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Instructor Profile – Lean Enterprise and Lean Six Sigma – Mike Osterling

Q: Why do a company’s non-manufacturing departments need lean? The interesting thing is that the root of lean is in manufacturing, but over the years we’ve learned that the majority of opportunities –...

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Instructor Profile – Lean Six Sigma – Tracy O’Rourke

Tracy O’Rourke, Master Black Belt, has trained over 1,000 people, mentored 200+ green belts and black belts, and has helped complete 200+ projects with results that range between $50,000 and $8 million...

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Military Spouse | Lean Six Sigma – Sharon Johnson

Arriving in San Diego last October, Sharon Johnson knows the military. She and her husband have both served in the Navy for a combined 31 years. They met in the Navy and both serve our armed services...

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Using Lean to Bring Manufacturing Back to the U.S.

This year many U.S. companies are contemplating the unthinkable – they are either considering or actually bringing their manufacturing back to the U.S. Of course, some manufacturing will always take...

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Lean Enterprise – Process Improvement at the San Diego Zoo – An Interview...

Every business is a collection of processes. Those processes are broken down into primary and secondary. Primary processes create value, while secondary processes support them. Lean is a process...

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Feeding America More Efficiently

As part of its community outreach, TaylorMade Golf Company sponsored two students from Feeding America San Diego to earn their Professional Certificate in Lean Enterprise through SDSU’s College of...

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Lean Enterprise Program Graduate Helps Create Lean Culture at the Workplace

Kris Manning graduated from the University of Delaware with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, then went on to earn his MBA from the University of Maryland. Upon graduating, he was hired by...

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Chromalloy’s Commitment to Continuous Improvement: Sending Employees to...

In 1950, a small group of entrepreneurs in New York City bought the patent rights to a European invention — a process for depositing chromium on the surface of carbon steel at elevated temperatures to...

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SDSU’s Lean Enterprise Program a Natural Fit for Lloyd Pest Control’s...

Scott Crowley, Chief Operations Officer of Lloyd Pest Control In the 1930s, San Diego’s downtown construction boom set off another kind of boom — rodents. Their trail of destruction in warehouses and...

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Lean Enterprise and Leadership in a Time of Tremendous Challenge

Dave Umstot Long before Dave Umstot founded the award-winning Umstot Project and Facilities Solutions, LLC in La Mesa, Calif., he oversaw the herculean $1.6 billion Proposition S & N capital bond...

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