Rajant Corporation, the Kinetic Mesh® wireless network provider, and the 2020 Platinum Award Winner for Best Wireless Network Security Solution in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, has received Lean Six Sigma certification for eight of its Morehead-based employees following an 11-month process.
Process phases, which support Rajant’s culture of continuous improvement in engineering and manufacturing, included a February 2020 operational assessment, five days of Green Belt classroom training, and three days of Kaizen training.
The goal of receiving Lean Six Sigma certification is to eliminate waste and optimize efficiency in all of Rajant’s Morehead, Kentucky business facets while maximizing the value to customers of its products with the lowest possible investment.
Rajant partnered with the Advantage Kentucky Alliance (AKA) to assist them through all phases of Lean Six Sigma certification.
Advantage Kentucky Alliance’s Scott Broughton (Center Director), Bill Rouse (Client Services Manager), and Bertram Wells (Sr. Continuous Improvement Specialist) served to introduce Rajant staffers to a myriad of Lean Six Sigma analytical tools and, under Mr. Wells’ instruction, were trained how to properly select and use the tools in identifying and correcting operational gaps.
The eight-team members were assigned individual projects that were required to ultimately prove each project’s realized savings, projected savings, or cost avoidance.
Once projects were successfully completed and final, executive approval was granted by Rajant’s Malvern, Pennsylvania-based Brad Feick, Senior Hardware Director, and total savings stemming from the projects was estimated at $40,000.
“It was a pleasure to instruct Rajant’s eight employees,” said Mr. Wells.
“Green Belt Recipients are Rajant’s Austin Clark, Dave Keeton, Jon Lacy, Ryan Lacy, David Mays, Travis Miller, Travis Pettit, and Zach Wagner.”
“In the five days spent with the Rajant team members who participated in AKA’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training and certification program, I was impressed.”
“Their commitment to making decisions based on verifiable data and statistical methods they learned during the training should directly impact Rajant’s future success by motivating its employees, improving customer satisfaction, and clearly focusing on measurable and quantifiable financial returns.”
The effort was championed locally by Dave Keeton, Manufacturing Manager for Rajant.
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“The Six Sigma Green Belt course gave me an invaluable new set of tools and critical thinking methods to use in the way I approach my everyday tasks,” said Rajant Systems Engineer Austin Clark.
“It allows me to view problems from multiple angles, ensuring I explore every solution to find the best possible one. Now, continual improvement is applied to everything I do. Work product outcomes are of higher quality and the timeline for completion improved.”
“Six Sigma strengthened my leadership and ability to work as a team to solve a common goal. I am grateful for the skills retained from becoming a Certified Green Belt in Six Sigma as they will help throughout my career.”
(With a high degree of uptime, ruggedized performance under the harshest conditions and the easiest, quickest installation on the market, hear from Rajant’s VP of Development, Marty Lamb on why Rajant has what it takes for you to secure new business and exceed your clients’ requirements. Courtesy of Rajant and YouTube.)
“Certified Master Black Belt Six Sigma teacher, Bertram Wells, always made a point that it is up to me to strive for improvement and innovation constantly,” added fellow Rajant Systems Engineer Travis Miller.
“Lean Six Sigma has retrained my brain into thinking more like a leader. I now analyze the entire process and how each piece of a project fits together for a more successful result.”
“Already I have seen an increase in the quality of work and products that I am creating, and this is a life-long professional and personal windfall.”
Into 2021, four of these eight Rajant employees will go on to Black Belt Six Sigma certification with the goal of even more significant operational savings in mind.
Also of note, Rajant recently entered into a strategic distribution agreement with Poland’s Mission Critical by ASTOR, a value-added distributor within Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) data exchange platforms and Machine to Machine (M2M).
This new partnership represents Rajant’s further investment in Europe to increase support of autonomous platform connectivity and coverage in markets like military, rail, mining, indoor warehousing, public safety, and other emerging markets.
Astor Mission Critical is a value-added distributor within Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) data exchange platforms and Machine to Machine (M2M).
Established in 2017 as a subsidiary of ASTOR, Mission Critical specializes in wireless technologies, support the ideas of Industry 4.0, and present a spectrum of solutions that allow for quickly adapting to the new business reality of mission-critical connectivity using all types of radio communications.
(See how Rajant wireless networks enable an array of advanced public safety and industrial security applications – in action with Vorbeck, Ghost Robotics, Dejero, and xCRAFT. Courtesy of Rajant and YouTube. Posted Sep 15, 2020.)
Rajant Corporation Takes Platinum in 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
American Security Today’s ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards program is in its Fifth Year and continues to recognize the Outstanding Innovations of top firms and agencies in the Homeland Security and Public Safety fields.
2020 has been a very challenging year for everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the much heralded AST ‘ASTORS’ Awards Winners Presentations and exclusive Luncheon at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC has been canceled and rescheduled for 2021 due to the virus.
However, the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program was again a huge success and many new categories were added including a section for COVID-19 Detection and Innovation.
Rajant Corporation
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Rajant ES1 BreadCrumb
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Enabling highly mobile, IoT applications for public safety and security, the Rajant ES1 BreadCrumb is a compact, lightweight IP67 network node that provides Ethernet and Wi-Fi access point interfaces for critical frontline M2M and man-to-machine data, voice, and video communication.
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Ideal for wearable technology, like the Vorbeck HD4 Harness, the Rajant ES1 connects Hot Zone to Cold Zone in the harshest communication environments in real-time.
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The ES1 supports cryptographic options used for data and MAC-address encryption and per-hop, per-packet authentication.
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With robust reliability, information is securely networked between on-site responders, their equipment, and Incident Command.
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Deployment of the multi-band, multi-radio ES1 is easy and cost-effective.
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Untethering emergency response, man and machine can be connected on-the-go for comprehensive situational awareness anywhere response is required – land, air, or sea – above and underground.
Rajant Corporation is the exclusive provider of private wireless networks powered by the patented Kinetic Mesh® network, BreadCrumb® wireless nodes, and InstaMesh® networking software, enabling customers to rapidly deploy a highly adaptable and scalable network that leverages the power of real-time data to deliver on-demand, mission-critical business intelligence.
A low-latency, high-throughput, and secure solution for a variety of data, voice, video, and autonomous applications, Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networks provide industrial customers with full mobility, allowing them to take their private network applications and data anywhere.
With successful deployments in more than 60 countries for customers in military, mining, ports, rail, oil & gas, petrochemical plants, municipalities, and agriculture. Rajant is headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania with additional facilities and offices in Arizona and Kentucky.
See How Rajant Kinetic Mesh® Delivers Instant Communications for Any Security Scenario, Anywhere
Discover how this wireless mesh solution can be rapidly deployed ad hoc – even in areas with no existing network infrastructure – to deliver real-time voice, video, and data communications that enable full situational awareness, security drones and robots, and more.
To Learn More, please visit Rajant.com.
The 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is sponsored by ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, Desktop Alert, X.Labs and Reed Expositions, every one a returning Sponsor from 2019.
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