC: The International Organization of CEO

“I felt your Six Sigma training was the most beneficial I’ve had since I’ve been at Trek Bicycle.”

Jon S. Denzin
Continuous Improvement Specialist
Trek Bicycle

“The very best Lean Six Sigma guy out there is Jim Bandrowski. You could find no better person to lead your effort.”

Michael Norris
Senior Chairman -- TEC #69, TEC #725
Facilitator of Two CEO Groups for TEC