Forrest W Breyfogle III

President and CEO Smarter Solutions, Inc.

  • Austin TX

An enhanced business management system

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Biography

Author of the Integrated Enterprise Excellence series

In a professional career spanning over a quarter century, Forrest Breyfogle has established himself as a leading edge thinker, a prolific author, an innovative consultant, a world-class educator, and a successful business executive. His work is documented in thirteen books and over 150 articles on the topics of business management and quality improvement.

He is a widely recognized authority in the field of management improvement and is a frequent speaker before professional associations and businesses. His earlier work in the field of management science has been widely acclaimed. A previous book, "Implementing Six Sigma", sold over 40,000 copies and still ranks among the top Amazon books in Applied Mathematics/Engineering Statistics and Industrial Engineering /Quality Control.

His latest and most extensive work has been in the documentation of a new system of enterprise management, the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system, in a series of four books. IEE provides a detailed roadmap that builds on and integrates the best practices of earlier disciplines like Six Sigma, Lean, TQM , PDCA, DOE, and TPS combined with innovative analytical tools to produce improvements at the highest level of an enterprise.

Mr. Breyfogle has been interviewed by several TV, radio, and publications about the application of Six Sigma. For example, he was interviewed by CNNfn and CNBC Power Lunch.

Mr. Breyfogle founded Smarter Solutions in 1992 after a 24-year career at IBM. The associates of Smarter Solutions, an Austin, Texas based company, specialize in helping companies throughout the world improve their bottom line and customer satisfaction through the implementation of techniques that are beyond traditional Lean Six Sigma and the balanced scorecard methodologies.

Mr. Breyfogle received the prestigious Crosby Medal from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) in 2004 for his book, "Implementing Six Sigma (second edition)". This award is presented annually by the American Society for Quality to the individual who has authored a distinguished book contributing significantly to the extension of the philosophy and application of the principles, methods, or techniques of quality management. Mr. Breyfogle was also named the 2011 Quality Professional of the Year by Quality Magazine.

Industry Expertise

Manufacturing
Business Services
Health Care - Services
Energy
Pharmaceuticals
Corporate Training
Mining and Metals
Corporate Leadership
Management Consulting
Chemicals

Areas of Expertise

Lean Six Sigma
Voice of the Customer
Scorecards
Strategic Planning
Predicitive Measurement System
Integrated Enterprise Excellence
Continuous Improvement
Control Charting & Process Capability
Business Management System
Performance Metrics & Reporting

Accomplishments

Authored Integrated Enterprise Excellence Book Series

First four books of the five book series was published in 2008. The fifth book was published in 2010. Books describe the details of an enhanced business management system.

Best Presentation Award

In 2010 he received the Best Presentation Award at the Lean Six Sigma Conference.

American Society for Quality (ASQ) Crosby Medalist

Received the ASQ Crosby Medal for authoring "Implementing Six Sigma, 2nd ed." The Crosby Medal is presented to the individual who has authored a distinguished book contributing significantly to the extension of the philosophy and application of the principles, methods, or techniques of quality management. This text provides a detailed project execution roadmap which integrates Lean into Six Sigma’s traditional Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) roadmap.

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Education

University of Missouri at Rolla

BS

Mechanical Engineering

1968

University of Texas at Austin

MS

Mechanical Engineering

1975

Affiliations

  • ASQ ISO/TG 69
  • University of Texas Center for Performance Excellence
  • ASQ fellow

Event Appearances

Integrating Predictive Scorecards within a Business Management System’s Value Chain

Six Sigma Leadership Forum  Atlanta, Georgia

2011-01-25

Integrating Voice of the Customer into Business Processes

John Deere Six Sigma Conference  Moline, Illinois

2010-07-08

Improved Performance Management through a Unique Analytical Scorecarding System

CFO Magazine: Corporate Performance Management Conference  Dallas, Texas

2011-09-11

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Sample Talks

Improving Project Selection using a 9-step Re-invented Business Management System

Lean Six Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM), and other process improvement efforts have helped organizations improve; however, these efforts often occur in silos, where the benefits are not felt at the executive level. Described in this presentation are the nine logic steps associated with execution of the E-DMAIC system where strategy creation is step five and incorporates a blending of analytics with innovation for this planning creation. This leads to projects with big-picture benefits

Integrating Predictive Scorecards within an Enhanced Business Management System

Organizations often report performance metrics through a table of numbers, pie charts, stacked bar charts, red-yellow-green scorecards with variance to goals, and/or time series charts. Organizations that use this form of data reporting for running a business is not unlike driving a car by only looking at the rear view mirror – an unhealthy practice. Described is a predictive organizational performance measurement and improvement system that addresses these issues and problems of the day.

Integrating Green Into Strategies using the Integrated Enterprise Excellence System

Green efforts need an orchestrated integration with traditional value chain functional performance metrics such as quality, cost, and time so that the enterprise as a whole benefits. In addition, green metric improvement efforts need an orchestration with other process performance enhancement objectives so that the enterprise as a whole acts responsibly relative to the coordination of environment and business financial needs. The described system shows how to accomplish these objectives.

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Fees

$0 to $20000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee