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.
Today's Special is Tracy's interview with David Umstot who wrote the Lean Playbook for the Construction Industry! For our Appetizer we'll continue our series about charting, graphing and statistical software by reviewing Minitab, the Cadillac of stats packages. For our In the News segment we'll cover an article about how…
After using DMAIC to identify and eliminate waste in a process, Cape Cod Child Development reduced payment process rework from 25% to 5%. Nancy Sorbo is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and the Director of Enrollment and Family Child Development at Cape Cod Child Development, a non-profit organization dedicated…
Come join us as we host Lean thought leader Mark Graban and discuss his new ebook Measures of Success on Today's Special. It's data, display and how they drive decisions for our last episode of the year. For the Appetizer we'll address the second in our series on software packages…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) came under considerable criticism after hurricane Katrina for its slow response. GoLeanSixSigma.com Green Belt Charles White really dug into FEMA's processes and identified opportunities to make significant improvement with some common sense changes to material handling and loading. At the time of publication FEMA has been…
GoLeanSixSigma.com Black Belt Sean Halpin successfully used Lean Six Sigma methods in speeding up learning — with potential applications throughout the private and public sectors. He was able to not only reduce the time to develop employee capability, but was able to show achievement of higher capability levels than before…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Reducing Mail Packaging Time From 415 to 96 Minutes Tune in to find out how Jared Church & Franklin Garrett from UC San Diego used Lean Six Sigma to significantly reduce mail packaging time from 415 to 96 minutes! Project Summary Reduce the…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Increasing Enrollment in Teen Parent Program by 50% Cape Cod Child Development is a trailblazer in applying Lean Six Sigma to the nonprofit world. Learn how Laura D'Angelo is improving the enrollment rate for their Teen Parent Program! Project Summary Director of the…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Increasing Timely Discharge of Early Intervention Children From 35% to 50% Cape Cod Child Development is a trailblazer in applying Lean Six Sigma to the nonprofit world. Learn how Linda Stiles is helping to transform the discharging process of early intervention children! Project Summary…
Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Results: Increasing Preschool Enrollment From 75% to 85% Cape Cod Child Development is a trailblazer in applying Lean Six Sigma to the nonprofit world. Watch this 30 minute success story webinar to learn how Jennelle Klun is helping to increase enrollment in the critical…
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…