Lean Portland is a volunteer group based in Portland, Oregon that offers Lean and Six Sigma consulting to nonprofit organizations. We also host learning events, free workshops, interviews, happy hours and volunteer opportunities and mentoring for other practitioners.
E25: Lean for Community Projects with Maria Grzanka, Dominic Stokes and Matt Horvat
At the 2023 Lean Global Connection virtual conference held in late November, Maria Grzanka, Dominic Stokes and Matt Horvat share their experiences setting up and participating within Lean Portland.
They discuss project examples of teaching Lean to nonprofits in the Portland area, and what they learned and benefitted from those experiences. There is also a video of the presentation you can watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwoRBFyN8_8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwoRBFyN8_8)
There were numerous presentations provided during this event, so you can check out all of them in the links below.
Links
Lean Global Connection 2023 (https://www.planet-lean.com/lean-global-connection)
Video of this presentation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwoRBFyN8_8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwoRBFyN8_8)
All presentations from the LGN event (2023) (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA4yUhT8Mjbxf-qnggo6YQs-bl1-he-Vy)
ABOUT US:
Lean Portland is a socially-driven community built organization for both new and experienced continuous improvement professionals. We've been gathering for happy hour since 2012 and every First Tuesday since 2015! As of April 2020, Happy Hour is happening online. Until we can safely meet again in person, we hope to see you here soon!
Learn more about Lean Portland at https://leanportland.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjN2ZjltdHVOc2JTMmpIOGVKN1dWeERjTFNvd3xBQ3Jtc0ttUzFJLTcwcWd5ZXV6MmR4Z2NFb2J6VG41dUZIUlZ3UEJLeVQ3MDNwUWY4U25oWnhIeHA2VGVxb1FRS3luUG1ONlpIMzRpc3M3c1E2Z3pRNUN5enNxSkZkczEwTzhURTk0X1NoWVpYcGtjX0RCR3lTQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fleanportland.com%2F&v=kcyHS0afu4s)
To check out upcoming Lean Portland events, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lean-portland-16044200704 (https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lean-portland-16044200704)
3 Oct 2023
E24: The 8 Nelson Rules for Detecting Out of Control Conditions in a Statistical Process Control (SPC) Chart - Lean Portland Happy Hour - July 2023
When using Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts to monitor your process, you are comparing your current data to historical data to determine if the process is similar or different. The basis for this decision lies in the Western Electric Rules (now called Nelson Rules) for detecting out of control conditions.
For example, if you detect 6 consecutive data points going upwards from the previous data point, that is considered a trend, and the process should be stopped to investigate if there is a problem or not.
Brion Hurley, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with Business Performance Improvement, will discuss these rules in depth, and explain how they can help you more quickly identify problems in your process. Q&A will follow the presentation.
Watch the video of this presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmcN25qf49Y (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmcN25qf49Y)
Learn more about our upcoming Lean for Social Good Unconference on December 5, 2023!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lean-portland-virtual-unconference-tickets-701112705977? (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lean-portland-virtual-unconference-tickets-701112705977?)
ABOUT US:
Lean Portland is a socially-driven community built organization for both new and experienced continuous improvement professionals. We've been gathering for happy hour since 2012 and every First Tuesday since 2015! As of April 2020, Happy Hour is happening online. Until we can safely meet again in person, we hope to see you here soon!
Learn more about Lean Portland at https://leanportland.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjN2ZjltdHVOc2JTMmpIOGVKN1dWeERjTFNvd3xBQ3Jtc0ttUzFJLTcwcWd5ZXV6MmR4Z2NFb2J6VG41dUZIUlZ3UEJLeVQ3MDNwUWY4U25oWnhIeHA2VGVxb1FRS3luUG1ONlpIMzRpc3M3c1E2Z3pRNUN5enNxSkZkczEwTzhURTk0X1NoWVpYcGtjX0RCR3lTQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fleanportland.com%2F&v=kcyHS0afu4s)
To check out upcoming Lean Portland events, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lean-portland-16044200704 (https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lean-portland-16044200704)
12 Jul 2022
E23: Calculating Financial Benefits for Improvement Projects - Lean Portland Happy Hour - July 2022
After making improvements to your processes, a best practice is to calculate the benefits to the organization. Calculating financial benefits is an important part of building momentum for improvement with upper management. However, this can be confusing for those not familiar with financial data, and is not done very often in organizations.
Brion Hurley will discuss commonly used methods for capturing financial impacts of process improvement work.
The 5 categories are:
• Income Statement
• Cash Flow
• Growth
• Avoidance
• Soft Savings
We will define each category, go through a few examples, and go through a practice exercise as a group.
Links discussed in the video:
Lean 101 Virtual Training - June 26, 2022: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lean-101-tickets-367967449547
Case Study Example: https://www.leanadvisors.com/lean-success-stories/manufacturing/client-saved-800-000-in-3-days
ABOUT US:
Lean Portland is a socially-driven community built organization for both new and experienced continuous improvement professionals. We've been gathering for happy hour since 2012 and every First Tuesday since 2015! As of April 2020, Happy Hour is happening online. Until we can safely meet again in person, we hope to see you here soon!
Learn more about Lean Portland at https://leanportland.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjN2ZjltdHVOc2JTMmpIOGVKN1dWeERjTFNvd3xBQ3Jtc0ttUzFJLTcwcWd5ZXV6MmR4Z2NFb2J6VG41dUZIUlZ3UEJLeVQ3MDNwUWY4U25oWnhIeHA2VGVxb1FRS3luUG1ONlpIMzRpc3M3c1E2Z3pRNUN5enNxSkZkczEwTzhURTk0X1NoWVpYcGtjX0RCR3lTQQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fleanportland.com%2F&v=kcyHS0afu4s)
To check out upcoming Lean Portland events, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/o/lean-portland-16044200704
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