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 […]
In 2015, the City of Dallas (COD) launched a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) program to help provide services to citizens more efficiently and effectively. The program was placed within the new Office of Innovation (OOI), to help provide the necessary ecosystem that allows ideas to germinate, take root and flourish. LSS works closely with the […]
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Two staff employees of Denver’s East Parks district, started an effort to clean and organize the parks’ storage facilities. They set a course for a more ordered working environment that not only helped City staff be more efficient, yet also created a safer area for work to be done. By decreasing the amount of time that is […]
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El Paso City Manager, Tommy Gonzalez, proposed a budget that allocated $50,000 for Lean Six Sigma training. He said, “When it comes to government efficiency, there are multitudes of skeptics and naysayers. However, streamlining operations, achieving cost savings and improving service are all within reach for any public-sector agency.” Pothole repairs were the public works department’s focus. […]
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El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez, wanted to ensure that all employees were empowered to serve as agents of change. Some of the greatest innovations and improvements come not from the top down, but from the bottom up. The city challenged each department to look within and identify areas for enhancing performance or streamlining operations, […]
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Prompted by a financial crisis, the City of Chula Vista wanted to find ways to be more efficient and effective and avoid more layoffs. City employees attended Goodrich Aerostructures’ Continuous Improvement Foundation training to learn about Lean processes. As a result, the City of Chula Vista conducted several kaizen events in most of their departments such as: […]
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