Lean is especially appropriate for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries because it requires little financial investment to promote economic development that builds up and empowers workers, and is easy for everyone to grasp and apply. Andrew Parris, a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at Medair, shares details about the International Trade […]
CCBRT has transformed lives through disability and maternal healthcare services, with help from a sole lean coach (Mike Grogan) with the responsibility of initiating a lean transformation. Read an article written by Mike for the Lean Enterprise Institute at:Â https://www.lean.org/LeanPost/Posting.cfm?LeanPostId=342
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World Vision International is an organization aimed at providing impoverished children around the world with necessary resources to survive and thrive. ASQ member Andrew Parris helped streamline a number of projects in Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Tanzania using Lean Six Sigma.
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Kevin Meyer from Gemba Academy visits CCBRT in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. CCBRT (Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania) is a large NGO that provides health services in the country. Mike Grogan has been working with them to leverage lean and continuous improvement methods to increase efficiency, efficacy, and capacity. Watch the video at:Â https://www.gembaacademy.com/gemba-live/at-the-gemba/ccbrt-tanzania/welcome-to-ccbrt-and-mike-grogan Note: […]
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Episode 15 of Gemba Academy is an interview with Mike Grogan, who works for CCBRT, a medical relief clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He is helping them apply Lean to their healthcare operations. Lean Healthcare in Tanzania with Mike Grogan
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Michael (Mike) Grogan is an Irishman who was working in Lean manufacturing in the United States for many years until a holiday to Tanzania a couple of years ago opened his eyes up to what he calls one of the largest humanitarian crises on the planet: the state of healthcare in Africa. Lessons on Lean […]
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This article describes World Vision’s motivation, context, experience, and learning in improving processes in East Africa. It demonstrates that Lean and Six Sigma TQM approaches apply to an international non-governmental organization (INGO) operating in East Africa, and that they can deliver significant process improvements. They were able to: decrease costs for mosquito nets and office […]
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Does using process excellence to help fight poverty sound far-fetched? It’s not, according to Andrew Parris, Business Process Specialist at World Vision, an international children’s charity. Parris has been working in East Africa for the last couple of years and in this Process Perspectives podcast, he joins the program to tell us more about what […]
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Michael (Mike) Grogan works at CCBRT in Tanzania on the continent of Africa. He explains the work he is doing to help bring lean thinking to the Tanzania healthcare system.
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In Mark Graban’s episode #182, he interviews Dr. Brenda Dmello and Michael (Mike) Grogan. They are working together to use Lean to improve healthcare at the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation (CCBRT) in Tanzania. Michael is Irish born and left his career in the United States to work in Africa. Michael Grogan & Dr. Brenda Dmallo, […]
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