Lean and Six Sigma in the Service Industry at West Texas A&M University with Bryan Glenn – Interview with Gemba Academy

Ron Pereira and Bryan Glenn, from West Texas A&M, discuss how Lean and Six Sigma are creating incredible value for their university and its employees. He discusses successful projects at WTAMU to reduce time and waste for students, such as paperwork reduction in student housing applications, along with a reduction in voucher printing that saved […]

IISE Conference volunteer event at Le Chainon in Montreal

At this year’s conference in Montréal, the Sustainable Development Division along with West Monroe Partners, an international consulting firm with an IE oriented practice based in Montréal, coordinated a volunteering event for the Saturday before the conference. This volunteering event served as an opportunity to give back to the community that hosted our annual IIE […]

Toyota and Babson College Partner with the Greater Boston Food Bank

Toyota and Babson College’s Social Innovation Lab partnered with The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) to help expedite the distribution of food to those in need.  The partnership aims to enhance productivity, and inventory control practices at GBFB while teaching Babson students a real-world lesson in how Toyota’s manufacturing know-how can enhance the work of nonprofits. Babson faculty have […]

Lean helps governments become more effective and efficient

Applying lean to government is a movement in its early stages. Lean thinking applied to public service processes can help deliver more value to customers, namely citizens. Lean management makes work processes better so government becomes more effective and efficient. That means government should engage all public servants in lean thinking and practice to tap their creativity […]

Value Chain Analysis Applicable to Rescuing Railway Children in India

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

5S Yields Unexpected Benefits at Global Links

The staff at Global Links took an honest look at the medical device storage room after they’d completed their first learning sessions about Lean. They thought that the Lean technique of 5S could help them sort things out and make things run more efficiently. Since that first 5S, Global Links found another warehouse space that fit their […]

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