Parole Staff Achieve Yellow Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma
In the fall of 2017, the Leadership Team within the Nebraska Board of Parole/Division of Parole Supervision attended Yellow Belt Training for Certification of Lean Six Sigma as a continuation of Governor Ricketts’ Training Initiative. The training, presented by the State of Nebraska’s Center of Operational Excellence, helped attendees understand more about this style of process improvement in which the goal is to reduce waste and improve efficiencies. Participants learned how to engage and assist in developing process improvement within the Agency so they are prepared to help lead such initiatives into the future.
The Agency completed its first project in cooperation with the Center of Operational Excellence in which the focus was the contracts/agreements process. The Agency is currently exploring ideas to identify further projects that can benefit by the use of Lean Six Sigma methodology to effect reduced costs and achieve savings.