2004 Issue #1

DaimlerChrysler Blackbelts Save Over $240 Million by Judson B. Estes, Manager, Black Belt Core Group. KT Problem Solving and Decision Making skills, are combined with statistical tools and Six Sigma in a comprehensive Blackbelt program. The author describes the program and tells of one application of KT process that quickly solved an expensive, ongoing problem.

111 Projects and 2 Weeks: Thomson Tube Operations in Piaseczno (Poland) Puts Project Management to the Challenge by Pierre Trzcinski, Plant General Manager. This 2003 Process Achievement Award-winning plant used KT Project Management to reduce annual plant closing for capital improvement and other projects by a week and accelerated the ramp up to full production.

Tregoe Education Forum Reaches Out to Teens and Schools by Cynthia Tregoe Richetti, Vice President, Tregoe Education Forum. Rational process is helping students make better decisions, in their personal and school lives. The Tregoe Education Forum is bringing DA to the classroom.

News and Notes: Wayne Stottler describes the benefits of Blended PSDM, a combination of on-line and classroom learning. Polly Wessel offers ideas for enhancing the PM workshop Implementation activities for Building a Robot. Jim Mullins invites PLs to a free WebEx Seminar on Advanced PSDM with eThink.

Process Achievement Winners Announced for 2003 Winners from around the world are honored for outstanding use of rational process.