Do the Public Policy Guru’s get it?
Lean government is making public sector inroads through out the US. It is exciting to see this. But I am worried. Some managers seem to see it as a weapon, rather than a tool. The legislature is making...
View ArticleErie County Scouting Six Sigma Talent
Al Hammonds has been appointed the new Deputy County Executive, which means Erie County is looking for a new Director of Six Sigma. “A new director for the Six Sigma program will be chosen within the...
View ArticleErie County Saves a Cool 1.5 Mil
Erie County’s Six Sigma initiative is set to save 1.5 million dollars by year end. Almost a half million more than the initial goal. Below is the news reporting the story. Interviews with Al Hammonds,...
View ArticleLean Federal Contract Process
Saw an article this week in the Federal Computer Week emagazine about our new President making federal contracting more efficient. This is great news and about time....
View ArticleState of Maine – CI-Ps Visit Lonza
On Monday June 1, 2009 Continuous Improvement Practitioners (CI-P), from the State of Maine “Bend the Curve” initiative, led by Walter Lowell, conducted a study mission at Lonza in Rockland Maine. To...
View Article64 Fold Increase in Productivity at Army Repair Depot
Red River Army Depot (RRAD) is a sprawling industrial complex of some 1,400 buildings on 18,300 acres in northeast Texas. Called one of the “crown jewels of the Army” by Army Chief of Staff Gen. George...
View ArticleLean Six Sigma Is in the Army Now, Improving Efficiency
In today’s U.S. Army, it’s not caissons that are rolling along. It’s Lean Six Sigma. From the mess hall at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, to the recruiting command at Fort Knox, Ky., to the...
View ArticleUp Close with J.D. Sicilia
In an interview with iSixSigma, J.D. Sicilia, director of the Department of Defense Lean Six Sigma Program Office, shares about the purpose of the office, his deployment strategy and how the office...
View ArticleAligning Army Call Center Goals to Improve Performance
Product Manager, Transportation Information Services (PM TIS) is an Army program under the auspices of the Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS). The PM TIS organization...
View ArticleArmy TACOM LCMC Strengthens Lean Six Sigma Deployment
Since 2007, the Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) has made efforts to institutionalize a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. The goal to...
View ArticleVideos Highlight Army's Use of Lean Six Sigma
In the following videos, Army Senior Leaders discuss the use of Lean Six Sigma as part of their Business Transformation goals. The videos also include success stories from projects to improve Army...
View ArticleDoD to Focus on Four Improvement Areas During Convention
Leaders from across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and various agencies and activities, will gather Oct. 22 to 23, 2008 in Washington, D.C., to...
View ArticleArmy Improves Equipment Management with Lean Six Sigma
With increased budget cuts and dwindling funding, Army organizations are examining how best to manage budgets and stretch dollars to provide the best logistical support to soldiers. Army organizations...
View ArticleUsing Simulation to Design Robust Combat Vehicles
From September 2006 to December 2008 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed several weapon programs and identified problems resulting in billions of dollars in cost overruns, long schedule...
View ArticleThe DoD Roundup
Editor’s note: A longer version of this article was previously published in the September/October 2009 issue of iSixSigma Magazine. When the U.S. Department of Defense opened a Continuous Process...
View ArticleSix Sigma in Government: Focusing on the Customer
Six Sigma, with its emphasis in many cases on hard, current-year results, is often not associated with government agencies and their processes. One reason is that a government’s mission is as much...
View ArticleCommunication and Business Case Key to Revising Process
Through a two-year Six Sigma project, the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition and Technology Programs Task Force (ATP TF) coordinated a revision to a joint weapon system safety review process that...
View ArticleP&R IM Improves Management of Health Treatment Records
Personnel and Readiness Information Management (P&R IM), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness), led an in-depth analysis of the Health Treatment Record (HTR) life cycle...
View ArticleCase Study: Optimizing Patient Flow at Fort Drum Clinic
A project to optimize family practice patient flow at the Guthrie Ambulatory Healthcare Clinic, part of the U.S. Army Medical Activity (MEDDAC) at Fort Drum, N.Y., was initiated in November 2007. The...
View ArticleQ&A with Cmdr. Stanley Dobbs
In an interview with iSixSigma, Cmdr. Stanley Dobbs shares his approach toward Lean Six Sigma project selection and execution, as well as insight into the Navy’s positive response to continuous process...
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