My friend Harvey sent me this video. I have never heard six sigma so well described and defined as by this hunter (Dave Canterbury of The Pathfinder School). Bravo! Paul Akers

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by Dylan Scott

Lean manufacturing has made Denver Health a model for public health care.

FedEx. Microsoft. Toyota. Those were the companies that Patricia Gabow planned to use as a template for overhauling Denver Health, a health-care network in Colorado’s largest city. Gabow has served as the head of the health group since the early 1990s, and about eight years ago, she began envisioning a new model based on private-sector practices. When Gabow pitched the idea, her staff balked at using automobile manufacturing or package delivery to teach doctors how to better serve a low-income, mostly minority population. One co-worker, Gabow recalls, took her aside and told her it was “the craziest idea I’ve ever heard.” To read more…

My friend Todd Peterson at Kaas Tailored met with Packsize recently. I wanted to share this video with you because it shows clear demonstrations of many lean principles such as one-piece-flow, eliminating batchwork, and just in time. Plus, I’m always looking for ways to share all the clear examples I can even if they don’t relate directly to government.

The power of a simple business model that is standardized, easy to understand for both the customer and the employees. Simple is power, and nothing demonstrates this better then the In and out business model.