Getting Home by Lynn McCartney and Zack Rosenburg is a wonderful book that tells the story of a very special lean journey. After Hurricane Katrina had left thousands
Kern County, located in the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley of California, was facing serious budget challenges. This triggered Kern County’s General Services to reevaluate the
Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief nonprofit organization founded in 1998 that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable, mobilizing the necessary resources to
This is a podcast hosted by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). The presenters are Brion Hurley (a board member of the Sustainable Development Division located
During a Lean Talks presentation, Jeff Foster, the San Diego Zoo Global‘s Chief Director of Continuous Improvement, noted that although work for most people will not involve improving
Through a combination of strong management efforts and thoughtful, conservative fiscal projections, Ventura County ended last fiscal year with savings of $43 million, and placed in reserves. Approximately $15
Alicia Saake of Feeding San Diego is a great organization applying process improvement to help people in need. After taking some Lean Six Sigma training, she has been
Interview by Michael Hughes, from the November 2018 edition of ISE Magazine Andrew Parris is a certified lean Six Sigma master black belt and process excellence manager with
Planners from the City of Madison, Wis., and the Sonoma County (Calif.) Transportation Authority discuss how new planning software solutions developed by UrbanFootprint are helping them better support
Kern County will reveal its plans Tuesday for moving beyond the toy catapult stage of improving the efficiency of county government. The Kern County Board of Supervisors will
