Every year, the European Six Sigma Club Germany (ESSC-D ) awards prizes for outstanding scientific papers that deal with the application of the Six Sigma methodology. Every year, the ESSC-D looks for the best work on the further development of the Six Sigma methodology in companies and at German-speaking universities and colleges.
In 2021, the gold prize goes to Carlos Torosa from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg for his work “Evaluation of the laser beam welding process of shaped strand rods with oscillating beam”. Silver went to Katharina Dunkel from Landshut University of Applied Sciences for her paper on “Optimizing the complaints process using the Six Sigma methodology”. And bronze goes to Linda Hellmann from the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences for her work on “Optimizing the technical project management of a chemical-pharmaceutical company”. The “German Six Sigma Award Practice” for the best practical application of the Six Sigma methodology was awarded to Daniela Wölfle from packaging manufacturer Südpack for the project “Improvement of composite adhesion”. This year, an honorary prize was also awarded for a particularly outstanding dissertation. It was awarded to Dr. Jane Worlitz from BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, who wrote her dissertation on the topic of “Quantitative validation of improvement projects: Creating an action plan for SMEs to improve processes using the example of perceived pre-process waiting times for services”.
The ESSC-D would like to congratulate this year’s winners and thank them for all their submissions. “We are delighted that work on optimization is continuing despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and that so many entries have been submitted,” says Prof. Dr. Patrick Pötters, who coordinates the jury for the award at the ESSC-D. The public award ceremony will take place on March 24, 2022 at the Six Sigma conference in Berlin.
Further information can be found at www.sixsigmaclub.de under the heading Dates. Entries for the Six Sigma Prize 2022 can be submitted throughout the year until the end of September 2022.
