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Implementing an effective and sustainable continuous improvement (CI) program is hard work. It typically requires dedicated effort from multiple operations and CI leaders who, let’s face it, start out ...

As a patient advocate at the University at Buffalo’s School of Dental Medicine, Dianne Notaro has spent the last 13 years giving patients a voice and ensuring they receive the best care. “If I see a ...

Value stream mapping is a visual means to depict and improve the flow of manufacturing and production process, as well as the information that controls the flow of materials through the process. It is ...

With the need for constant innovation, creating systems that meet customer expectations demands continuous improvement within a complex design process. The American Society for Quality defines ...

The Office of Continuous Improvement has a library of Lean resources available for loan. Below is the list of resources that includes books, DVDs and workshop materials. These resources cover the ...

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 ...

Fueled by the proliferation of industrial data and push for data-driven business practices, OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) remains a core manufacturing metric given its ability to boil complex ...

Building agility into your team’s approaches can help your organization adapt to fast-changing conditions from within or even external ones. A key part of this that has benefited many of my consulting ...

It’s one thing to boost test scores in individual schools from year to year. But as districts work to improve under the Every Student Succeeds Act, many are finding that boosting longer-term outcomes ...

In September 2015, the Japan Support Team and Sagami General Depot of Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia (AFSBn-NEA) received a new operational project requirement regarding Mabey Logistic ...

Financially strapped and under pressure to stretch strained resources, public school districts share many of the same challenges faced by other government departments to eliminate wasteful practices ...