Our
Six
Sigma journey began in early 2007, when we set out to
transform PIC into the first Six
Sigma company in the Kuwaiti oil sector.
In our first
year, all management was trained to become Six Sigma
leaders and 2 waves of employees (making up 4% our
employee population) were trained as Green Belt Project
Leaders. These new project leaders were assigned
tactical improvement projects critical toachieving PIC’s
strategy.
PIC’s first
Six Sigma project was completed in October 2007 with
Lutfi Naifai becoming certified as a Green Belt Project
Leader in January 2008. Soon after, KPC directed all
K-companies to follow our example and implement Six
Sigma.
In 2008, our
Green Belt Project Leader training program was expanded
to include students from KOTC and MEGlobal (one of our
joint ventures with Dow Chemical). Every sector in our
company are now actively engaged with leading Six Sigma
improvement projects.
In 2009, our
programme will be expanded to include training for Black
Belts who will manage larger and more strategic
projects.
We expect
10% of our organization to become certified Black Belts
and Green Belt Project Leaders delivering $20 million of
financial benefit by 2012.
