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 Eduardo Torres did a great job of cutting waste out of the process of fixing software bugs. The use of software is growing fast, and with no known way to guarantee new software is error-free, rapidly fixing bugs found is critical. Eduardo not only cut nearly 40%…
At the time of this project, Chris Franco was a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, Army Veteran and Special Projects Coordinator at King County in the state of Washington. His team at King County decided it was time to focus on improving a painful process for the customer: the Special…
Tehseen Lazzouni is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Financial Analyst in the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department at UC San Diego, one of the world's leading public research universities. Through DMAIC, Tehseen was able to identify and remove redundancies, streamline her process, and reduce interruptions to the process –…
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…
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: 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 Teen…
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 Head…
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…