Below are a few team results, broken down by what each team was able to achieve in a 90-day period following their launch, and what they were able to achieve by developing a continuous improvement culture.
- Creative Communications Team Results
- Grant & Contract Accounting Team Results
- Building Services Team Results
Creative Communications Team Results
90 Day Results — Copy Services
- Reduced travel 50%
- Reduced inventory 50%
Continuous Improvement Results
- Transformed a $977,696 deficit into a $697,770 surplus — a total gain of $1,675,466
- Bike messenger delivery program:
- Saved 1,384 gallons of fuel each year
- Emitted 26,000 fewer pounds of carbon dioxide each year
- Reduced lease/maintenance costs by $25,000 each year
- Increased on-time deliveries from 63% to 97%
- Inventory reduction resulted in 1200 available square feet of warehouse space, which was repurposed for UW Recycling
Grant & Contract Accounting Team Results
90 Day Results
- 58% reduction in budget closing backlog, from over 5,500 budgets to 2,300
Continuous Improvement Results
- 95% reduction in budget closing backlog
- 100% reduction in budget setup backlog (24-hour turnaround time)
- 78% reduction in cost reimbursable billing backlog
- 64% reduction in cash-in-suspense backlog
- 94% reduction in aged receivables backlog
- 97% reduction in fiscal reporting backlog
Building Services Team Results
90 Day Results
- Health Sciences Building reduced inventory by 50%
- Health Sciences Building reduced stock outages by 80%
Continuous Improvement Results
- Cleaning capacity of 10,000 square feet more per custodian than at peer institutions
- Reduction in complaints
- Increase in building cleanliness
- Reduction in safety issues
To learn about more team accomplishments, download our case study.