Tag: food banks

Using Toyota Kata to Help Local Food Banks with Hugh Alley

Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Lean / Six Sigma, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Product Design and Development

Our guest is Hugh Alley, an experienced lean practitioner and industrial engineer, who has experience with the Toyota Kata method of improvement. He has recently applied this approach to a nonprofit food bank in Vancouver,

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A Decision Support Tool for Scheduling Food Bank Compliance Audits

Engineering Management, Food Services, Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development, Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture, Non-Profit/Non-Governmental Organizations, Operations Engineering & Management, Quality & Reliability Engineering

Food banks are an integral part of communities around the country, serving a wide variety of citizens including children, seniors, disabled people, and families on a fixed income. 1 in 8 people struggle with hunger

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