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Extended Program for Training Lean for Government Begins Today With City of Gulf Shores, Alabama

Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) kicked off a several months-long training and assistance program this morning (Oct. 19) teaching Lean Continuous Improvement to the cities of Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Foley, and Baldwin County in south Alabama.ATAC is facilitating this program jointly with its sister center,…See More

Blog post by Mitch Emmons Oct 19, 2011

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2 videos by Mitch Emmons were featured Sep 23, 2011

Six Sigma Green Belt/ Black Belt at Auburn University

August 1, 2011 at 8am to October 28, 2011 at 4pm

Week #1 (GB/BB) 8/1-5Week #2 (GB/BB) 9/12-16Week #3 (BB Only) 9/26-30Week#4 (BB Only) 10/24-28Six Sigma training creates a special infrastructure of people within the organization ("Green Belts" "Black Belts") who are experts in these methods. Each Six Sigma project carried out within an organization follows a defined sequence of steps and has quantified financial targets (e.g. cost reduction or profit increase). Black Belts are the people trained to lead and manage these often extensive and…See More

Event updated by Mitch Emmons Aug 22, 2011

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ATAC helping hospital create improvement culture

Students, practitioners and teachers of Lean Continuous Improvement (CI) endorse that sustained success is not a quick gain, but moreover, a continuous and disciplined effort based on the development of an organizational culture of problem solvers. For the past four years, Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) -- an outreach…See More

Blog post by Mitch Emmons Aug 19, 2011

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Mitch Emmons commented on Tom Chandler's blog post 'Leadership, Focus and Engagement'

Thank you Tom for sharing this with our community.

Aug 3, 2011

E3 Program Benefitting Alexander City Firm's Bottom Line

AmTech – Economy-Energy-Environment (E3) Improvements Industry33441 Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing Company CityAlexander…See More

Blog post by Mitch Emmons Aug 1, 2011

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ATAC Lean Specialists Presenting at Upcoming AME Conference

Hank Czarnecki and David Hicks of ATAC's Lean Team are facilitating a workshop session at the upcoming…See More

Blog post by Mitch Emmons Jun 30, 2011

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Thanks for joining our "Virtual Community."

Jun 27, 2011

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Jun 27, 2011

Lean Accounting Group Participation

Some 22 participants representing nine different organizations are shown during day one of the "Accounting for a Lean Enterprise" workshop. the annual event is sponsored and facilitated by the Auburn Technical Assistance Center at Auburn University.

A photo by Mitch Emmons was featured Jun 27, 2011

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Glad to have you as a new neighbor in our virtual community. Best. -- ME

Jun 27, 2011

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Thanks for joining our virtual community. Hope you like the neighborhood. Best. -- ME

Jun 27, 2011

Lean Accounting Testimonial

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Video posted by Mitch Emmons Jun 23, 2011

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Lean accounting methods make sense

I'm no accountant. I did well to pass accounting in college. I hated it -- and perhaps I have figured out why. In an environment based on continuous improvement, traditional accounting does not work.Now before I get all the accountants mad at me -- including my daughter and son-inlaw, who both are practicing accountants -- let me…See More

Blog post by Mitch Emmons Jun 22, 2011

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Lean Accounting Join Us Next Year

"The Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) at Auburn University facilitates an annual three-day workshop "Accounting for a Lean Enterprise." The event employs accounting professionals as instructors who are experts in the application of Lean…

A video by Mitch Emmons was featured Jun 22, 2011

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