Six Sigma IQ recently announced the finalists in its 2006 Six Sigma Excellence Awards competition. The awards will be presented Jan. 24 at the 7th annual Six Sigma Summit in Miami. In the Best Six Sigma Project in Health Care category, the finalists are:

• i3, an Ingenix business
• Valley Baptist Health System
• Virtua Health (two projects)

In the Best Design for Six Sigma Project category, the finalists are:

• Delphi Corp. Steering Division
• Delphi Corp. Electronics & Safety Division
• Dominion Resources Inc.
• MeadWestvaco Corp.

For the Most Innovative Six Sigma Project award, the finalists are:

• Dell Inc.
• Dominion Exploration & Production Inc.
• Shaw Industries Inc.
• Valley Baptist Health System

For the Best Lean Six Sigma Project, the finalists are:

• John Crane Brazil Inc.
• Lockheed Martin Corp.
• Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
• Tyco Safety Products

In the Best Defect Elimination in Service & Transaction Project category, the finalists are:

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