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 ...

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 ...

Continuous process improvement can benefit all aspects of life — from personal New Year’s resolutions to complex drug development. In a world where two-thirds of planned improvement initiatives fail, ...

Process inefficiency can create problems that quietly stifle productivity and potential growth. In an era of rapid digitalization, companies that lag in business process improvement risk falling ...

Process improvement can be a frightening concept. For many people, it signals the start of a downsizing cycle or at least a period of uncomfortable change. The truth is, process improvement has been a ...

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 ...

Health care organization leaders are working hard to create, update and continuously improve on their processes to align with the Triple Aim initiative (see Figure 1. Triple Aim Model). Their top ...

Kevin Curtis inherited a problem that had been hanging around for years. 1 Psychiatric patients in the emergency department were waiting too long for a bed at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute ...

Minitab, LLC, a global leader in data management, predictive analytics, and process improvement solutions, announced today the acquisition of Scytec, a manufacturing technology company specializing in ...

After more than a decade of research and development, Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. has introduced an innovative semiconductor ...

Bob is the functional manager of a finance development organization, and he is overseeing a number of projects in the finance area. The call I got from him a couple of days ago is worth recounting.