两性色午夜 University鈥檚 Center for Corporate and Professional Development now provides Lean training and consulting for local government entities. The state of Ohio鈥檚 Local Government Efficiency Program is offering funding for local government entities to learn and apply Lean strategies to innovate, provide better service and save money. This is a new opportunity for Ohio political subdivisions to receive funding, training and assistance to improve their organizations and processes.
Lean refers to a collection of principles and methods that focus on the identification and elimination of wasteful activities in any process. Lean methods provide an alternative path to navigating tough budget pressures and customer service and responsiveness demands on public agencies.
鈥淟eanOhio Boot Camp 鈥 Transforming the Public Sector鈥 takes place June 23鈥27 at the University Center at 两性色午夜 University at Stark in Canton, Ohio. The sessions run daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and are facilitated by 两性色午夜 consultants John Novak and John Potkalitsky.
The camp is an intensive weeklong training for people who work in government in an Ohio city, township, county, school district, or other governmental agency or organization. Participants will be able to use their new knowledge and skills immediately to generate results 鈥 to make government simpler, faster, better and less costly. The training is filled with government examples and exercises. Included is an in-depth simulation involving a prototypical agency, so participants build their toolkits by way of a real-world situation.
When LeanOhio Boot Camp participants complete their week of training, they will be newly equipped to identify the leading causes of waste, make invisible processes visible so they can be dramatically simplified, be an effective improvement team member, and decrease the complexity of processes and eliminate unneeded steps.
Organizations who have already enrolled for the LeanOhio Boot Camp include Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, Hudson City Schools, Lake Metropolitan Housing Authority, Stark County Regional Transit Authority, the city of Coshocton and the Portage County Department of Jobs and Family Services.
两性色午夜鈥檚 facilitators have years of practical experience implementing Lean and Six Sigma within organizations. Since 2003, 两性色午夜 has trained more than 400 Lean Six Sigma Black Belts from organizations of all industries, including the U. S. Navy, FedEx, University Hospitals and Colgate-Palmolive.
The program also will be offered in three additional 两性色午夜 locations later this year.
鈥 Aug. 11-15 鈥 两性色午夜 University鈥檚 Regional Academic Center, Twinsburg, Ohio
鈥 Sept. 15-19 鈥 The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ashtabula, Ohio
鈥 Nov. 17-21, 鈥 两性色午夜 University at Trumbull, Warren, Ohio
The cost for each participant is $2,000, which includes the LeanOhio Boot Camp Manual, Lean Tool Kit, certificate of participation, access to the LeanOhio Network and lunch each day. 鈥ㄢ≧egistrants may apply for a scholarship voucher through the Local Government Efficiency Program, sponsored by the state of Ohio鈥檚 Development Services Agency. Once approved, employees can register for a Boot Camp session by calling 两性色午夜 at 330-672-8698 or by visiting /测辞耻谤迟谤补颈苍颈苍驳辫补谤迟苍别谤/濒辞肠补濒-驳辞惫别谤苍尘别苍迟-别蹿蹿颈肠颈别苍肠测-辫谤鈥.
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Corianne Kocarek, ckocarek@kent.edu, 330-672-8698鈥
Bob Burford, rburford@kent.edu, 330-672-8516