HLSSP Electoral Positions

July 2011

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HLSSP Vision & Mission

The Houston Lean Six Sigma Professionals
(HLSSP) is a Houston-based organization
of process and operations improvement
professionals created to help foster
cooperation and best practice sharing in the
methodologies of Lean (L) and Six Sigma
(SS) across all industries.

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Org Structure

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Committee Chairs and Objectives

President
The HLSSP Presidency helps set the direction for the organization, liaises with
the LSS community, drives for execution on targets, and assists Committee
Chairs with planning and logistics.
The goal of the Houston Lean Six Sigma Professionals President is to
forward the organizational Vision and Mission Statement of fostering
cooperation and best practice sharing in the methodologies of Lean and Six
Sigma for the transactional, distribution and manufacturing worlds.
Approach: The President builds the organizations reputation by continued
corporate leadership liaisons as well as active coordination between the
HLSSP committees.
Key priority for the coming year

Strengthen the core: Focus on our membership and build scale while strengthening our
core competitive advantage being the only cross-functional LSS professional organization
in Houston.

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Committee Chairs and Objectives

Community Events and Outreach Chair
The Community Outreach Chair sets the focus and strategy around the sharing of continuous
improvement principles with the aim of improving our community. The goal of the Community Outreach
Committee is to partner with local non-profits groups by mobilizing teams to plan action workout
events leveraging continuous improvement tools to improve the recipient's capability to serve the
community.
Corporate/Community Relations Chair
The Corporate and Community Relations Chair leverages HLSSPs trusted reputation and aims to
elevate its profile by identifying company contacts and develop liaisons for member activities and build
corporate relations in the Houston metropolitan area. We plan to incorporate a HLSSP newsletter on
a quarterly basis, including a calendar of past and upcoming events along with presentations and
articles in that month/quarter
Professional and Development Chair
The Professional Development chair is responsible for organizing events that promote education,
awareness and growth in the leadership and technical skills of the HLSSP members. The Chair will
lead the committee to develop the annual strategy, identify types of events, and build a continuous
pipeline of site visits (GEMBA), tutorials, case studies, best practices, and guest speakers.
Social Events Chair
The Social chair is responsible for organizing social and networking gatherings, with the goal of
increasing the number of convenient attendance opportunities for our membership throughout the
year. These efforts include finding venues, activities, sponsors, volunteers, and favorable pricing.
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HLSSP Community Service & Events

HLSSP Community Service Mission:

The goal of the Houston Lean Six Sigma Professionals Community
Service & Events committee is to volunteer our expertise to local nonprofits to improve their capability to serve our community.
Approach: We start by coming to the non-profits site and talking with their
team about how they operate and how we can help. If the non-profit would
like to have our volunteers help the non-profit to optimize operations, our
volunteers would meet at the non-profit site and provide a brief presentation
on continuous improvement methods, take a tour of the site, and then work
with the non-profit to map out an approach for optimizing the organization.
At that point, if the non-profit would like to pursue our recommendations, we
can help them take action to make an impact quickly to simplify their
organization.

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HLSSP Corp & Community Relations

HLSSP Corporate & Community Relations Mission:

The goal of our committee is to elevate the profile and increase branding
awareness of HLSSP within the Houston area business community.
Our approach is to identify company contacts and develop liaisons for
member activities and build corporate relations in the Houston metropolitan
area.
Key priorities for the coming year

Fall Event. A power networking social event where members and recruiters can meet each
other in a relaxed setting, learn about whats happening in Houston, and build relationships.
Winter Event. A panel discussion made up of some of Houstons elite and most progressive
Six Sigma leaders. The event will be open to all HLSSP members.
Academic Research. We are partnering with academic institutions to further research and
knowledge sharing between Houstons business and academic communities. Throughout
the year we will be working with Dr. Jami Kovach from the University of Houston to identify
specific research projects and collaborative opportunities.

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HLSSP Professional Skill Development

HLSSP Professional Skill Development Mission:

Our goal is to share applicable field knowledge, standardize best practices
where applicable, and inspire thinking within our networks. In the true spirit
of self-improvement, we will strive to elevate our skills to maximize our
efficiency and effectiveness towards the successful deployment of our Lean
Six Sigma initiatives.
We plan to do this through

Quarterly meetings from sponsored companies that can share their LSS
story/experiences

Gemba walks
Presentations and discussions

Book Club Reviews / round tables of various LSS discussion topics

Publishing White Papers
Communicating and sharing presentations/whitepapers / job openings

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HLSSP Social Events

HLSSP Social Events Mission:

The mission of the Social Events committee is to enhance the HLSSP
membership experience by organizing social and networking events
throughout the year.
HLSSP social events are designed to bring our members together in a more
relaxed setting that is also welcoming to new or future members.
The Social Events committee will select activities, location of venues, and
dates/times with the goal of providing value and convenience. The
committee will also ask for sponsors and will promote each event to
maximize attendance by our membership.

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