Maggie Millard
Recent Posts
A Lean Transformation From a Struggling ED to Top Notch
July 27, 2016Here at KaiNexus, we have some pretty impressive customers and we work with very talented, passionate people every day. One such individual...
Can You Do a Rapid Improvement Event Without Software?
July 21, 2016Of course you can do a rapid improvement event without any software support. You can also walk the 20 miles to work and send memos via...
A Call For a Fundamental Change to Our Medical Culture
February 16, 2017Medical errors are now the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to John Hopkins Researchers. In 1999, the Institute...
Is Your Visual Management Board Doomed to Fail?
October 5, 2016We recently came across a great article in IndustryWeek by Dan Markovitz, president of Markovitz Consulting, a faculty member at the Lean...
The Transformational Power of Kaizen Events
June 27, 2016Kaizen events are designed to tackle problems that can be addressed in short order (3-5 days), but they can also have a more profound...
What to Look for When Evaluating Value Stream Mapping Software
July 7, 2016Value stream mapping is a technique that involves analyzing and improving the steps in any process that takes a service or product from the...
What is Kanban and How Does It Support Improvement?
June 23, 2016There are dozens of methodologies, tools, and techniques that organizations use to support their continuous improvement efforts. We find...
6 Reasons Why Your Cross Functional Teams Need Software to Collaborate
June 1, 2016In most organizations, the most challenging problems are those that span multiple teams, departments, or divisions. For example, many...
Top 7 Reasons to Implement a Digital Kaizen Board
July 21, 2016For decades, companies engaged in continuous improvement have used physical Kaizen boards to visualize the improvement process. Typically,...

