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 […]
Quality professionals possess a unique skill set that can be used to prevent problems outside of their organizations. The author shows how applying quality tools, such as Pareto analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and quality function deployment, can help solve issues such as homelessness in Seattle, and deaths from diarrheal disease for children under […]
Twin Cities’ Habitat for Humanity ReStore first opened in 2008 in New Brighton, Minnesota. First, they outgrew their building. Then in 2015, they added Vonigo’s donation pickup software. By 2016, they added a second location and a second truck, and increased their donations by 170% overall. Here’s how they did it. Rapid Growth Made Possible […]
by Brion Hurley For the 6th year in a row, the Sustainable Development Division of IISE coordinated a volunteer event prior to the annual conference. The event took place at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Orlando, Florida on May 19th, 2018. The group of systems and industrial engineers and lean consultants made progress on key […]