"Process mapping on steroids." That's how John Dyer used to describe value stream mapping back when VSM was just beginning to assert itself as a new continuous improvement tool and process mapping was ...

Continual improvement tends to be multifaceted, approaching the same question or process in multiple ways. Continuous improvement tend to be linear, focusing on a specific approach and taking it ...

Kaizen events are commonly used in lean manufacturing, healthcare, software development and other industries that value continuous improvement and operational excellence. Improvement tools employed in ...

Similar to the use of control charts in the early 1980s, there is a proliferation of value stream-mapping activities in companies "doing lean." Unfortunately, many of these mapping activities result ...

Continuous improvement may not be fast, but it moves the entire organization forward together. Manufacturing Tenet 2: Value-Stream Mapping ...

Process improvement is a methodology within project management, specifically in manufacturing, that helps you take in and evaluate feedback about your processes to ensure continual improvement.

Commitment is the Key to Success It is important to remember that the continuous improvement process depends on just that: improvement that is continuous in nature. An explosion of quick wins, while ...

James Womack, Daniel Jones and Daniel Roos supercharged the concept in their 1991 book, The Machine that Changed the World, which presented the lean philosophies of respect for people, continuous ...

University of Western Australia has deployed the process mapping capabilities of the Nintex Process Platform in a move aimed at accelerating process improvement and to underpin business continuity ...

The Safety Culture Continuous Improvement Process (SCCIP) activities were fully funded by the European Commission and implemented within the framework of TCLA's project RLA/9/080,which aims to support ...