Brevard County completed two Lean Six Sigma improvement projects focusing on inspection efficiencies. The goal was to make the process of home inspections as seamless as possible. After working with the Lean Six Sigma group and making some changes with their processes they have had the following outcomes: Customers can schedule their own inspections and […]
Permit inspections are usually part of the long and arduous construction process, but the inspections themselves don’t have to be long and arduous as well. The Brevard County (Florida) Building Inspector recently completed two Lean Six Sigma improvement projects focusing on inspection efficiencies. Selected County employees were organized into teams to dissect and examine every […]
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Since October 2015, Brevard County (Florida) Government has worked on institutionalizing Lean Six Sigma as a way to help create a better tomorrow. Leading the Lean Six Sigma initiatives out of the County Manager’s Office is Special Projects Coordinator Katherine Wall. Lean Six Sigma successes to date include: The Development Application Process: Successfully reduced site plan […]
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by Brion Hurley When Joe Hnat was working for Collins Aerospace in Melbourne, FL, he had an idea to start a garden at his work place. Read about his story in which he shares the setbacks & challenges he encountered while trying to establish and maintain a non-profit corporate garden run by volunteers. He discusses how […]
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