Mercury Marine Completes 1,000th Six Sigma Project

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – October 18, 2006 — PowerSteering, the market leader in On-Demand Enterprise Performance Improvement solutions, announced that longtime customer Mercury Marine has surpassed the 1,000th Lean Six Sigma project milestone.

Mercury Marine is the world’s leading manufacturer of recreational marine propulsion engines. A $2.3 billion division of Brunswick Corporation, Mercury and its 6,400 employees worldwide provide engines, boats, services and parts for recreational, commercial and government marine applications. The company has been a PowerSteering customer for two years and has more than 2,000 users. PowerSteering is used to integrate Lean Six Sigma with Strategic Business goals and help drive greater deployment effectiveness and efficiency. Team members rely on PowerSteering to keep champions engaged, identify opportunities to reduce project cycle time, create a consistent financial tracking methodology and optimize project selection.

“Completing our 1000th project is a significant milestone for Mercury Marine as we have transformed our business processes, engaged our employees and reduced costs along the way. All of our Lean Six Sigma projects are managed through PowerSteering and, as a result, our deployment team has streamlined project execution, increased team productivity and leveraged best practices across divisions,” remarked Brad Beaird, director of Lean Six Sigma for Mercury Marine.

Since the launch of the company’s Six Sigma efforts in 2003, thousands of Mercury employees around the world have embraced continuous improvement as a way to improve the company’s business processes, increase quality, enhance customer service and lower costs. Lean Six Sigma techniques have been successfully applied to the product design, manufacturing, planning, sales, distribution and service processes. Mercury Marine has even extended the use of Lean Six Sigma to its supply chain.

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For additional information:
Linda Duchin
lduchin@psteering.com
617-995-5763