When Jorge Perez noticed project management efforts were often haphazard and unfocused at the YMCA of the USA, he decided to complete a Green Belt-level training course, and wanted to introduce Six Sigma to the youth development department. The goal was to introduce a new method for managing and tracking projects into the organization. He […]
The City of El Paso is set to save $570,000 from an employee-led Lean Six Sigma project related to processes for initiating and terminating phone and Internet services for city staff. The project aims to leverage and expand the use of current and new technology to reduce inefficiencies and improve communications. The following process improvements […]
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El Paso City Manager, Tommy Gonzalez, proposed a budget that allocated $50,000 for Lean Six Sigma training. He said, “When it comes to government efficiency, there are multitudes of skeptics and naysayers. However, streamlining operations, achieving cost savings and improving service are all within reach for any public-sector agency.” Pothole repairs were the public works department’s focus. […]
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El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez, wanted to ensure that all employees were empowered to serve as agents of change. Some of the greatest innovations and improvements come not from the top down, but from the bottom up. The city challenged each department to look within and identify areas for enhancing performance or streamlining operations, […]
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Ron Pereira and Bryan Glenn, from West Texas A&M, discuss how Lean and Six Sigma are creating incredible value for their university and its employees. He discusses successful projects at WTAMU to reduce time and waste for students, such as paperwork reduction in student housing applications, along with a reduction in voucher printing that saved […]
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Toyota’s Production System Support Center implemented logistics improvements at the Houston Food Bank that cost little to no money and resulted in production improvements. Some of the accomplishments of the partnership include: A new standardized work chart to organize volunteer hours and expectations for certain projects. Donated food is also used to fill backpacks that […]
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The Toyota Production System Support Center’s (TSSC) partnership with the San Antonio Food Bank started during the recession as resources dwindled and cash-strapped organizations donated less to the food bank. At the same time, demand soared. While Toyota workers worked in the Food Bank, they were able to identify small inefficiencies in the warehouse and […]
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The City of Irving, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, is one of five cities in the state and 89 in the nation with a AAA rating from both Standard and Poor’s (S&P) and Moody’s. And 95 percent of Irving employees say the city government is a good place to work compared to a federal […]
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Rep. Raul Torres believes that Texas can save 20-25 billion dollars from its biennial budget if every department will utilize Lean/Six Sigma methods and he points to the example of the City of Irving, Texas, which Rep. Torres told me cut their budget from $188 million to $168 million while at the same time improving […]
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The University of Texas Pan American (UTPA) encourages students to “Prepare, Discover, Transform.” As the University has become highly successful, it now struggled to support the demands of the increased volume of a growing regional University. A 3-day Value Stream Mapping event was held to focus on the procurement process. With this detailed view of […]
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