Author name: Brianna Herman

Company & Industry Level 3 Communications is a premier global communications provider headquartered in the US, which provides communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Anchored by extensive fiber networks on 3 continents and connected by undersea facilities, their global services platform reaches more than 500 markets in more than 60 countries. Background A longstanding partnership with Level 3 which began in 2005 and has spanned over a decade, has seen the evolution of an organization and Acuity Institute has continued to adapt to meet their continuous improvement training and coaching needs. Challenge Solution Results

Company & Industry Anheuser-Bush InBev is a multi-national beverage and brewing company headquartered in Belgium. Known as the world’s largest brewer, it is also considered to be one of the largest Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies in the world. Managing well over 400 brands of beer, they have 200,000 employees in over 50 countries and sell their beer in over 100 countries world-wide. This company is truly consumer-centric focused with owners who are committed to achieving excellence in all that they do. Background With an already far reaching global continuous improvement program, Anheuser Bush InBev reached out to Acuity Institute in 2012 looking to upgrade their program and wanting to add components that would allow them to become more efficient and cost effective in their delivery of the Lean Six Sigma training to a broader audience. Challenge Solution Results

Company & Industry A large managed healthcare company headquartered in the U.S. is focused on the health and well-being of every individual that they serve, empowering 1 in 10 Americans to lead healthier, more vibrant lives every day. Customers include health plans and other managed care organizations, employers, labor unions, various military and governmental agencies and third-party administrators Background This healthcare company was looking for ways to increase efficiency and reduce errors ensuring better service to both their health plan members and the providers they coordinate to serve their members by implementing Lean Six Sigma. Challenge Solution Results Over the past 9 years the program has been a tremendous success. Improvements have been seen in process efficiencies, waste reduction, and error reduction resulting in improvements in timeliness and the accuracy of decision-making.

Company & Industry The State of Colorado is the official home of several state agencies serving various functions for Colorado. Colorado is located in the western portion of the U.S and bodes a population of over 5.5 million residents, each served by the State of Colorado. Background The Center for Organizational Excellence, is a high-performance process and knowledge enabler that help drive business results, brings enterprise focus to business issues, and provides demonstrable value to the business through leadership, collaboration, evangelization, best practices, research, knowledge sharing, management, training, and support around a specific focus area. The COE was looking to add the Six Sigma methodology to their current program and their goal was to ensure that both efficiency and quality were being applied to the continuous improvement efforts across state departments. Challenge Solution Results