Waste Not, Want Not
By applying Lean Six Sigma practices, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools' Graphic Production Center was able to reduce its paper waste by 90 percent, resulting in potential additional revenue of $64,000 annually.
The first step was for Griffin to figure out what type of Lean Six Sigma project would be most beneficial for his Charlotte, N.C., shop. Then the college professors would tell him if it was something that could be certified.
"The cool thing about the whole Six Sigma Green Belt process is that, as you are working towards these projects, you don't know the answers," Griffin contends. "We knew we had issues because a lot of waste was going out in the recycling bins. So we proposed to them what we would like to take a look at, and we went through applying the procedures."
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