Simon King, a statistics teacher at Cary Academy in central North Carolina, a private school for grades 6-12, decided to start using statistical software in his classroom. King believes JMP should, and could, be used in classrooms everywhere, both private and public: “JMP makes it affordable. It’s cheaper than textbooks. It’s priced ridiculously competitively. It’s […]
Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO, aim to optimize the use of solar energy, and JMP® statistical discovery software from SAS helps them hit the mark. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) scientists use the scripting and data mining capabilities of JMP® to gauge the performance of solar energy […]
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 […]
Through the Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC), a nonprofit within the auto company, Toyota shares its TPS methods with all kinds of organizations — including donating their expertise to other nonprofits. They only work with an organization if the executive team is committed to adopting TPS methods wholeheartedly. They invest for the long term. It’s […]
The Toyota Production System Support Center (TSSC) has a team goal to distribute one meal every 15 seconds. That way, people waiting in line for the meals don’t have to wait as long. And the volunteers who take time off work to help each Thanksgiving use their time more efficiently. With TSSC’s help, St. Vincent […]
No process is ever going to be perfect, but there is value in continuously improving whatever can be made better. For the past few years, the Motor Vehicle Division has been looking at its processes using tools related to Lean Six Sigma to eliminate waste and improve quality. Nearly two years ago, the Office of […]
A partnership between Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA) and Rebuild Joplin, a local non-profit group whose mission it is to get storm survivors back into their homes, was outlined. Toyota has worked with the group the past six months in an effort to reduce the amount of time it takes to rebuild […]
Prompted by a financial crisis, the City of Chula Vista wanted to find ways to be more efficient and effective and avoid more layoffs. City employees attended Goodrich Aerostructures’ Continuous Improvement Foundation training to learn about Lean processes. As a result, the City of Chula Vista conducted several kaizen events in most of their departments such as: […]
Concordia Publishing House (CPH) is the St. Louis, Mo.-based publishing arm of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS). CPH was founded in 1869 to provide members of the LCMS with Christian ministry resources for worship, education, and nurturing of their faith. Today, the company provides over 8,000 products in a variety of formats and languages. CPH […]
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 […]