Tim Gebauer shares some examples where small improvements at a thrift store led to major results when looked at over the long term. These savings seem small, but they can compound over time. Examples include: Moved a trash can closer by 10 feet – Saved 85 hours a year Adding rollers between stations – Saved […]
Tim Gebauer writes articles on LinkedIn under the Thrift Retailer, and discusses Lean methods applied at a thrift store. In this article, he discusses clutter at the checkout area and how it impacts efficiency and customer satisfaction. He suggests that 5S can be used to improve the checkout area, which actually improves employee turnover in […]
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While it is well known that facilitating homogeneous teams is probably more straightforward and might provide solutions quicker, diverse teams are more likely the ones to propose breakthrough solutions. Author Alessandro Lasi explains an example where adding a new HR Director to the team led to a proposal idea that greatly challenged the status quo, […]
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As part of the county’s strategic plan, Miami-Dade County in Southeast Florida launched a Six Sigma Green Belt DMAIC project to reduce the # of days to provide direct relief assistance payments to domestic violence victims. This project supports the County’s 2020 strategic plan under the following objectives: HS1: Basic needs of vulnerable Miami Dade […]
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After taking the Peak Green Belt Training, Rachel Lindgren identified an area of improvement with her team & partners, improving the overall quality of the “Intern Trails Onboarding Process” by 25-30%. Interns were frustrated that they weren’t getting their computers and gaining access to TRAILS until well into their internship (2-3 months). This delay in […]
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Lauren Wisniewski is a Lean Process Facilitator for the State of Michigan and the founder of Rise Consulting Company. She wrote an article in 2021 about explaining the key attributes inherent to the nonprofit sector culture that make it easy to adopt and practice Lean methods and thinking. Read the entire article at https://nonprofithub.org/lean-was-made-for-nonprofits/
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To better serve rural areas, The Foodbank has added two more locations to its list of mobile pantry stops (Englewood and Central State’s Wilberforce location). “The way that we map our mobile pantries — we actually work with the University of Dayton, and they create a service gap map for us,” she said. “So they are taking […]
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CleanStat is a dashboard developed and used internally within the City of Baltimore. It was the result of an iterative design approach to data solutions, where Sara Brumfield shadowed crews out working in the streets and administrators in the office. It also meant sitting in on meetings and asking the same questions to five different […]
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The winners of this year’s Tom Clements Better Government Awards were announced. The award recognizes individuals and teams that go above and beyond to make Colorado a better place. The Tom Clements Award highlights the work of those who have elevated the performance of state government and strive to leave Colorado’s government better than they […]
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When the Covid-19 pandemic began, the Excise and Licenses (EXL) department of the City and County of Denver was hard at work identifying what they needed to innovate to adapt to the current circumstances. They had a Rapid Improvement Event focused on streamlining and reorganizing their EXL Shared Drive. The Action Plan The Rapid Improvement […]
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