(Syracuse University: Syracuse, New York) -- Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management is joining with Brambles Ltd. of Australia to develop a curriculum for a new three-credit course on Six Sigma. The new course, to be called Lean Six Sigma, will be launched in the Fall 2007 semester and incorporates Six Sigma training and project internships for select undergraduate and graduate level students. “We are offering this new course and training to provide students with a better understanding of process improvement using the Six Sigma tools, and we believe it will make our students more attractive to potential employers and result in higher salaries. The Whitman School understands the importance of providing students with the academic equivalent to on-the-job training, and is using programs like Lean Six Sigma to differentiate our programs and our students,” says Gary Lapoint, assistant professor of supply chain management and co-director of the H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management.

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