For Immediate Release

U.S. Army Selects PowerSteering for Lean Six Sigma Program Management

PowerSteering to Help Drive Army's Business Transformation

April 10, 2006

PowerSteering, the market leader in On-Demand Enterprise Performance Improvement solutions for Lean, Six Sigma and Operational Excellence today announced that the U.S. Army has chosen PowerSteering Software as its exclusive tracking solution for all Lean Six Sigma projects.

The Army has recently embraced Lean Six Sigma (LSS) as part of the Department of Defense's (DOD) sweeping mandate of Business Transformation, focused on providing end-to-end integration of operations in support of missions in times of peace and war while enabling financial accountability.

LSS, which is led by the highest levels of the Army, is used to identify functions that are no longer relevant, to eliminate non-value added operations, and to focus resources on required capabilities. With more than 1,000 Six Sigma trained personnel and hundreds of ongoing projects, LSS spans all Army areas including business, engineering, production and management divisions. And with rapid LSS expansion planned, the Army required a robust and scaleable LSS program management system for executive reporting, team productivity and Six Sigma certification tracking.

"Lean Six Sigma is about impacting culture change at the Army. And we knew that the best way to instill accountability and ownership was to empower management with the kind of proven and reliable tracking tool from PowerSteering. Their Six Sigma solution was easier to use, had more comprehensive functionality, and provided better access to information than any of the other options that we evaluated," noted LSS Master Black Belt Donald A. Geiss Jr., U.S. Army ARDEC Lean/Six Sigma Deployment Director.

"We are thrilled that the U.S. Army has decided to partner with PowerSteering to manage the execution of their Lean Six Sigma program. And we are especially proud to be involved with the vital work of Business Transformation," commented Stephen Sharp, PowerSteering CEO.

The Army will utilize PowerSteering Enterprise's executive visibility, best practice methodology templates, black belt productivity, idea portal, keyword search and knowledge management capabilities.