Andrew Parris with World Vision Institute talks about how he helps implement Lean Six Sigma in East Africa. He helped train 56 Lean Six Sigma Green Belts and 11 Black Belts, trained 450 people in Process Excellence Energizer training, saved $1.5 million in procurement costs. Other projects include reducing recruitment time from 130 to 41 […]
In the Shatila camp south of Beirut, a self-help program is making a difference in the lives of Palestinian refugees, engaging them in rehabilitating their shelters. Read the article at Planet Lean: http://planet-lean.com/the-lean-approach-helps-manage-un-refugee-project-in-lebanon
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Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Elevations Credit Union (ECU) is a member-owned, nonprofit credit union. The organization provides a wide range of financial products and services, including checking and savings accounts, auto loans, student loans, mortgages, home-equity lines of credit, business loans, credit cards and financial planning. They use the Business Process Management (BPM) methodology to […]
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World Vision International is an organization aimed at providing impoverished children around the world with necessary resources to survive and thrive. ASQ member Andrew Parris helped streamline a number of projects in Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Tanzania using Lean Six Sigma.
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Working with Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter (JPAS) shelter staff, students from Loyola University New Orleans designed a month-long pilot to improve the process of selecting homeless dogs for euthanasia, finding caring homes for 60 dogs who otherwise would have been put to sleep. The Lean “5S” concepts were applied to reducing the time for potential […]
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This is a 10-minute video on the basic concepts of value stream mapping (VSM), using video clips from an actual event conducted with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) in Washington State and the Adult Protective Services team. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYsn0X0EVRI
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Michael (Mike) Grogan is an Irishman who was working in Lean manufacturing in the United States for many years until a holiday to Tanzania a couple of years ago opened his eyes up to what he calls one of the largest humanitarian crises on the planet: the state of healthcare in Africa. Lessons on Lean […]
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Episode 10 on the Gemba Academy podcast is Steve Bell, a longtime lean thinker. While his background is in the IT and Agile spaces, Steve’s passion is using lean to help NGOs and nonprofits. The episode aired in June 2014. Using Lean to Help NGOs with Steve Bell He later made an appearance in episode […]
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It is estimated that there are some 12 million street children in India. Many children who run away from home use the train as a means of escape. A case study was conducted with Sathi to determine if Value Chain Analysis would apply to the process of reducing runaway children. Read more at Lean4NGO: http://lean4ngo.org/images/stories/A-supply-chain-of-children.pdf
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This podcast was produced by The Lean Startup Conference, December 9 – 11, 2013 in San Francisco. The speakers are Christie George of New Media Ventures and Akash Trivedi of Kiva.org. They will discuss how key Lean Startup ideas are being applied more and more often in non-profits, B-corps and other mission-driven organizations. As the ideas […]
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