Crystal Davis, Karyn Ross, and Dorsey Sherman are the founders of the Women in Lean LinkedIn group. The group is focused on providing a safe, positive, and supportive community to help women with process improvement experience to find the courage, confidence, network, and information to help them thrive in their career in a way that […]
by Brion Hurley Philip Washburn started to learn about Lean Six Sigma when he had recently become the Program Director of Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio. Habitat for Humanity helps build affordable new homes around the world. Philip quickly realized that Lean Six Sigma tools had potential to help the organization. He became a certified Black Belt […]
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The goal of the lean event for the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) was to promote greater consistency and transparency in applying for Federal funds from a variety of Agencies. In the past, this process was held by one person, allowing for a standard practice due to only one person carrying it out. Now […]
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The Ohio Department of Education and Office of Professional Conduct had cases that were remaining open too long, as long as 18 months. This delay was causing an increase in volume for the incoming referrals and the process is not scaled to handle the volume increase. Many current processes were antiquated and duplicated among different […]
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