Article on one of my LEAN Projects

http://www.correctionalnews.com/articles/2012/08/8/lean-prisons

This is my first Lean Construction Project. It is not completed yet, but it is a good example on how Lean can be applied in Public Construction!
I am not working for the same company anymore, but I am sure the project will be a success.

No Data, No Problem

http://smartdatacollective.com/kyle-toppazzini/55746/no-data-no-problem-my-lean-six-sigma-data-collection-secrets


This is a very good article on hot to go when NO data is available. 
No discouragement ! Just start collecting data and in a month you can have all necessary information to came up and track metrics.

Using Lean Six Sigma principles to improve Laboratory Execution at the Bench

http://www.spectroscopynow.com/details/ezine/1382e5f1b7d/Vendor-Column-Using-Lean-Six-Sigma-principles-to-improve-Laboratory-Execution-at.html?tzcheck=1


Very impressive how they were able to save $500K a year by using LSS.

Lean Construction

http://www.leanconstruction.msu.edu/
Michigan State University

Wow! How long ...

Wow! I cannot believe that I have not posted anything for a whole month. This time went so quickly that I have not realized the time was gone!
I'll try to post more consistently from now on.
Sorry! 

Lean SixSigma Green Belt .. I have it!

Hello World;
I am very happy to announce that I am now a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt!
It was a wonderful experience. The training was not easy because there is a LOT of theory to collect and learn in just a week, but it makes so much sense that I really do not understand why everyone else is not doing it.
Until this point I was an "autodidatta" (self learner), I was mapping based on what I was reading in books and using some of my Theory of Mediation experience - now, after taking this course, I feel more comfortable in leading sessions and be able to "map" any type of process.
The consultant we hired will, this coming week, make me test a new Lean Tool, Rapid Improvement Workshop (Kaizen), so that by the end of this coming week, I will have experienced, first-hand both main tools : Value Stream Mapping (VSM or VSA) and the RIW (Rapid Improvement Workshop).
More to come ....
Have a great week!

Lean SixSigma Green Belt

Just sharing .. at the end of next week I will have my Green belt Certification! WAY!