GoLeanSixSigma.com, in partnership with UC San Diego, is honored to support the State of Washington's Lean Transformation as a Gold Sponsor for 2018's Lean Transformation Conference! Thanks for visiting our website where we're always sharing the most practical, easy to understand and high quality Lean learning resources available! Learn the Lean Six…
Did you know your investments have been paying off? As a taxpayer, you "invest" in government and the good news is that government agencies across the country are applying Lean Six Sigma and getting great results. Good government is Lean government, especially in the state of Washington. Check out these…
Learn the basics of Lean to help the State of Washington become more efficient and effective. GoLeanSixSigma.com is honored to support the State of Washington's Lean Transformation by sharing the most practical, easy to understand and high quality Lean resources available: Free Introduction to Lean Training (sign up below) 30+ Free Lean Tools,…
Check out how the City of SeaTac improved their Right-of -Way Permit Process by completing a Process Walk and Rapid Improvement (Kaizen) Event. What Is a Rapid Improvement Event? A Rapid Improvement Event (also known as a Kaizen Event) involves key process participants focusing on solving a narrowly scoped process…
The City of SeaTac is blazing a trail for all cities in the U.S.A with their Align and Improve initiative. This city-wide initiative is focused on creating better strategic alignment throughout the City of SeaTac and launching process improvement efforts in city processes. With facilitation help from Tracy O'Rourke, the…
Here are our top picks for Lean Six Sigma news from around the web for the week of May 11, 2015. "Leaning Forward" In King County In 2009, King County, Washington needed to make things better for citizens and decided that Lean was they way to do it. Since…
Island County wanted to issue its shoreline exemption permits in half the time of what it was once taking: 90 days. The County participated in the Local Government Performance's Center Lean Academy to find out how to improve and accomplish tasks faster. The new goal was to issue permits in…
Using the Lean philosophy, Kitsap County cut the time it took to approve a housing permit from 26 days to 8 days. Without reducing the staff or adding major resources, the Kitsap County team was able to eliminate more than 50 steps in their process. To eliminate these steps, the…
Ready to start improving processes and make a positive, measurable improvement in your city or state government? Looking for case studies/success stories to help you take the first step? Here are a list of successful case studies from the State of Washington. Lean Six Sigma Case Study Successes Case Study Summary: Pierce County…
6 Lean Lessons in Leadership: Learnings from Washington State Lean Transformation GoLeanSixSigma.com was honored to be able to support Washington in their Lean journey last month at the 2nd Annual Washington Lean Conference. We watched as organizations and individuals dove into learning and deeply understanding the roots of Lean concepts and leadership.…