State Employees Implement Process Improvement

The California Office of State Publishing engaged Sierra College CACT to train 258 employees in process improvement. Staff learned how to document their processes with Value Stream Mapping, improve communication with Visual Controls, reduce waste with Five S, work on a Kaizen team to streamline processes and achieve a Lean Manufacturing environment.

CACT consultant, David Jones, conducted 26 workshops on five different topics for participants on three shifts. Five Kaizen Teams met, with goals to reduce downtime, improve quality and increase productivity. Teams estimated that they could achieve a 98% reduction in the distance an employee needed to travel for job clarification, cut equipment downtime by 80% and reduce wasted time by 95%.