PRESS RELEASE
15 November 2007
Businesses today are challenged to perform, at all levels within the organisation. They have been challenged to drive growth while managing costs and complying with a new regulatory environment. Customers anticipate superior products and services and shareholders demand sustainable returns. Businesses cannot afford to miss out on any of these deliverables. They need to be focused on the critical areas that will deliver superior performance.
In this respect, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) organised a one-day seminar on Wednesday, 14 November 2007, at the Cyprus Hilton to present an insight on what Six Sigma means to businesses and what solutions PwC can offer: an integrated approach to Lean Six Sigma, leveraging the extensive knowledge of the firm and combining it with the rigor and knowledge of our Lean Six Sigma practitioners.
The facilitators of the seminar were Dr Jacques de Swart, a director of PwC’s Six Sigma Centre of Excellence, based in the Netherlands, Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Dr Adrian Ioannou, Director in Advisory Services of PwC Cyprus, a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Many organisations have found a solution in the science of Lean Six Sigma: customer focus, process orientation and data based decision making. With global Lean Six Sigma experience, PricewaterhouseCoopers have identified two critical factors for its successful deployment:
- Alignment of customer and market requirements with the strategic goals and business processes.
- Sustainability, as the ability to make the right changes in your products and processes and sustain the changes is what differentiates our Lean Six Sigma methodology.
PwC’s passion is to make organisations successful; to link customers with the business and the processes that comprise the value chain. Helping clients connect the dots between strategic thinking and tactical execution, and use Lean Six Sigma to empower a culture of change in the organisation.
As Mr Phidias Pilides, Chief Executive Officer of PwC Cyprus mentioned in his address “Our priority is the continuous adaptation to current business needs. And by that, we do not mean just adjustment. It involves ‘proactive thinking’ and relevant efforts in order to be able to offer competitive products and services. Speed and quality are not a matter of choice any more. It is the only way for development and survival.”
