For office work and service organizations Leading indicators in administrative/office areas are typically a rare find. You’ve likely heard (or said) the excuse, “It’s so hard to measure non-manufacturing processes”. While it may seem...
Lean Management Systems in the Real World A Best Practice sharing session featuring three NWHPEC organizations Last fall, NWHPEC offered a 12-hour lean management system (LMS) workshop to help organizations understand the basic building...
Join Mike Orzen as he presents a structured process (Cause Mapping) for identifying problems and determining the most effective ways to eliminate them. We go beyond the basics of PDCA to explore the key...
Back to Basics – Using a systematic approach to create high volume flow Regardless of the process you are focusing on, the same improvement and problem solving rules apply. Join Leah Calvert, OHSU Quality...
After spending years implementing improvements, Myers Container asked the question, “What is preventing us from sustaining our improvements?” In 2021, they set out to create a model cell that could be implemented in each...
The true role of a leader is a coach. This includes coaching to develop, coaching to improve, and coaching to engage. Engagement comes when people feel supported and trusted to make decisions and to...
Using Kaizen Short Stories to Foster Improvements The Coherent team will showcase how they are working within Covid social distancing requirements and still accomplishing day-to-day Lean improvements. Coherent members will show how they are...
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