According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...

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Process inefficiency can create problems that quietly stifle productivity and potential growth. In an era of rapid digitalization, companies that lag in business process improvement risk falling ...

Capacity management is more than avoiding overcrowding and reducing wait times: It’s about efficiency. Knowing where staff, patients and devices are and how they move through the facility can help ...

This first course of the Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM) series empowers learners to implement data-driven process improvement objectives at their organization. The course covers: the business case ...

I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Well, if your goal is to achieve sustainable growth in your business, that might just be the worst advice you could follow. Why ...

“We are different. Every job is unique.” “We cannot expect teamwork from skilled trades. Their work is too specialized.” “We must keep our people busy at all times. That’s why inventory is so ...

Differential pressure (DP) is a common and well-understood technology for measuring the flow of process fluids for several reasons: Versatility: It can measure virtually any type of fluid: liquid, gas ...