Want to know the best-kept secret in the Continuous Improvement world? The smallest addition of Visual Management often results in the biggest impact on a process. Visual Management changes the landscape of a workplace for the better, and it often serves as the most noticeable legacy of process improvement.…
King County Wastewater Treatment Division successfully improves the Capital Design process. Watch this 30 minute success story featuring Roger Browne, an Engineering Supervisor. Roger talks about the successful project and how a team from Wastewater Treatment Division helped reduce lead time on this Capital Design Review Process. The Challenge In…
Do you ever walk into a store and know at a glance where to find what you need? Do you notice that seemingly long lines can often move really quickly? Do you find yourself wondering why things don't go horribly wrong more often? Lean Six Sigma is at work!…
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…
It’s that time again! The new year is here, and most people experience what I would call "holiday eating remorse." Two months of big holiday eating have de-railed most American diets. Shortly after ringing in the New Year, many of us are painfully aware that we need to get back…
Well it’s that time of year, when being fat and jolly is starting to feel overrated. Your summer and fall clothes have been put away with care and all the winter attire, including lots of big sweaters and stretchy leggings encourage our bad eating behavior. How do we snap out…
Do you enjoy doing dishes? Most people don't, so it's pretty easy for dishes to pile up and become a Dishpit Hell. The good news is that you can easily prevent this from happening with 5S. In our latest How to 5S Series blog, here's an example of how 5S helped improve the…
Your desk can reflect your mind. A cluttered, unorganized desk often leads to scattered thoughts and ideas, and ultimately, lowered productivity. Here’s how to apply 5S to your home office desk, the next post in our How to Apply 5S series. Here's a photo of my desk before applying 5S.…
This month’s book is Streamline: A Business Novel - Your Path to Government Efficiency Starts Here by Richard Baron. About the Book: This is a business novel in the tradition of Eli Goldratt. Just as The Goal chronicled the life and times of a manufacturing manager trying to save a…
Originating from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in the early 1990s and now a popular fixture in men's rooms across the world, the urinal fly sits just above the urinal drain and off to the left. It turns out that men, in their urinal behavior, cannot resist peeing on things, especially if…