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Mont Ripley Ski Area: A3 Goals Celebration, Nick Sirdenis
Mont Ripley Ski Area: A3 Goals Celebration, Nick Sirdenis
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
No abstract provided.
Facets Of The Museum Goals: Using Mtu's A3 Goals To Help The Museum Better Serve Our Guests, Patrice Cobin
Facets Of The Museum Goals: Using Mtu's A3 Goals To Help The Museum Better Serve Our Guests, Patrice Cobin
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
No abstract provided.
Transportation Services Spring 2020 A3 Accomplishments, Gail Kotajarvi-Gerard
Transportation Services Spring 2020 A3 Accomplishments, Gail Kotajarvi-Gerard
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
No abstract provided.
Creating A Universal Working Definition Of Smooth Operations, Theresa Coleman-Kaiser
Creating A Universal Working Definition Of Smooth Operations, Theresa Coleman-Kaiser
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
Every day striving to achieve an increasingly greater concurrence between processes and expectations produces increasingly smooth operations and is supported by our foundational strategies.
Gun Room 5s, Kathy Wardynski, Alexandra Holmstrom, Paul Rayment
Gun Room 5s, Kathy Wardynski, Alexandra Holmstrom, Paul Rayment
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
Problem Statement: Dining Services uses two storage rooms. Only one storage room, what used to the Gun Room, is now available. The storage rooms contain items that are used seasonally infrequently or are no longer used. Items are disorganized, overcrowded, and unlabeled, making it difficult to find items. This leads to waste in resources as items that cannot be found are reordered again. Time is wasted searching for stored items, leading to employee inefficiency. An employee safety hazard was created due to items stacked up.
Pavlis Honors College Pathways Kaizen, Briana Tucker
Pavlis Honors College Pathways Kaizen, Briana Tucker
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
Some students are not completing components and are missing opportunities due to communication gaps, flexibility of program (lack of deadlines), insufficient support for advising, and misconception regarding expectations (the Why).
Wadsworth Hall Big Freezer 5s, Megan Goke, Lori Hardyniec
Wadsworth Hall Big Freezer 5s, Megan Goke, Lori Hardyniec
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
Project Goal: Evaluation the usage of the freezer space and identify waste. Reorganize the items within the freezer to make the flow work faster. By addressing these issues, it would lead to less confusion as to where items belong and less time wasted by having to ask questions.
Customer Focus In The Library: The Children's Book Collection, Nora Allred, Annelise Doll, Allison Neely
Customer Focus In The Library: The Children's Book Collection, Nora Allred, Annelise Doll, Allison Neely
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
Customer service is at the heart of Lean. The Van Pelt and Opie Library strives to meet customer (patron) needs even when they fall outside of the typical services provided by an academic library.
Closing Keynote, Theresa Coleman-Kaiser
Closing Keynote, Theresa Coleman-Kaiser
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
No abstract provided.
Track A: Building Your House Of Lean: Standard Work And Effective Communication - Active Learning Session, Laurie Stark, Annelise Doll
Track A: Building Your House Of Lean: Standard Work And Effective Communication - Active Learning Session, Laurie Stark, Annelise Doll
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
This session will introduce the concept of standard work through a hands-on activity. Attendees will learn the importance of clear communication and language choices in growing a sustainable Lean environment. Presenters will share their experiences regarding how the Van Pelt and Opie Library has grown Lean through the use of standard work and effective communication.
Track B: Growing Continuous Improvement: An Example Of Pdca On Student Employee Visual Management Boards - Case Study, Dominique Aleo
Track B: Growing Continuous Improvement: An Example Of Pdca On Student Employee Visual Management Boards - Case Study, Dominique Aleo
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
Visual Management and the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) Cycle are well known Lean methods. The Student Process Improvement Coordinators in the Office of Continuous Improvement at Michigan Technological University use white boards to track progress on recurring performance duties.These boards cover multiple areas of work and showcase how many students with different schedules keep track of their workload within the office. This case study examines how the Visual Management boards have changed through multiple cycles of PDCA, in pursuit of perfect visual communication between the students who work in the office, and also perfect performance. Specifically, this presentation will …
1st Annual Conference Program, Michigan Technological University
1st Annual Conference Program, Michigan Technological University
Annual Copper Country Lean Conference
Full conference program, including presenter bios and presentation descriptions.