Eberhard (Eb) Schmidt has a passion for organization, productivity improvement and cost reduction - essential qualities for business success in the 21st century. He founded productivity 21 early in 2007 to offer in-depth consulting, teaching and coaching on the effective use of modern business tools. Over his 25-year corporate career, Eb has held management positions in the areas of quality and operations in several global companies. He has experience implementing lean management tools, continuous improvement programs and companywide strategic planning processes. productivity21 now offers Mission Control © for personal and corporate productivity, Expense Reduction Analysts’ 10 Step Process to reduce costs and provides continuous improvement consulting in partnership with the Quality Support Group.

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productivity21 is partnering with:

2beffective and Rosemary Tator for teaching and training of Mission Control

Rosemary is a motivational speaker and award-winning serial entrepreneur. For >25 years she has provided leadership development programs as well as productivity, effectiveness, and sales training programs throughout the United States and Europe. Her clients include AT&T, Eastman Kodak, DuPont and major financial services companies, as well as start-ups and professional services firms.

Angelo Scangas for Continuous Improvement education and facilitation

The Quality Support Group is your one-stop resource for Continuous Improvement education and facilitation. We are dedicated to exceeding the expectations of our customers by continuously improving your operation and quality systems. We have experience in many different industries among them the Automotive, Medical, Electronic, Healthcare, Semiconductor, Software, Chemical and Textile.

The purpose of the Group is to carry out the initiatives of Lean Enterprise, Lean Sigma, Lean Health Care, Total Quality Management, Continuous Improvement, Lean Supply Chain, Supplier Chain Management and Assessment, Value-added Training, Benchmarking, Quality Function Deployment and others.

TQE and Pete Babich for Strategic Planning with Hoshin Kanri.

Total Quality Engineering Inc. (TQE) helps organizations become more effective by providing software and training that support the principles of Total Quality Management. TQE specializes in the Hoshin Kanri planning process and provides both PC and web-based software to help organizations achieve excellence in execution of their plans. Both in-house and web-based training are provided to get everyone up to speed quickly. In support of the Hoshin process, TQE also provides both in-house and web-based training in Process Management and Process Improvement using basic quality tools and Design of Experiments (DOE).