Washington state government is seeing positive results from Lean efforts. Here are some stories reflecting this progress. More will be added as they become available.
| Date |
Featured Story |
| 05/29/2013 |
How Going 'Lean' Fattened the Washington State Lottery's Payoff |
| 2012 |
National Pollution Prevention Roundtable 2012 MVP2 Award Recipients
(See: Multimedia - Cimira Studios, Impact Washington, US EPA OSEM and Department of Ecology) |
| 11/13/12 |
Leading the Way on 'Lean' |
| 11/08/12 |
Wendy Korthuis-Smith, Governor's Office Director of Accountability & Performance, blogs about Lean |
| 11/01/12 |
Customer service at WSDA improves with "Lean" projects |
| 10/30/12 |
Lawmakers schedule LEAN work session |
| 10/29/12 |
The Reason for Lean's High Failure Rate: Management |
| 10/24/12 |
Gregoire announces Early Results of Lean Management |
| 10/24/12 |
Agency leaders address Lean experiences in state government |
| 10/23/12 |
Washington governor highlights Lean as solution to government clutter |
| 10/23/12 |
Gov. Gregoire announces early results of Lean management efforts |
| 10/23/12 |
Gregoire kicks off state LEAN conference |
| 09/17/12 |
Pollution prevention success story |
| 09/17/12 |
State L&I calls for flat workers comp rates in 2013 |
| 09/17/12 |
Using Lean Strategies in Washington Prisons |
| 09/17/12 |
Pollution Prevention Week in Washington State
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| 09/07/12 |
Washington State agencies test Lean with projects |
| 08/06/12 |
Washington State prepares to examine success of Lean approach |
| 08/30/12 |
State ramps up LEAN efforts |
| 08/01/12 |
DEL embarks on Lean journey (Department of Early Learning's employee newsletter) |
| 07/25/12 |
John Batiste, Chief of Washington State Patrol blogs about Lean |
| 07/23/12 |
AccraFab - Lean & Green Manufacturing |
| 07/20/12 |
June 2012 - Fleet Section Joins Governor's Lean Transformation (Washington State Patrol Inside/Out internal newsletter article) |
| 07/16/12 |
State Patrol's last Ford Crown Victoria rolling through streets of Spokane |
| 06/26/12 |
State approves 26 drinking water projects for low-interest loans- Lean tools and techniques used to improve this process |
| 03/22/12 |
TVW's Austin Jenkins interviews Rogers Weed, Director, Dept. of Commerce, about what state government and private enterprise are doing to pull Washington out of the recession. (clip re: Lean at 27:45 min) |
| 03/15/12 |
Former Boeing Lean manufacturing expert brings efficiencies to WorkSource Spokane |
| 01/23/12 |
Gregoire hopes 'Lean' process to make state more efficient |
| 12/15/11 |
Christmas comes early for reformers |
| 12/15/11 |
Gov. Gregoire announces new strategies to reform state government |
| 12/15/11 |
Gregoire's reform suggestions include privatizing state lottery |
| 11/01/11 |
State prisons follow businesses by going 'lean' |
| 11/01/11 |
Boeing helps state with Lean management reforms |
| 10/17/11 |
Wendy Korthuis-Smith, Governor's Office Director of Accountability & Performance, blogs about Lean |
| 03/24/11 |
Gov. Gregoire talks to state leadersduring symposium on Getting Leaner - Getting Results |