The competitive push for more efficient power generation prompted the management of East Kentucky Power Cooperative’s Spurlock Station to provide training and to implement standardized work processes ...

Work-in-process inventory refers to the partially completed materials within a production line. According to the team at Accounting Tools, this term considers the cost of raw materials, direct labor ...

Complex work processes slow productivity and increase the potential for mistakes. By simplifying the procedures in your company, you make more efficient use of time, which in turn saves the company ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is robotic process automation? Robotic process automation (RPA) is an application of technology, governed by business logic and structured inputs, aimed at automating business processes. Using ...

Processes are supposed to help organizations scale up, improve efficiency for new hires and existing employees, and so on–but they can quickly get out of control. In a study of U.S. and European ...

In Dec 2025, the Donald Trump administration implemented reforms to the H-1B work visa programme, the pathway for US ...

This story originally published on April 7, 2025. President Trump kicked off his second term vowing to deport a record number of people from the U.S. But deportation — a cumbersome process generally ...