Two unlikely partners (Toyota and Canadian Blood Services), one powerful and innovative collaboration. Learn about a Canadian biologics manufacturer and its TPS journey. They were able to redesign the work area to reduce walking and reduce time spent in the freezer, which lead to one hour of time savings per day.
In June 2015, tuition reimbursement checks were taking too long to distribute to employees. A kaizen event was organized to bring together different departments and agencies to understand the current state of the process. They created a current state map, identified barriers holding up the process, and then developed a 6-month implementation plan. The plan […]
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Holland Rescue Mission was struggling to keep up with their donations, and needed to find a way to do the work more efficiently. The donations are sold, which generate funds to support their nonprofit. They connected with local chair manufacturer Haworth. They provided some volunteer experts in the Haworth Management System (HMS) to help them […]
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A three-day “Lean Innovation Boot Camp” facilitated by Moves the Needle helped Hayward (CA) city employees tackle tricky problems, address community and environmental concerns, and develop new, more efficient ways of doing business on behalf of the public.
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Sunaqua TOTO in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kitakyushu City, Japan employs over 100 disabled or severly disabled workers that manufacture products such as faucets and plumbing parts. They have been using kaizen to make their work easier and safer. Trash bins were modified to be lower and they added wheels to make them easier to move around […]
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Staff at the Denver Animal Shelter worked with the Denver Peak Academy to save $1 million in cost savings to taxpayers, and place more pets in good homes. Their improvement ideas led to better photo taking to improve the online experience, and developing a volunteer dog jogging initiative. Pets were also benefiting from more treats […]
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Prior to making changes to the way unemployment applications were handled, it would take 5 or more days to get a decision and payment to those in need. Often times, applicants would have to call back to check the status, and request that their application be escalated. After a series of kaizen events, where they […]
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In 2012, Denver Human Services (DHS) was taking up to five days before a worker could begin reviewing a case to determine if an individual may be eligible for benefits. To better meet the needs of their customers, the scanning team decided to make their process more efficient. Over the course of 6 months, process maps were created, […]
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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 […]
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Dedicated to continuously improving its operations, the City of Louisville invited Toyota (TSSC) to help upgrade its maintenance services for the city’s fleet of vehicles– reducing its backlog by 37% and cutting repair time by 75% in just two months.
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