(WCBF: Chicago) -- WCBF has recently announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program. A total of 40 entries from 12 categories have been selected by the independent judging panel to go forward to the final stages of the judging process. 

Listed by category, the finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program are:  

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Financial Services

• ANZ
• BMO Financial Group
• Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Deutsche Bank
• Toyota Financial Services
• United Services Automobile Association

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Health Care

• ALSAC/St Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services Inc.

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Manufacturing

• myGolfDNA

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in the IT, Software, and Telecom Industries

• British American Tobacco – Group Service Delivery

Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Transactional Services

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