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    Instructor Profile – Lean Six Sigma – Tracy O’Rourke

    Tracy O’Rourke, Master Black Belt, has trained over 1,000 people, mentored 200+ green belts and black belts, and has helped complete 200+ projects with results that range between $50,000 and $8 million dollars in savings. She advises companies and spearheads implementation on many aspects of...

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    SDSU Extended Studies Hosts Free Lean Information Sessions

    SDSU’s College of Extended Studies will host free Process Improvement information sessions for its Lean Six Sigma and Lean Enterprise courses, respectively, on Fridays, August 12 and August 26 from 9-10:30 am in the SDSU Extended Studies/Gateway Centers. The Lean Six Sigma session on August...

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  • Mike Osterling

    Instructor Profile – Lean Enterprise and Lean Six Sigma – Mike Osterling

    Q: Why do a company’s non-manufacturing departments need lean? The interesting thing is that the root of lean is in manufacturing, but over the years we’ve learned that the majority of opportunities – between 50 to 90 percent – for process improvement, cost reduction, customer...

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    The Tale of Two Taylors | How two local businesses are going lean

    The term “lean” was used in the 80s to describe Toyota’s business manufacturing model – in 30 years, lean has branched out from the Toyota floor to become pervasive in businesses that want to improve quality when decreasing costs – or maximizing customer value while...

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  • Reminder! Lean Enterprise Information Session is Friday

    Reminder! Lean Enterprise Information Session is Friday

    Don’t forget: The Lean Enterprise Information Session hosted by SDSU’s College of Extended Studies is this Friday, Feb. 25, from 9-10:30 a.m. For more details, visit the posting on jobing.com.

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  • Free Lean Enterprise Information Session Coming Feb. 25

    Free Lean Enterprise Information Session Coming Feb. 25

    San Diego State University’s College of Extended Studies will host a free Lean Enterprise Information Session from 9-10:30 am Friday, Feb. 25 in the SDSU Extended Studies Center. The term “Lean” was used in the 1980s to describe Toyota’s business manufacturing model. In three decades,...

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  • Customized Training from SDSU has its Advantages

    Customized Training from SDSU has its Advantages

    Just think of the advantages when your company provides on-site, customized training. These days, businesses, organizations and government agencies face new challenges. There are technological advances; new managers who need the right training; mergers and acquisitions that bring diverse corporate cultures together; downsizing that requires...

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  • Lean Programs Help Bottom Line, Increase Efficiency

    Lean Programs Help Bottom Line, Increase Efficiency

    An article in the Jan. 17 edition of Time magazine focusing on Where the Jobs Are notes that “General Electric sees lean manufacturing, long popular in the car industry, as a way to lower manufacturing costs as much as 30%. In making refrigerators, for instance,...

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