Experts Share Product Development and Revenue Generation Best Practices to Help Companies Weather Out the Economic Downturn

London, United Kingdom, May 03, 2009 --(PR.com)-- As newspapers across North America and the globe continue to flood with stories of economic downturn and businesses fighting to survive, organizations this month are placing a renewed focus on innovation and revenue generation.

A poll taken at the 10th Annual Process Excellence Summit that took place in London last week, verified that revenue generation is the biggest focus in the majority of organizations, with innovation not far behind.

“There has never been a more critical time for business’s to ensure that they are bringing in maximum revenue – and that means having the best possible products available to sell, both now and critically over the next 6-9 months” said Niamh Byrne, Research Director at IQPC – the creators of the Chicago based 11th Annual Design for Six Sigma: Excelling in Product Development event (www.DfSSEvent.com).

The following North American product development and improvement experts will share how they are leveraging this strategy to prepare and protect their organisations in 2009 and 2010 at the 11th Annual Design for Six Sigma (DfSS) event:

Gain support: Driving support from the top down is the best way ensure DfSS implementation is accepted and adopted in highly-regulated environments, and this will be addressed by Georgette Belair, Vice President, Design Excellence & Cross-Business Programs at Cardinal Health, co-author of ‘Implementing Design for Six Sigma: A Leader’s Guide’ and 11th Annual DfSS keynote:

"DfSS is more than a few tools and software. It is a culture of accountability and trust between senior leadership and teams, of partnership between marketing, R&D, and manufacturing.”

Get big impacts and fast: Adapting the DfSS tools specifically to your organization is essential and creating a unique DfSS toolkit and adapted to your design and development needs will be discussed by Joe Liu, Business Excellence Director, Seagate:

“In the world of rapid changes in requirements, DfSS helps to steer the course."

Both these experts along with the multi-industry speaker faculty will be speaking at the 11th Annual Design for Six Sigma: Excelling in Product Development event, in Chicago, 22nd-24th June 2009. The conference offers businesses educational insights, first-rate North American networking opportunities, training seminars, advanced discussions and problem solving techniques to help enable the much needed change in the face of today’s economic climate. Visit www.DfSSEvent.com for full information.

Contact:
Amy Jeffray
Head of Marketing
10th Annual Process Excellence Summit and Awards
+44 (0) 207 368 9306
amy.jeffray@iqpc.co.uk

About Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ
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