Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) March 17, 2015 -- The Southwest Alliance for Excellence (SWAE) recently announced that it would offer Lean Six Sigma training as part of its efforts to bring valuable professional development opportunities to its members. SWAE is the administrator of the Performance Excellence Program in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, modeled after the Baldrige National Performance Excellence Program.
Members may enroll in a variety of online process improvement courses ranging from the introductory Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, intended for individual process improvement team members; to the Green Belt course, intended for project team leaders; to the advanced Black Belt course, which entails comprehensive training in the Lean Six Sigma body of knowledge. Additional short courses such as Lean Methods and Fundamentals of Project Management are also available.
SWAE members can receive discounted pricing for the training. SWAE’s enhanced offering is made possible through an agreement with MoreSteam.com. MoreSteam.com serves a global clientele and has been a long time partner with the American Society for Quality (ASQ) who assists in administering the Baldrige Performance Excellence Award program. The company is also an approved global education provider with the Project Management Institute (PMI).
In making the announcement, SWAE’s Executive Director, Karen Shepard, commented: “Our members need cost-effective, flexible training programs that will help them to achieve and sustain performance excellence at the process and organizational levels. The training offered by MoreSteam.com makes world class training accessible to companies of all sizes, as well as to individuals. We’re enthused to join other members of the Alliance for Performance Excellence across the country in offering MoreSteam.com’s curriculum.”
“The MoreSteam business is directly aligned with the Baldrige community as both MoreSteam.com and SWAE are helping organizations to achieve superior results. The Lean Six Sigma methodology provides a standardized means to provide measurable, customer-driven excellence. We look forward to working with the SWAE members to integrate our training into their organization’s framework for excellence,” stated Tim Kelley, MoreSteam.com Executive Vice President.
About Southwest Alliance for Excellence:
Southwest Alliance for Excellence (SWAE) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that advances improvement and excellence in organizations, communities and individuals throughout Arizona, Nevada and Utah. SWAE empowers organizations to pursue performance excellence, improve outcomes and contribute to the economic strength of their community and state. SWAE is a member of the Alliance for Performance Excellence, a national network of state programs that advance improvement in organizations by using the Baldrige Criteria.
About Moresteam.com:
MoreSteam.com is the leading global provider of online Lean Six Sigma training and Blended Learning technology serving over 50% of the Fortune 500 with a full suite of Lean Six Sigma e-Learning courses, data analysis software, discrete event simulation software, online project tracking software, online testing tools, and project simulations and games. MoreSteam.com was launched in the year 2000 in response to the high cost of traditional Six Sigma training and tools. MoreSteam’s mission is to enable people to advance the performance of their organizations by delivering powerful tools for process improvement to the widest possible audience at the lowest price available.
Ellen Milnes, MoreSteam.com, http://www.moresteam.com, +1 614.602.8190, [email protected]
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