TGGSA.COM recently reported that Tim Solso of Cummins Inc. wins the 2007 Six Sigma CEO of the Year Award. Solso will be presented with the award at The Global Six Sigma Awards & Summit Gala Dinner on October 24, 2007 in Las Vegas, where he will address the audience on the business transformation at Cummins achieved through Six Sigma methodologies. These awards are organized by WBCF.
Cummins Inc. focuses on the design, manufacturing, distribution and servicing of engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems.
Tim Solso highlighted in his presentation during the 87th Annual Meeting of Shareholders that “Six Sigma is one of the best things we have ever done. Last year we saved $340 million and completed 2,200 projects. Since the inception of the program in September 1999, we’ve saved or avoided spending a total of $1.4 billion, completed 7,500 projects and trained 6,000 belts with almost a million hours of training”.