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Software Vendors

Belmah Strategies
APQP and Six Sigma activities synthesized into APQP and Six Sigma projects. Generate graphical reports for APQP and Six Sigma management presentation.

Decisioneering, Inc. - Crystal Ball
Since 1986, Decisioneering® has built its reputation on the award-winning Crystal Ball® line of simulation, forecasting, and optimization software. We've pioneered the use of simulation and optimization in everyday decisions and are dedicated to developing the tools, services, and training that individuals and companies need to better calculate, communicate, and diminish their business risks. Crystal Ball is a Microsoft® Excel-based suite of analytical tools that can quickly be applied to new or existing business, process, and engineering models. Six Sigma and DFSS practitioners can use Crystal Ball to reduce variation, establish new process capability, or develop new product capability.

E-Z-MRP
E-Z-MRP is a manufacturing planning and execution system designed specifically for small companies. It is arguably the simplest approach and the easiest to implement of any MRP system in software history. Written in Microsoft’s Access, the system will run on a standalone machine or any local area network. It works just as well in job shop or build to order environments as in build to stock or build to forecast operations. On the website you’ll find complete pricing, a downloadable user manual, support policies, screen shots, sample reports, testimonials, and support policies. Or call for a free evaluation system 858-259-4334

Hagen & Co
Hagen & Co. help manufacturers increase profits - without capital expenditure.
Our financial OEE and Six Sigma software help companies determine the True
Opportunity of all of their plants. Through a patented process, we are able to put dollar values on all of the problems that prevent companies from attaining their true potential. We offer unique software, training, and services, plus an improvement methodology that validates the size of the improvement potential, prioritizes the opportunities, defines in detail how to achieve them, and implements an improvement cycle that enables the improvements to sustain and increase over time.

IBS Software
For more than twenty years, IBS software has enabled businesses to comply
with a range of industry standards and government regulations, and achieve
other management objectives. IBS works with their customers to foster a
Culture of Compliance™ by cutting across corporate “silos” and enabling
consistent, sustainable compliance. IBS solutions have helped thousands
of companies realize the full benefits of compliance, including reduced
cost and risk, improved customer satisfaction and higher profits. IBS is
fully certified to ISO 9001.

iGrafx
iGrafx is a leading provider of process analysis solutions that help organizations achieve competitive advantage through process excellence. The iGrafx solutions enable organizations to improve quality, increase customer satisfaction, reduce costs, and increase utilization, allocation and deployment of resources through understanding, analyzing and optimizing processes. Process-centric organizations can bridge the gaps between the three major process constituencies: IT departments, business analysts and process initiative practitioners, by creating a team-based collaborative process visualization and analysis environment. iGrafx effectively links process initiatives with the implementation environment for measurable productivity improvements.

Instantis
Instantis provides the software that enables organizations to centrally capture, track, measure and report all aspects of enterprise Six Sigma program and project management from Strategy to Idea to Realization. Capable of supporting any number of simultaneous management initiatives, innovative Fortune 100 customers such as BellSouth, McKesson, Wells Fargo Bank, Xerox and Lockheed Martin have all benefited from Instantis solutions.

i-solutions Global Limited
i-solutions provide software for Project Tracking, Business Dashboards and Business Process Management. These solutions help executives to move from tracking project benefits to being able to understand if the right initiatives are in place, and if the initiatives are moving the key business ‘dials’ that measure achievement of business strategy.

Logility
With more than 1,100 customers worldwide, Logility is a leading provider of collaborative, best-of-breed supply chain solutions that help small, medium, large and Fortune 1000 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions is a complete supply chain management solution that features performance monitoring capabilities in a single Internet-based framework and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; supply and global sourcing optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management. Logility customers include Bissell, Brown Shoe Company, Huhtamaki UK, McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Rand McNally, Sigma Aldrich, and VF Corporation. For more information about Logility call 1-800-762-5207 or visit www.logility.com

Lynk Software, Inc
EVEREST customer complaint and quality issue tracking software facilitates Six Sigma initiatives

Mindjet
MindManager X5 Pro, visual software for planning and collaboration, helps Six Sigma teams capture input, organize information and plan projects and processes. With its graphical interface, users can easily see the big picture and quickly communicate project status. Explore using MindManager in a Six Sigma DMAIC (Define-Measure- Analyze-Improve-Control) process – view a recorded web seminar or attend onsite classes offered across the US.

NetReflector, Inc
NetReflector, Inc. provides global corporations with scalable enterprise feedback solutions that maximize corporate profits by transforming feedback into loyalty. NetReflector solutions enable customer, employee and partner feedback in any language, any time, at every touch-point of an organization (contact center, help desk, website etc.) to ensure a consistent customer experience, increase employee retention and enhance partner-generated revenue. Our innovative, high-value solutions combine robust, world-class enterprise software with best-practice consulting and methodology. NetReflector, part of GMI (Global Market Insite, Inc.), is based in Seattle, WA and has operations on six continents around the globe.

Northwest Analytical, Inc
The NWA SPC Software Suite supports Six Sigma, Continuous Process Improvement, and Supply Chain quality management inititives.

performancesoft Inc
Early wins are extremely important to gain the momentum of success that is required for a Six Sigma initiative to become viable.

PowersteeringSoftware
PowerSteering Software is the leader in On-Demand Enterprise Performance Improvement. We provide flexible program management solutions for Lean, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence and other strategic initiatives including Merger Management, Product Development and Project & Portfolio Management. Our easy-to-use On-Demand solutions provide GE, Raytheon, Textron, Tyco, IBM, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and others with real-time executive visibility, strategy alignment, and enhanced program and team effectiveness to drive strategy and accelerate results across the enterprise. PowerSteering Software manages more than $25 billion in target savings, supports more than 75,000 active users, and tracks more than 150,000 projects for more than 70 customers.

Robustica
Do more than predict, design for Six Sigma quality. There are a number of applications available that predict the effects of random variability on the quality of a system that has been modeled in Microsoft Excel. While these applications can help with Six Sigma, increasing competition means that they are no longer enough. Now you must optimize your system?s design for Six Sigma quality from the start. This is design for Six Sigma and Robustica was designed to help with this exact task. Download the trial version now and see how you can design for Six Sigma quality with Robustica.

Savvi International
Savvi International provides affordable state-of-the-art learning, tools, and reference materials for use by anyone to improve personal and professional performance. The authors of the bestselling Six Sigma for Dummies have combined the best materials, tools, and techniques from across the business landscape and made them available for your use or resale. In addition, we complement our products with expert service and support, to ensure you receive the best value at the lowest prices in the industry. We enable you to implement your solutions your own way. That's why we provide customizable products, in the form of materials and tools you can tailor and utilize to your own best advantage -- all backed by our leading services and support.

SigmaFlow
SigmaFlow's enterprise and desktop software solutions elevate corporate process improvement and best practice initiatives to a significantly higher level, reducing learning curves and project completion time, while improving results and cost efficiency. Our software allows capture and implementation of best practices, and uniquely aggregates data from multiple projects into a central repository for result analysis and reporting. Our "online/offline" architecture allows project teams to work where they are most efficient.

SigmaXL
SigmaXL is a leading provider of user-friendly Excel add-ins for statistical and graphical analysis. Our flagship product, SigmaXL, is cost-effective, powerful and easy-to-use. It will enable you to measure, analyze, improve, and control your service, transactional, and manufacturing processes. As an add-in to the already familiar Microsoft Excel, SigmaXL is ideal for Six Sigma training. It is rapidly becoming the tool of choice for Six Sigma professionals. SigmaXL includes user friendly features such as highlighting low p-values in red to indicate that the results are significant. A free 30-day trial version is available for download from our website.

SlipStream Software
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, SlipStream closes the knowledge gap for manufacturers by providing analytical tools that help them to be truly competitive. From our real time Enlighten application suite to our PM Event Analyzer root cause application these analytical tools are designed to provide quick ROI to the manufacturing world. OSI PI, Rockwell, GE, WonderWare and Microsoft SQL are trademarks of their respective companies.

SPC XL
SPC XL is a Microsoft Excel add-in which gives users powerful yet easy-to-use SPC (Statistical Process Control) capabilities. From within Excel you will be able to access many tools for statistical analysis, including Control Charting, Cpk analysis, Histograms, Paretos, MSA, and much more.

STATGRAPHICS Centurion XV – StatPoint Inc.
Statistical software for advanced Six Sigma projects. Designed to analyze data that didn’t come from a textbook.

Statistical Design Institute, LLC
Statistical Design Institute, LLC, works with companies to implement, deploy and reap the benefits of Design For Six Sigma (DFSS). We incorporate our SDI software toolset with our training to help your design team make the best possible decisions to benefit your customer and company. The end result with DFSS is the ability to create new products quicker with less cost in order to keep the edge on your competition and to grow your business. The SDI software toolset helps Marketing, Manufacturing, Engineering, Production, Finance, and other functions to communicate better by using the same terms and head in the correct direction.

Statit Software
Statit Software provides a family of analytical tools targeted at the broadly based quality improvement community. Our products are highly customizable and our staff are skilled at helping our customers adapt our products to support statistical and quality analysis initiatives, regardless of whether they are philosophically based on TQM, CPI, or Six Sigma.

Sterling Technologies, Inc
Sterling Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of world-class interactive Design for Six Sigma software tools for design engineers and quality professionals! Our DFSS II analysis software toolset includes a library of over 600 standard process capability models allowing mechanical design engineers to successfully design for Six Sigma today!
We offer DFSS software, DFSS design analysis services, consulting, training and advanced process capability model development services.

The Quality Group
The Quality Group (TQG) has been developing best-of-class e-Learning and
Blended Learning solutions for corporations and colleges since 1992. TQG’s development systems allow companies to easily customize and align content with their current roadmaps to drive better learning outcomes for Six Sigma, Lean, Statistical Process Control, and Basic Statistics. All courseware features instructional design applied by SME’s, along with interactive and engaging content. Each module is supported by a PDF guide, and includes pre and post-testing. Materials can be delivered from our portal which includes LMS functionality, or dropped behind corporate firewalls into existing LMS environments. The TQG client list includes companies in the Fortune 100, as well as companies with 100 employees, and many top U.S. community colleges.