Here are our top picks for Lean Six Sigma success stories and news from around the web for the week of October 24, 2016. Xerox and SpencerMETRICS Connect for Productivity Xerox and SpencerMETRICS Connect have teamed up to provide customers the ultimate power of on-demand analysis and automatic calculation of…
Once upon a time, Washington State cut $50,000 checks to 165 small cities under 5,000 population to fund street resurfacing. This was not economical nor making sense. The Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) then conducted a PDCA study of how best to provide street preservation support. After gathering the…
Continuous process improvement capabilities and Lean Six Sigma support Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital's (BAACH) mission by providing tools to identify areas of the hospital that need improvement and how to find solutions. Alongside the pressure the military healthcare system faces which includes providing quality healthcare with efficiency, Lean Six…
Xerox and SpencerMETRICS Connect have teamed up to provide customers the ultimate power of on-demand analysis and automatic calculation of Operational Equipment Effectiveness (OEE). The Connect solution helps Xerox customers "identify root causes of bottlenecks and wasted time with real metrics, users report cost savings through reduced waste, overtime, and…
Here are our top picks for Lean Six Sigma success stories and news from around the web for the week of October 17, 2016. State Association Honors Highland, Breese Hospitals for Quality St. Joseph’s Hospital-Highland was recently honored by the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) for their quality improvement…
Ohio Department of Administrative Services started reducing costs and speeding up processes alongside improved customer satisfaction when LeanOhio launched in early 2011. Since the launch of LeanOhio, there have been a reduction of burdens on taxpayers and 80 major improvement efforts which have resulted in saving taxpayers $156 million. Read…
St. Joseph’s Hospital-Highland was recently honored by the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA) for their quality improvement best practices using Lean Six Sigma. Outstanding work is being done to cut down costs and save lives, especially surrounding the care of Sepsis patients which is the 3rd leading cause of…
Here are our top picks for Lean Six Sigma success stories and news from around the web for the week of October 10, 2016. Axalta India Bags Two Quality Circle Golden Awards Axalta Coating Systems is a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings. Last month, Axalta took home…
At the Lean Accounting Summit this year, Steve Brenneman, president, and Duane Yoder, production manager of Aluminum Trailer Co. (ATC) shared a presentation called, "It's a Lean life!" ATC is a privately held company where every owner and team member, of the 11, contributes to the direct structure and success…
"Wabash National Corp. recently reached an agreement with EconCore N.V., for the exclusive rights to manufacture and sell certain EconCore honeycomb sandwich material configurations in the containment and transportation industries in the United States, Canada and Mexico." With this partnership, EconCare is excited since Wabash is an industry leader using…