Press Release
LEADING SIX SIGMA CONSULTING FIRMS PARTNER WITH INSTANTIS TO BRING INSTANTIS' SIX SIGMA PROJECT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION TO ENTERPRISES
Sunnyvale, CA — April 21, 2003 —
Instantis, a leading provider of Enterprise Performance Excellence solutions today announced new partners for its Six Sigma Project Lifecycle Management solution (SSPLM). Pioneering Six Sigma consulting and training companies including AON Consulting (Rath and Strong www.rathstrong.com), Executive Advisor Group (www.exec-advisors.com), Pivotal Resources (www.pivotalresources.com), Sigma Breakthrough Technologies, Inc. (SBTI www.sbtionline.com), Six Sigma Advantage (www.6siga.com), and Smarter Solutions (www.smartersolutions.com) have partnered with Instantis to address a growing need from their clients - a robust software solution for Six Sigma and Quality project selection and tracking, knowledge management, and effective financial and executive reporting. With the Instantis solution, customers can gain better control of their Six Sigma projects, centralize knowledge, improve executive engagement and accelerate savings from their projects.
Instantis' Six Sigma partners are experiencing immediate successes by introducing the SSPLM solution to their clients, who, in turn are seeing results in record time. For example, SBTI recommended the Instantis solution to Cooper Cameron Corporation when they knew that Instantis was the only company that could deliver a customizable solution in record time and within budget. "We turned to Instantis to help our client with their challenges of managing their rapid growth in Six Sigma projects," said Steve Zinkgraf, President and CEO of SBTI. "Our client needed a web-based software system that could adapt to their Six Sigma roadmaps, help Black Belts and other project managers to track projects, append documents and tools, track financial progress and create the right level of reports for executives. We chose the Instantis solution because of its superior functionality, customizability and ease of use. They lived up to their promise of deployment speed - our client was up and running in 3 weeks."
Thomas Bertels, Vice President of Aon Consulting/Rath and Strong says, "By partnering with Instantis we are helping our clients leapfrog their competition through the use of a robust web-based project tracking system."
Pete Pande, President of Pivotal Resources and author of the bestseller The Six Sigma Way comments, "The ability to document improvement projects is critical to building long-term results. Just as importantly, business leaders need to coordinate and track a portfolio of projects effectively. We've found Instantis' SSPLM to be the best and most flexible option on the market-and one supported by a software firm, not a consulting firm trying to sell software."
Forrest Breyfogle, CEO of Smarter Solutions and author of the renowned book Implementing Six Sigma says, "We find that project management is a key element in creating successful Six Sigma practitioners. We are launching the use of the Instantis SSPLM solution in our training classes to provide hands-on training to our students."
Bruce Hayes, President of Executive Advisor Group and a board member of Six Sigma Advantage says, "Six Sigma results are optimized by an organization's ability to systematically store and quickly retrieve Six Sigma project information. The Instantis solution provides a web-based system that enables rapid solution replication to significantly increase cost savings in Six Sigma deployments. Instantis SSPLM also links to Six Sigma roadmaps to assure process integrity and executive involvement."
"Instantis is committed to working with top-tier partners to help enterprise customers succeed with their Six Sigma efforts. It provides them a compelling way to differentiate their offers and to strengthen their relationship with their clients and prospects," says Shekar Ayyar, Vice President of Business Development and Marketing for Instantis. "We look forward to many more joint successes with our partners."
Ease of use, flexibility, and speed of deployment of the Instantis Six Sigma solution are consistently rated as outstanding by Instantis customers. Companies can choose to deploy Instantis SSPLM either inside their enterprise or from Instantis datacenters. The solution is highly customizable to the specific needs of an enterprise, and the modular table-driven architecture enables parameterization of many elements of the solution, including look and feel, workflow, and arbitrary roadmaps.
Instantis' Six Sigma partners are equipped with the marketing tools, support and training necessary to recommend and support SSPLM. For more information on Instantis' Six Sigma partner program, visit Instantis on the Web at http://instantis.com/sixsigma.
About Instantis
Instantis is a provider of a suite of software solutions that enable Fortune 500 and Global 2000 corporations to achieve Enterprise Performance Excellence. The solutions in this suite are targeted at supporting C-level executives in companies championing cross-enterprise business initiatives that drive performance. The applications are all built on Instantis' Java-based service-oriented application infrastructure that enables each solution to have the best combination of out-of-the-box functionality, unmatched customizability and easy integration. The first application in this suite is the Six Sigma Project Lifecycle Management (SSPLM) solution. This solution enables companies to centrally manage all aspects (project selection, tracking, knowledge sharing, and reporting including financials) of Six Sigma, Lean, and other Quality improvement projects. Instantis customers include market leaders like BellSouth Corporation, Cooper Cameron Corporation, McKesson Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, Xerox Corporation, and Yale New Haven Health System.
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