Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

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, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Feb. 5, 2015) -- Everyone has ideas about what is wrong, what could be done differently and how they might fix problems in their work areas. They just might not know how to go about ...

An engineering mindset provides a blueprint for continuous success. Try it and create your own virtuous cycle of improvement.

Federal government leaders know that their organizations should always be improving. But today’s multitude of complex and evolving challenges — tighter budgets, shrinking workforces, aging ...

HONOLULU -- For Regional Health Command-Pacific's Office of Strategy and Innovation, fiscal year 2016 was a tremendous year. The team reinvigorated continuous process improvement capabilities and Lean ...

Transformation. This word is one I’ve been saying a lot lately. At Mercy St. Vincent, where I served as president and CEO until October, a transformation — in the form of creating a culture of ...

Toby O'Rourke is the President & CEO of Kampgrounds of America, Inc. and a thought leader in outdoor hospitality and travel. In the past few years, my company undertook a big surge of new property ...

In operations, we often talk about inputs and outputs and the classic formula is: Inputs (man, material, machine) + Method = Outcomes (for customers, employees and owners). In our competitive world, ...

Knowledge and experience in quality and continuous improvement are highly valued by today's employers. The principles are being applied in engineering, healthcare, business, service, nonprofits, and ...

Management practices are seldom subjected to process improvement. This is most likely to be true in small to mid-size companies. The management practices established early in the life of a company ...

Continuous school improvement is a cyclical process intended to help groups of people in a system—from a class to a school district or even a network of many districts—set goals, identify ways to ...