:: Air Academy Associates Six Sigma

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

LEAN/SIX SIGMA

"Air Academy's Lean Six Sigma program is a complete package that includes comprehensive
training, mentoring and a full complement of excellent process improvement tools that must be
the basis for any Lean Six Sigma implementation. Their qualified trainers and dedicated mentors provide a solid foundation from which to build a sustainable improvement program. The tools are practical and yet scalable for the simple as well as the highly complex problems. Finally, it was their commitment to our success that helped us achieve our targets. Great program!”

Kenneth C. Lendrum
Senior Vice President
GlaxoSmithKline

"Air Academy Associates was chosen as our partner on our LeanSigma journey because of their steadfastness to the true Six Sigma principles and discipline, their unwavering focus on the fundamentals of the methodology, and their innovative approach in KISS principle, CNX, and easy to use Excel based software. They are also more than capable in the advanced aspect of the methodology and in DFSS when needed. At the same time, they have demonstrated great flexibility and willingness to work with customers to meet their unique needs and challenges. Their customer service and support are superb. Kaiser has never been disappointed and Air Academy is trusted and appreciated at all levels because of the results and benefits that they have helped us achieve. Kaiser will continue to partner with Air Academy as the training and deployment partner for the long term journey. I strongly recommend Air Academy Associates for those needing both strategic and tactical help to achieve operational and process excellence in both their manufacturing and business processes."

Hong Xu
Director of Quality and LeanSigma
Kaiser Aluminum

" At Holley Performance Products, we have found Air Academy to be an action oriented organization that has accelerated the development of our internal Lean and Six Sigma programs through more impactful project selection, experience based teaching and a bias for measurable results. Their ability to mold the program to fit our specific business requirements and varying levels of maturity across multiple sites enhances the overall effectiveness of our partnership."

Russell W. Ford
Chief Operating Officer
Holley Performance Products

"As Apogee embarked upon the Six Sigma/Lean trail, Air Academy became our partner in every sense. Communication was open; we and Air Academy challenged each other to make the journey as productive and efficient as possible. As a small cap public company with limited resources, we elected to continue to have Air Academy provide the educational key to our training and eventual cultural change beyond the initial training phase. I was never disappointed. Instructors were excellent and always open to continuous improvement. Air Academy was always “there” for us. Our people called when they had questions and needed help, and Air Academy’s people always answered. The return on our investment has always
been measured against all costs, outside and inside and it is one of the highest returns in our company. I would recommend them to anyone but our competition!"
Russ Huffer
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

"It was hard for the management team to believe that someone from outside our business would be able to teach us anything about a product we had been making for 70 years - after all, we were manufacturing an American icon and our experience could not be matched! However, in Air Academy, we met a partner who did not find answers for us, but trained us all to really unravel the routines and myths that surround a "well established" manufacturing process. This was done in one of the most collaborative and friendly business engagements I've ever encountered.

Our relationship thrived because we immediately felt that Air Academy was a friend of our enterprise and, possibly more importantly, friends to our treasured product. They partnered with us and helped rekindle the sense of impatience and dissatisfaction required to challenge established practices - "the way things are done around here." This was done without us ever feelign that our position as custodians of our brand was being usurped. The training of our associates was paced very well with the speed of challenge and was seamlessly alighed with our increasing confidence with the techniques.

Success was recognized, additional learning points were seized upon, and the hunger to improve grew with each encounter. Easty to deliver "Just Do Its" quickly converted even the most skeptical to accepting that the Lean Six Sigma techniques could and were adding value. Put simply, Air Academy helped us to mature to a state where it was good to challenge existing practices. Our collective sense of achievement and benefit delivery became the spur for our next wave of projects! This can only be done where our relationship transcended contracts and even the concepts of partnership into the realms of professional and personal friendship.

It has been my privilege to work with Air Academy and rank them as one of the most significant
encounters in my professional career."

Joseph C. Foley, Director
GlaxoSmithKline
St. Louis Operations

SOFTWARE

“ . . . I am most impressed with how easy analysis can be done via SPC XL. I am now able to quickly analyze large volumes of data and get good answers back. Most important, I use the graphing tools in SPC XL to present the data in a meaningful and easily interpretable format to others. What used to take weeks to do can now be done in a few minutes. Because it is so easy to use, I can also teach others how to do a complicated analysis and interpret the results without having to send them off for a semester or two of college statistics or worry about "human introduced errors" in the computation process. “

Lt. Col. Ben Beeson

TRAINING

See what our customers think in these excerpts from course evaluations!

“ The hands-on use of the Statapult™ Catapult makes it all come to life—this is the best (of 3) lean workshops I have attended.”
“ The KISS approach is a perfect blend of tools, strategy, and getting to bottom line results without getting too deep into statistical dogma.”
“ Excellent course taught from a real world application stand point—great material presented in an excellent manner."
“ Outstanding course. Thoroughly enjoyed the material and the instructor—a perfect fit. The software SPC XL and DOE KISS are phenomenal tools. Not too big, not too little, great tool set.”
“ Excellent instructor for very tough subject, good interaction with class, great training materials, books, visuals, etc. Computer software is very easy to use.”
“ Overall, one of the very best training courses I have ever had. Top notch instructor, presentation, and knowledge skills.”
" Eye opening experience into manufacturing. Great value to make sure we make data-based decisions.”
" The hands-on exercises were excellent; they certainly helped us understand the nature of variation and uncertainty. It was also very helpful to get feedback on our project.”
“ The instructor is a wealth of information—she was very adept at taking confusing concepts and turning them into something meaningful by using actual business experience/examples.”
“ I really enjoyed the team interactions and the excellent instructor. I have been to a number of courses and this has been my favorite in 10 years!”
“ The most clear and meaningful presentation on process improvement I have seen to date.”

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