Is Iowa the only state with a concerted, identified effort to improved quality, cost, and service, even having a “Lean Day Proclomation� Just read a post from Jamie Flinchbaugh on Mark Graban’s blog. Jamie will be speaking at the Lean Government Exchange in June in Des Moines, IA. Glad to see Iowa government continuing to [...]
Stumbled on this article which was posted on Thursday (7/17/08) about the Air Force District of Washington and its efforts to improve operations. The article lists these five areas of focus: Productivity, Assets Availability, Response Time, Safety, and Energy Conservation. These desired effects guide improvement initiatives that contribute to the demands of the warfighter—our most [...]
I was impressed to read an entry on the Lean Insider blog about the Government of the State of Iowa taking on lean initiatives. They have improved processes, reduced long wait/lead times for government approvals, reduced re-work and process steps, and eliminated backlogs of work. Read more of the above article to see further information [...]
RT @Skowty: Going 2 spend some time talking @StartupIowa #Pella #StartupFair on @kniakrls w/ @veelhoeden and @leantech this morning. Stoked!Monday Jan 30 - 2:56pm