Open Media Foundation runs Denver Open Media, the public access TV station in Denver that rents equipment and teaches classes to nonprofits and community members. Recently, five staff members became Black Belts through PEAK Academy, and in four short months, they’ve been innovating new and creative solutions as a team. The following innovations reflect a […]
A few volunteers in Business Office of Iowa Prison Industries participated in an office 5S event to improve our office supply storage space and reduce waste. 5S is an organizational tool used to eliminate waste and provide a place for everything and a system to keep everything in its place! Some of the benefits we are […]
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“You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” – W. Edwards Deming W. Edwards Deming was a visionary when it comes to LEAN principles and continuous improvement. And he was correct, there can be no continuous improvement if we do not measure! IPI is focusing efforts to implement Lean Manufacturing in ALL of its operations for […]
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The Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) in Washington has a goal to cut the amount of time it takes to hire new employees without sacrificing the quality of candidates. HUD is hoping that Toyota will help it not only expedite the federal hiring process but improve various other “lines of business,” including grants management […]
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The Department of Excise and Licenses had an average wait time of 35 minutes to be seen at the front counter, yet due to peaks in demand, wait times could sometimes surge to a painful eight hours. The Excise and Licenses team started looking more closely at their metrics, brainstormed ideas of how things could […]
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Four projects across 3 departments within the City of Pittsburgh kicked off process improvement projects, and were presented in this video: City Parks – Improve software usage of center programming Public Works – Reducing city garbage collection labor hours/can/month by 33% to redeploy resources Innovation and Performance – Reduce help desk ticket completion times, and […]
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In June 2015, tuition reimbursement checks were taking too long to distribute to employees. A kaizen event was organized to bring together different departments and agencies to understand the current state of the process. They created a current state map, identified barriers holding up the process, and then developed a 6-month implementation plan. The plan […]
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Holland Rescue Mission was struggling to keep up with their donations, and needed to find a way to do the work more efficiently. The donations are sold, which generate funds to support their nonprofit. They connected with local chair manufacturer Haworth. They provided some volunteer experts in the Haworth Management System (HMS) to help them […]
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In the City and County of Denver there are approximately 640 licensed child care programs watching over children, ranging in size from large centers to small family child care homes. The State of Colorado’s Office of Early Childhood announced increased inspection frequency requirements so that all facilities would have to be inspected within 18 months, […]
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A three-day “Lean Innovation Boot Camp” facilitated by Moves the Needle helped Hayward (CA) city employees tackle tricky problems, address community and environmental concerns, and develop new, more efficient ways of doing business on behalf of the public.
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