When I arrived in Virginia recently to continue my career in in business process improvement and management consulting, I was looking for a network of organizations and individuals with similar interests and backgrounds that support my professional interests. I was invited by a colleague to attend a company presentation and site visit hosted by VBEC.  Once there, I realized that I was surrounded by individuals from various companies from all over Virginia that had the same passion for implementation of business improvement processes, such as Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and ISO. VBEC welcomed me as a guest to a few of their site presentations and I have been impressed with the quality and depth of the presentations given by company representatives on how they implemented key improvement methodologies.

Stephen Sondheim’s lyrics to “Putting it Together” could have been applied to creating art as well as a Six Sigma project. “Bit by bit, part by part, sheet by sheet, chart by chart.”