Perkins Technical Services Inc. was recently awarded a nearly $500 million contact to provide lean Six Sigma consulting, process management and organizational development throughout the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command. Perkins has subcontracted much of the work. One of the subcontractors is Bellwether Services, a niche lean Six Sigma consultancy. Bellwether has its headquarters in Stockbridge, Georgia, with affiliates in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois and Tennessee, among other states.

The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command was established in 1997 as a readiness agent to develop, acquire, field and sustain Army aviation and missile weapons systems. It first started using lean in 2002 as a tool to enable transformation and wage the War on Terror. By 2004, it had also started using Six Sigma to increase efficiency and reduce cycle times.

For more information, visit www.bellwether-services.com or www.army.mil.

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