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As subject matter experts in the recruitment of Lean, Six Sigma and operational excellence talent, The Avery Point Group has been consistently featured in some of the industry’s most respected trade journals, magazines and books.  Unlike other executive search firms we truly speak the language of our clients and candidates.

2012 Press & Media Coverage:

• February 2012 – ThomasNet New’s Industry Market Trends:  Most Wanted: Lean or Six Sigma Skills?
• February 2012 – IndustryWeek Magazine:  Demand Surges for Lean Talent over Six Sigma
• February 2012 – Quality Digest’s Quality Insider:  A Decoupling of Lean and Six Sigma?
• February 2012 – Productivity Inc. / Productivity Press:   Developing Lean Talent How to Build Strategic Skill-Sets for the Long Term

2011 Press & Media Coverage:

• April 2011 – Quality Digest’s Quality Insider:  Lean and Six Sigma Talent Demand Surges, Study Finds
• April 2011 – iSixSigma:  Survey Finds 90% Surge in Demand for Lean, Six Sigma Talent
• April 2001 – The Seattle Times Career Center Blog:  Let Employers Know How Innovative You Are
• April 2011 – About.com Logistics / Supply Chain:  Companies Require Six Sigma and Lean Experience
• April 2011 – IT Business Edge:  Return to Growth Boosts Demand for Lean, Six Sigma Talent
• May 2011 – Guidon Performance Solutions:  Demand for Lean Six Sigma Talent is Increasing
• May 2011 – Six Sigma Training.org:  Demand for Lean Six Sigma Skills Skyrockets

2010 Press & Media Coverage:

• November 2010 – Reliable Plant Magazine:  Lean and Six Sigma Talent Management (with featured video)
• August 2010 – Inbound Logistics Magazine:  Leaning by Degrees
• April 2010 – SME’s Manufacturing Engineering Magazine:  Lean is Crushing Six Sigma
• April 2010 – ASQ’s Quality Progress Magazine:  Lean Tops Six Sigma in Talent Search
• March 2010 – CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly:  Lean Overtakes Six Sigma for Corporate Improvement
• March 2010 – ThomasNet New’s Industry Market Trends:  Lean or Six Sigma: Which is More in Demand?
• March 2010 – Appliance Magazine:  Lean Beating Out Six Sigma in Continuous Improvement Arena Lean Crushing Six Sigma as Dominant Force in Continuous Improvement
• February 2010 – Supply & Demand Chain Executive:  Is Lean Surpassing Six Sigma as the New Dominant Force in Corporate Continuous Improvement?
• February 2010 – IndustryWeek Magazine:  More Companies Select Lean Over Six Sigma
• February 2010 – Society for Human Resource Management:  Demand for ‘Lean,’ not Six Sigma, Competencies on Rise
• February 2010 – Reliable Plant Magazine:  Lean Crushing Six Sigma as Dominant Force in Corporate Continuous Improvement

2009 Press & Media Coverage:

• April 2009 – IndustryWeek Magazine:  Six Sigma’s Growing Pains
• April 2009 – Quality Digest’s Quality Insider:  Lean Talent Demand Widens Lead Over Six Sigma in Bleak Economy
• March 2009 – Reliable Plant Magazine:  Lean Widens Lead Over Six Sigma in Bleak Economy
• March 2009 – HR World:  Lean Talent Outpacing Six Sigma
• March 2009 – ASQ’s Careers in Quality:  Lean Talent Demand Widens Lead Over Six Sigma
• March 2009 – Chief Learning Officer Magazine:  Lean Talent Demand Widens Lead Over Six Sigma in Bleak Economy

2008 Press & Media Coverage:

• September 2008 – ASQ’s Quality Progress Magazine:  Keeping Current – Short Runs
• August 2008 – Quality Digest’s Quality Insider:  Lean Talent Demand Edges Out Six Sigma
• August 2008 – Talent Management Magazine:  Fourth Annual Study Finds Lean Surpassing Six Sigma
• April 2008 – ASQ’s Quality Progress Magazine: Don’t Settle for Shortcuts
• March 2008 – IndustryWeek Magazine:  Six Sigma, Lean Come Together
• March 2008 – Reliable Plant Magazine:  Study Finds Lean Talent Demand Edges Out Six Sigma

2007 Press & Media Coverage:

• December 2007 – Improvement and Innovation:  Integrating Skillsets: Why Lean Skills are Important for the Six Sigma Professional
• December 2007 – Improvement and Innovation:  Six Sigma and Lean Talent Demand Finally Reaching Parity
• December 2007 – Business Intelligence Middle East:  Six Sigma and Lean Talent Demand: Finally Reaching Parity
• October 2007 – PR Newswire:  Six Sigma and Lean Talent Demand: Finally Reaching Parity
• October 2007 – Talent Management Magazine:  Mortgage Crisis Could Create Talent Gridlock
• October 2007 – Certification Magazine:  Mortgage Crisis Could Create Talent Gridlock

2006 Press & Media Coverage:

• November 2006 – Quality Digest’s Quality Insider:  Six Sigma and Lean: Happily Ever After
• September 2006 – IT Business Edge:  Companies Want to Cover Process Improvement Bases
• September 2006 – PR Newswire:   Six Sigma and Lean: A Marriage in the Making
• July 2006 – PR Newswire:  The Emerging Talent Crisis … Six Sigma and Lean to the Rescue
• July 2006 – Reliable Plant Magazine:  Talent crisis on horizon: Six Sigma and lean to the rescue
• June 2006 – Masonry Magazine:  Six Sigma

2005 Press & Media Coverage:

• October 2005 – ASQ’s Quality Progress Magazine:  Executive Recruiter Says Six Sigma Still Outpaces Lean
• August 2005 – ThomasNet New’s Industry Market Trends:  Lean vs. Six Sigma…What’s Hotter?
• August 2005 – PR Newswire:  Lean Versus Six Sigma … And the Winner Is?
• August 2005 – Information Management:  Lean Versus Six Sigma … And the Winner Is?

The Avery Point Group Featured in Books:

• 2010 - Profitability with No Boundaries: Optimizing Toc and Lean-Six Sigma (Page 117) by Reza M. Pirasteh and Robert E. Fox
• 2011 - Principles of Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach (Page 270) by Joel D Wisner

For more information about The Avery Point Group and its current annual study of Lean and Six Sigma talent demand trends, please contact Tim Noble at +1 678-585-9804 x101.

Additional press and infographic content can be downloaded for web and print publication from: https://www.box.com/s/64yvq9totmb1vnqhguka.