The importance of refining healthcare processes has never been more pronounced. In the Physician MBA Program at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, I learned process improvement—among other ...

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 ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, the pressure to innovate is relentless. Organizations are constantly pushed to develop state-of-the-art products, services, and business models that ...

According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...

Creating efficient workflow processes should be a primary goal in any company. One way to problem-solve and make improvements in the workplace is to create a process improvement team. Whether it ...

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 ...

Organizations are increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to support their decision-making. It’s enabled them to be more proactive rather than reactive, predicting and eliminating areas of ...

I admit I’m a process improvement enthusiast. I’m continually tempted to believe that all companies need to improve all their processes all the time. As I argued in my first post in this series, ...

With business growth (revenue growth and adding more customers, products and services), everything becomes more complex. When left unchecked, fractures begin to appear, and soon things start to break.

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 ...