In this episode of The Lean Solutions podcast, Patrick Adams interviews Shayne Daughenbaugh on his unique journey into process improvement as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt that lasted 5 years with the State of Nebraska, and his new venture into consulting. He shares his experiences leading successful organizational change within government, focusing on streamlining […]
Matthew Singh is the Director of Operational Excellence and Master Black Belt for the Department of Administrative Services in the state of Nebraska and has 20 years of experience in progressive management roles. In this interview with Patrick Adams of the Lean Solutions Podcast, they discuss his work in the state of Nebraska and the […]
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This video shows how Lean Six Sigma training has helped support the State of Nebraska’s quick response to the needs of the COVID-19 pandemic across many state agencies through Daily Huddles and timely coordination. Watch the full video below, or go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00rbAS2Z4qo
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The grant approval and funds release process was taking too long, holding up payments to departments (hurting their cash flow), and negatively impacted their confidence in working on future grant projects. After applying Lean and Six Sigma methods to this process, they were able to achieve the following results: Time to pay invoices reduced from […]
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Governor Pete Ricketts and the Nebraska Department of Administrative Services (DAS) highlighted process improvement successes in Nebraska state government related to the State’s coronavirus response. The Center of Operational Excellence (COE) is a division within DAS and leads an enterprise-wide effort to instill a culture of continuous improvement throughout state government. The COE utilizes Lean […]
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To improve security, changes were required at the Nebraska Crime Commission offices at an initial price of $60.000 USD. Green Belt training improvements were made to the plan to reduce the costs to $4500 USD, saving over $50,00 USD primarily through utilization surplus property instead of buying brand new. Watch the video below, or visit […]
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At the Nebraska State Personnel, the Talent Acquisition Team setup a visual management board to track errors (Quality), filling temp resources time (Delivery), daily application WIP (Inventory) and daily applications reviewed (Productivity), called a QDIP board. The daily review of these metrics helped reduce the number of daily applications from 800 applications down to around […]
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The State of Nebraska has invested in training almost 13,000 members of their team in Lean Six Sigma methodology, which allowed them to achieve amazing process improvement results such as: The Developmental Disabilities Division was able to cut down their meeting prep time from 65 hours to 10 hours The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) started to allow permits to […]
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Governor Pete Ricketts and the State of Nebraska’s Center of Operational Excellence (COE) highlighted recent examples of how the COE is improving the operations of state agencies. The COE serves as the hub that is working with state agencies to train state teammates on how to improve the operations of government, identify waste, and deliver better […]
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