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- Ask why: States seek efficiency via Japanese way
- Garbage service resumes in northeast Seattle
- Logistics Systems Incorporated (LSI) Awarded Army Logistics …
Ask why: States seek efficiency via Japanese way
The Associated Press
“It has taken off like wildfire around the country” said Teresa Hay McMahon performance results director in Iowa where kaizen was first used in state government about five years ago. Kaizen (pronounced ky-ZEHN) is a way of thinking that diagrams a job step by step puts workers at the center gives them a sense of the total process they’re involved in and then frees them to think of ways to best do their jobs. “We’re making the work visible by doing the mapping” said Walter Lowell director of lean management at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. “Everybody knows they play a role in it but they don’t know the whole thing. To get at the root of a problem kaizen encourages people to ask “why” five times. “You start to hear things like ‘Why are you doing that?’” Lowell said. In five-day exercises managers workers lawyers regulators technicians and end users of a single government process — say getting a coal mine permit — are assembled in one room to get educated about the big picture of a process and discuss each little piece.
Garbage service resumes in northeast Seattle
Seattle Post Intelligencer
PTGarbage service resumes in northeast SeattleBy. “We hadn’t anticipated there would be that much melting” Waste Management spokeswoman Rita Smith said Sunday morning. Crews are picking up garbage from residents in that part of the city who missed their regular Thursday service because of the recent snow and icy roads. Waste Management crews will continue collections Monday for Ballard residents who have a regularly scheduled pickup she added. These residents should put out their garbage and whatever items such as recyclable goods that are typically picked up on that day at the curb. In addition to Northeast Seattle residents on Saturday many people in Kent Federal Way Auburn Algona and Pacific had their trash removed following snow-related delays Smith said.
Logistics Systems Incorporated (LSI) Awarded Army Logistics …
Press Media Wire VA
5in; mso-paper-source:0;}div. The warehouse management supportprovided to PM LIS under this contract will facilitate the worldwide deploymentof high value STAMIS computer and communications technologies and will operatenear the PM LIS headquarters at Fort Lee Virginia. LSI currently provides similarinformation management services to customers in the Department of Defense andDepartment of Transportation. President and Chief Executive fficer LawrenceWilkerson said ?We are extremely pleasedwith this contract and the confidence that the Army continues to show inLSI. This contract represents animportant step in LSI?s continued growth and development. We look forward to working with PM LISmanagers to help them achieve their logistics goals.
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