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
The State of Nebraska identified the need to improve the process for people setting up a new business, so they launched a Six Sigma Black Belt project. Phase 1 of the project was setting up the code for the website to have all the links and functionality Phase 2 of their implementation has already lead […]
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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 Maintenance team found opportunities to clean up their storage room at the Eastern Nebraska Veterans Home using 5S workplace organization with assistance from Keith Flaute, Process Improvement Coordinator. They also share a neat story about old items they found, such as a bell, plaque and photograph. Watch the video below, or click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvmAfzER4BI
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