Vernon L. Alders receives prestigious award from The Juran Institute

Vernon L. Alders, MHCDS, MBA, MSW, corporate director, Organizational Excellence, has received the Juran Executive Master Black Belt award for 2017.

Juran is an international training, certification and consulting company that provides training and consulting services in quality management, Lean manufacturing management and business process management, as well as Six Sigma certification.

Each year Juran recognizes one executive who has been the internal champion of continuous improvement and transformational change in their organization, demonstrating customer satisfaction and transformation through the utilization of operational excellence methods.

Organizational Excellence has helped hundreds of leaders across Christiana Care Health System learn and apply the principles of Lean, Six Sigma and continuous improvement to drive better outcomes in processes that matter most to our patients. Bringing organizational excellence to Christiana Care means creating an environment where frontline staff are engaged and empowered to improve by making problems visible and applying the scientific method to eliminate waste and errors and ensure we provide the highest quality to our patients.