Don’t let its intimidating reputation deceive you: Lean Six Sigma’s principles are based on common sense and discipline. Here, you can learn about the everyday successes of organizations that use Lean Six Sigma.
GoLeanSixSigma.com Green Belt James Fuhrman’s Project Storyboard involved increasing first run parts from 60% to 90% within two months. This project achieved 87% within the aggressive schedule while dramatically reducing manufacturing lead time. Improvement in first run parts yield increased throughput, while process simplification reduced manufacturing lead time, which allowed…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Improving Reporting Accuracy by 100% Cape Cod Child Development has brought Lean Six Sigma to the nonprofit world. Learn how Brenda MacIsaac improves reporting accuracy from 50% to 98%. Project Summary Increasing the Accuracy of Non-Federal Share Reporting Who is Brenda MacIsaac? Brenda MacIsaac…
On June 25th, 2018, Aviat Networks, Inc. announce the appointment of Stan Gallagher as Chief Operating Office. With over 30 years of experience in various aspects of leadership and management consulting, Gallagher has helped drive the execution of process excellence activities. With a positive outlook on 2019, Aviat Networks looks…
GoLeanSixSigma.com Green Belt Jared Krehel’s Project Storyboard illustrates the project team's success reducing lead time in a process delivering customer replacement parts. The goal was to reduce the lead time from order submission to order delivery from 8.5 days to 5 days or less. As a result of this project,…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Repurposing 2,600 Hours of Transportation Waste Toward Value-add Work Hampton Sublett of UC Davis wasted no time in conquering the task of improving "wrench time" to help lower costs for customers and increase the number of tasks completed across campus each year. Learn how…
We got the chance to talk to Bill Guill, formerly of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) about the keys to success when applying Lean Six Sigma to this iconic institution. Signed into existence by Franklin Roosevelt 85 years ago, the TVA is remains a vital source of power for 9…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Classroom Incidents Reduced by 50%! When children act up, it makes it hard for other kids to learn. Learn how Lesley Guertin of nonprofit Cape Cod Child Development managed to reduce classroom incidents by 50%. Project Summary Improving the Classroom Environment to Reduce Incidents…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Saved 2,000 hours per year and reduced email handling by 60%. UC San Diego continues its Lean Six Sigma journey with a successful DMAIC project conducted by Kristin Kielich where they saved 2,000 hours a year in the Employee Onboarding Process! Project Summary All…
In this episode we interview Angela Cook and find out what's happening on the ground and virtually with Lean Six Sigma at UC San Diego. We'll release our latest poll results and find out what problem-solvers need from leaders. In the News we'll cover fun facts and stats about the…
Paymentshield is one of the UK’s leading distributors and administrators of insurance. But after 20 years of success, the leadership team saw an opportunity to improve their already stellar customer service. They challenged the Operational Excellence Coordinator, Diane Leatherbarrow, to make a 10% improvement for their Customer Services department. Accepting…