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 […]
Jeff Orlowski, President and CEO of the nonprofit organization LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, talks about the unique challenges LifeShare team members face every day, how lean helps his team deliver on its nonprofit mission, and how his own views on leadership have been informed by lean thinking and practice. Read more at LEI: https://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=392
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One of the techniques that businesses are using to drive down waste, improve customer satisfaction and improve bottom line performance is Lean Six Sigma. I never imagined that lean principles could be combined with religious principles. But two men in Wisconsin are doing exactly that, creating the concept of what they call Lean Ministry. Their […]
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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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The success of Toyota’s lean management principles in manufacturing, healthcare, product development, and other areas is well known and well documented. Now the company is applying these concepts to social innovation in order to give back to society as well as shareholders. Read more at LEI: https://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=379
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In March 2015, a lean project was conducted that would cover about 2.5 years of construction procurement processes. The process scope included: putting contracts out to bid award of contract execution of the contracts which includes billing and paying change orders site visits through the end of the 1-year warranty period when loan repayment begins […]
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Zack Rosenburg and Liz McCartney, co-founders of the nonprofit St. Bernard Project, have been rebuilding homes damaged by Katrina since 2006 when they gave up their Washington, D.C. jobs as an attorney and teacher, respectively, and moved to work full-time rebuilding homes in the New Orleans area. With help from the Toyota Production System Support […]
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The objective of the Value Stream Mapping event for the Iowa DNR was to understand existing priorities, basic functions, associated partners and audiences for each of the river programs in the Department. They developed a transformation plan that included website updates, health alerts, modeling and flood recovery programs. Download the report out presentation at: https://dom.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2016/11/DNR-Iowa-River-Programs-Report-Out-2015-02-12.pdf
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The Louisville Metro Government identified the city’s Fleet Maintenance Yard as an area of opportunity for a “continuous improvement initiative”. For three months Toyota’s support center staff donated time and expertise to help make the changes happen, resulting in: 37% reduction in vehicle backlog 75% reduction in repair time The fleet repair team gained valuable […]
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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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