Huddle Board Examples to Encourage Collaboration

One of the fundamental principles of continuous improvement is that positive change is the responsibility of every employee. Embracing that...

How to Use The Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix to Deploy Your Strategic Plan

Now is the time of year when many leaders turn their thoughts to crafting the strategic plan for next year. In most cases, this involves...

What is a Business Process Improvement Methodology?

Business process improvement is a management practice that helps leaders leverage several tools and techniques to analyze their processes...

5S: The Lean Gold Standard for Workplace Organization

5S is a Lean manufacturing technique that addresses the organization of workspaces and work processes for a safer and more efficient...

A Structured Approach to Problem-Solving | Webinar Recap

We had the pleasure of presenting a webinar hosted by Chad Westbrook, a manufacturing engineering manager and AGCO production system...

Continuous Improvement Predictions for 2021

If you think trying to predict anything that will happen in 2021 is insane after what’s happened this year, you have a point. But by...

Beyond the Problem – Bonus Benefits of Kaizen Events

Kaizen events, sometimes called rapid improvement events, are an effective way of solving difficult challenges within organizations. A team...

3 Thought Provoking Business Process Improvement Examples

We talk a lot about the mechanics of business process improvement and the technology to support it on this blog. Today, we thought we’d...

Your Seven-Minute Guide to Strategy Deployment Software

I recently read that it takes the average person about eight minutes to read 1000 words.

You’re smarter than average, and this post isn’t...