by Brion Hurley Joe Hnat presents the volunteer program he setup at Collins Aerospace (formerly Rockwell Collins) in Melbourne, Florida. He worked with his facility using lean principles and methods to find space for an employee garden on campus and make it successful. The fruits and vegetables grown in the garden by employee volunteers are […]
by Brion Hurley In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Mark Novak quickly joined a disaster relief trip to help rebuild communities in Mississippi. He soon found out there were many frustrating aspects of the process that needed to be addressed; supplies were scarce or late to arrive, communication of problems were accomplished too late in the […]
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Steven Wilson from the Iowa Lean Consortium Radio Network interviews Brion Hurley about his book, Lean Six Sigma for Good. They discuss his passion for helping non-profit organizations through the use of Lean and Six Sigma, as well as how individuals can begin to insure that their companies improvement efforts see the value of adding the […]
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Iowa Prison Industries (IPI) provides work training to those incarcerated at Iowa’s state prisons. More than 90% of offenders in state prison are scheduled to be released, and their goal is to teach them how to get and keep a job, once they get out. To help with the job training, the prison provides manufacturing services to […]
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by Brion Hurley A 2-year grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) was awarded to the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Healthcare Alliance (CRHA) nonprofit organization, to help establish a Community Anticoagulation Therapy (CAT) management clinic to reduce adverse events. Employees of Rockwell Collins provided technical assistance on Lean, Six Sigma and quality methods. They began […]
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