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Al Faber

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Ohio, Indiana, & West Virginia

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Lean Boot Camp:

Transforming the Public Sector

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Dates: March 10-14, 2014, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm.

Location: Battelle Advanced Manufacturing, 5160 Blazer Parkway, Dublin, Ohio 43017.

Course Fee: $2,000.00. Payable by state of Ohio scholarship vouchers, credit card and checks.

Register Here: REGISTRATION PAGE LINK

Course Description:

Lean Boot Camp is an intensive exposure to the hands-on use of Lean methodologies and tools applied to public-sector processes. This full week of training will provide participants with a data-driven methodology to help make transformational changes. Government agency examples will be used for application-based training. For maximum benefit, participants should have support from their organization leadership to attend and be able to apply concepts and tools immediately in their workplace.

Participants will be able to:

Scope an improvement project.

Be an effective improvement team member.

Apply Lean tools and methodologies to make the organization more effective and efficient.

Decrease the complexity of processes and eliminate unneeded steps.

Identify the seven most common causes of waste.

All participants will be provided with printed materials the 1st day of the training program. In order to participate in the training program, you must register in advance.

Due to the nature of the training, space is limited. Only the first 20 paid participants will be accepted.

Who Should Attend: Anyone seeking to learn more about managing process improvement within the public sector.

What is Lean?

Lean refers to a collection of principles and methods that focus on the identification and elimination of non-value added activity (waste) in any process. Lean methods provide an alternative path to navigating tough budget pressures and customer service and responsiveness demands on public agencies.

Utilizing Lean a public sector entity can:

Eliminate or drastically reduce backlogs.

Reduce time to meet customer needs by more than 50%.

Decrease the complexity of processes and eliminate unneeded process steps.

Improve the quality and consistency of work products and activities.

Allocate more staff time to "mission critical" work.

Improve staff morale.

The Local Government Efficiency Program, (LGEP): sponsored by the Development Services Agency, in partnership with the Department of Administrative Services' Office of Lean Ohio, is offering local government the opportunity to learn and apply Lean strategies to innovate, provide better service, and save money. To assist, LGEP is offering scholarships for this training.

Scholarship Vouchers: The Local Government Efficiency Program is offering scholarships for this training.

Follow this link for instructions on applying for a Scholarship:

SCHOLARSHIP INSTRUCTIONS.

Use the link provided in the application directions to set up a user account. Once you've completed your application for a user account, you will receive an email from Ohio DSA's Nicole Bent with your user name, password, and a link to complete the scholarship application. Direct questions regarding the application process to Ms. Bent at 614-644-6552 or Nicole.Bent@development.ohio.gov.

Cancellation Policy: Cancellation for refund must be made by February 1, 2014. After that date all fees are non-refundable.

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Tracy Owens, CQE

Lead Instructor

Tracy Owens CQE has been practicing and training Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma since 1999 in a wide variety of manufacturing, service, and transactional settings.

He is certified as a Master Black Belt, and he has been a presenting speaker at the American Society for Quality's World Conference annually since 2009.

Tracy holds a Master's degree in International Business from Seattle University, and he teaches Lean and Six Sigma in Capital University's MBA program. He is the author of two books in the field of quality: Six Sigma Green Belt, Round 2; and The Executive Guide to Innovation (co-author). A resident of Dublin, OH, Tracy has been a Baldrige advisor, examiner, and trainer with The Partnership for Excellence since 2010.

About Us -

Our Mission: to cultivate performance excellence and continuous improvement among business, education, government, healthcare and non - profit organizations based in Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia.

Our Vision: To recognized nationally as the best state program for the promotion of performance excellence.

Our Values: * Continuous Improvement * Creation of Value * Integrity * Visionary Leadership * Accountability * Professionalism * Trust *

The Partnership for Excellence is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, charitable organization. As such, your membership and contributions are tax deductible.

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