Shane Daughenbaugh interviews his former mentor at the State of Nebraska, Matt Singh. He is currently a Senior Project Manager at Children’s Nebraska. Prior to that he spent 8 years as the director of operational excellence and master black belt for the Department of Administrative Services in the state of Nebraska. He became certified as […]
During remarks on the U.S. Senate floor Wednesday, Senator Pete Ricketts, a Republican from Nebraska, spoke about the Department of Government Efficiency and how his state has utilized Lean Six Sigma methods from the private sector to reduce costs and improve services to residents. He shares the example of improving the air construction permitting process, […]
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In this episode of The Lean Solutions podcast, Patrick Adams interviews Shayne Daughenbaugh on his unique journey into process improvement as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt that lasted 5 years with the State of Nebraska, and his new venture into consulting. He shares his experiences leading successful organizational change within government, focusing on streamlining […]
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The state of Nebraska launched the Center of Operational Excellence in 2016 to change the culture in state government and train state teammates in Process Improvement. Since May 2016, the COE has facilitated 575 process improvement projects, saving over 630,000 of work that has led to being able to put more of a focus on […]
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Matthew Singh is the Director of Operational Excellence and Master Black Belt for the Department of Administrative Services in the state of Nebraska and has 20 years of experience in progressive management roles. In this interview with Patrick Adams of the Lean Solutions Podcast, they discuss his work in the state of Nebraska and the […]
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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
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The Center of Operational Excellence helped the Nebraska Department of Transportation (DOT) reduce the Right of Way Permitting process from 68 steps to 20 steps by eliminating the performance guarantee payment and reimbursement transactions for utilities, saving time, paper, shipping costs and labor. The results led to turnaround time of 2-3 weeks down to 5-10 […]
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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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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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The State of Nebraska has invested in training almost 13,000 members of their team in Lean Six Sigma methodology, which allowed them to achieve amazing process improvement results such as: The Developmental Disabilities Division was able to cut down their meeting prep time from 65 hours to 10 hours The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) started to allow permits to […]
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