Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

Continuous improvement has been mastered by industry leaders like Jeff Bezos who popularised the term “flywheel” to describe a virtuous cycle of improvement in product delivery and customer experience ...

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With the right approach to continuous improvement, printing companies can thrive if they’re willing to make the investment. To be successful, a company must recognize that processes are the central ...

The plumbing and heating industry is becoming increasingly competitive. This may be due to a sudden rise in demand for home improvements during the pandemic which pushed the industry to a record high ...

Take a moment and do a web search on the term “lean goals.” Go ahead—it’ll just take a moment. Do you see all those articles headlined, “The Three/Four/Five Goals of Lean”? If you take another moment ...

Michael Peel, vice president for human resources and administration, came to Yale this fall, having served at General Mills as chief human resources officer for more than 17 years and as executive ...

In an article published in the December 2011 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente shares the continuous improvement process used ...

Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) is a strategic approach for developing a culture of continuous improvement in the areas of reliability, process cycle times, costs in terms of less total resource ...

In operations, we often talk about inputs and outputs and the classic formula is: Inputs (man, material, machine) + Method = Outcomes (for customers, employees and owners). In our competitive world, ...