What has the institution taken to improve the productivity measure score or what are the institution’s plans to improve the score? Approximately 25 employees attended University-sponsored week-long LEAN boot camp training sessions. These employees were represented from numerous functional areas: Athletics Benefits Administration Career Center Central Stores Health Services Internal Instructional Services Office of Research Administration (ORA) Parking Services Physical Facilities Printing Services Purchasing Department Training Center for Fire and Hazardous Materials UA Solutions All who attended the sessions were encouraged to utilize the training to find areas where LEAN principles may be incorporated in their respective functional areas to improve processes and increase efficiencies. An example the LEAN process was implemented was in the area of hiring part-time faculty which yielded the outcomes as follows: Has the institution implemented or considered utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodology as a tool to evaluate the institution’s processes? Yes. See above.
What has the institution taken to improve the productivity measure score or what are the institution’s plans to improve the score? Approximately 25 employees attended University-sponsored week-long LEAN boot camp training sessions. These employees were represented from numerous functional areas: Athletics Benefits Administration Career Center Central Stores Health Services Internal Instructional Services Office of Research Administration (ORA) Parking Services Physical Facilities Printing Services Purchasing Department Training Center for Fire and Hazardous Materials UA Solutions All who attended the sessions were encouraged to utilize the training to find areas where LEAN principles may be incorporated in their respective functional areas to improve processes and increase efficiencies. An example the LEAN process was implemented was in the area of hiring part-time faculty which yielded the outcomes as follows: Has the institution implemented or considered utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodology as a tool to evaluate the institution’s processes? Yes. See above.