OHIO — Only Handle It Once
The following guest post was written by Kaylee Betzinger, a former student process improvement coordinator here at Michigan Tech and currently an intern at Amway in their Enterprise Excellence...
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Let’s Ditch the Report Out
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Robert Hiltunen, Director of Auxiliary Services at Michigan Technological University. What did you say? Ditch the report out? Are you crazy? A normal...
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Lean Principles and Tools in Industry: Part 2
Thank you to our returning guest blogger Mary Fogelsinger-Huss for another excellent article on how Lean is used in industry. Mary is an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt working for the Dow Corning...
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Menlo Innovations’ Business Value of Joy Workshop
Thank you to our returning guest blogger, Kaylee Betzinger, a former student process improvement coordinator here at Michigan Tech and currently an intern at Amway in their Enterprise Excellence...
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Developing Students, Improving Universities
This post was originally published at The Lean Post. Our own Theresa Coleman-Kaiser, Assistant Vice President for Administration, is the author. Today, lean thinking in higher education is uncommon....
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Lean Thinking in an Office
A warm welcome to our new guest blogger, Jim Desrochers. Jim is the Associate Director for Employer Relations in Michigan Tech’s Career Services. He is also training to become a campus Lean...
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A Brief History of Michigan Tech’s University Policy Office: How Lean...
This post was originally published in the Business Operations Blog. It was written by Ann Kitalong-Will, the executive director of business operations here at Michigan Tech. Sometimes continuous...
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Lean IT at Michigan Tech
This post was originally published in Michigan Tech’s IT News and Announcements blog. Lean principles are generally well established and have been applied to manufacturing for quite some time. The...
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Regular Leadership Huddles Produce Insightful Reflections
We are pleased to post this guest blog from Theresa Coleman-Kaiser, Associate Vice President for Administration at Michigan Tech. Auxiliary Services at Michigan Tech has a practice of a weekly...
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Instant Application for Workshop-Related Tool
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Kathy Wardynski, Manager of Purchasing and Process Improvement for Dining Services at Michigan Technological University. Last week I had the...
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Satisfying Internal Customers: It’s Still Important
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Gregg Stocker, a lean advisor for Hess Corporation with over 20 years experience in a variety of disciplines including operations, manufacturing, human...
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The following guest post was written by Kaylee Betzinger, a former student process improvement coordinator here at Michigan Tech and currently an intern at Amway in their Enterprise Excellence...
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Satisfying Internal Customers: It’s Still Important
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Gregg Stocker, a lean advisor for Hess Corporation with over 20 years experience in a variety of disciplines including operations, manufacturing, human...
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The Perfect Cup of Joe
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Annelise Doll, Digital Initiatives Librarian at the Van Pelt & Opie Library at Michigan Technological University. In the fall of 2015, I began...
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The Road to Lean Success
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Mark Randell, Director of Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine at UPHS Portage. Yes, we tried Lean. I was fortunate to start my Lean journey and see...
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A Lean Future Is Wonderful!
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Laurie Stark, Department Coordinator for the Van Pelt & Opie Library at Michigan Technological University. While I was an intern at Honda I worked...
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Feel Good with Lean
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Lisa Hitch, Business Manager and Technical Communications Specialist, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological...
View ArticleError Proofing
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Heather Dunne, Digital Services Specialist for University Marketing and Communications at Michigan Technological University. One of the common tools in...
View ArticleThe Sixth “S”
We are pleased to present this guest blog post by Pete Baril, Health and Safety Manager at Michigan Technological University Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain. We know it like the back of...
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Lean at Girl Scout Camp
Time and time again I am amazed by the flexibility of lean and its endless applications outside of the office. It seems that no matter what sort of process I have going I can always improve it in some...
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