University of Washington: Keen on Lean
Faced with a deficit just two years ago, the University of Washington’s in-plant has turned its financial situation around and repositioned itself for success by implementing Lean production practices.
Yet another Lean recommendation led to the use of the in-plant's hybrid mail trucks for advertising. "This was a brilliant idea that gives us a three-way revenue stream," Davis exclaims. "We design the signs, we print them on our wide-format printers, and we sell the ad space on the trucks."
Of nine mail trucks, seven are used in the program and there's a waiting list for the advertising space. "UW Medicine recently used all of our trucks for a month for a campaign," Davis adds. Other customers have included Housing and Food Services, the university's Burke Museum, UW Alumni Association, and Trademarks and Licensing.
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