MITIE in healthcare brochure

Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma –
Innovation MITIE Style
Our business
improvement
team is
revolutionising
our operations
for your benefit
MITIE’s expert team is revolutionising operational
efficiency in Facilities Management
Our highly specialised Lean Environment team has
introduced a leaner, greener and more efficient approach
to cleaning that has a direct impact on your estate. This
is based on Lean Six Sigma, the engineered process that
is grounded on removing waste, whether that’s materials,
resources, people, energy, or time. Lean Six Sigma also
helps remove harmful environmental wastes.
One of the ways in which we save time and resources
is by process mapping ‘peaks and troughs’ in working
practices, getting rid of the downtime that occurs
during the troughs. Downtime could involve, for instance,
walking between wards or stores or going to another
site on the same floor. Instead of just walking to another
site our people clean along the way, thus turning that
downtime into another peak or productive time.
We take CAD drawings of your buildings and plot the
best and most efficient routes. We do this by utilising
our own bespoke lean software called Lean IT and
building known productivities into these new routes.
It’s not enough just to create new routes using lean IT.
Everyone on site who works for MITIE is trained in the new
techniques involved. We have set up our own Lean Six
Sigma Academy which trains our own employees in Lean
Six Sigma, including recognised Foundation, Yellow and
Green belt qualifications.
Lean Six Sigma – just another MITIE innovation now
setting the standards for a lean and green approach to
Facilities Management in the health sector.
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