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 ...

If there was a simple inexpensive system to use on your factory floor to reduce waste, improve quality and safety, assist in recruiting and retaining good employees, and add handsomely to the bottom ...

The following excerpt is from Karen Tiber Leland’s new book The Brand Mapping Strategy. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes The Continuous Brand Improvement (CBI) Process is a simple ...

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 ...

With Lean Thinking, Jim Womack and Dan Jones ushered a true (and rare) revolution in management thinking: To deliver a superior order of performance, leaders should lead from the workplace, the “gemba ...

In today’s fast-paced world, innovation and growth are key to business success for startups and maturing companies alike. “Processes underpin business capabilities, and capabilities underpin strategy ...

Workplace ergonomics, or improving the fit of the workplace to the worker, is about change—and experience proves that the fastest way to make impactful, sustainable changes is by establishing a ...

Bringing visibility to an organization can have all the subtlety of shock therapy. It involves changing the mindset of workers, turning the tendency toward autopilot off and stimulating creativity.

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 ...