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 ...

When leaders cultivate a culture rooted in mutual respect and autonomy, CI transitions from a best-practice initiative to a ...

The plumbing and heating industry is becoming increasingly competitive. This may be due to a sudden rise in demand for home improvements during the pandemic which pushed the industry to a record high ...

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, ...

In many organizations today, the people doing the value-adding work for our customers in engineering, production, distribution or any other function that is creating value often try to hide problems ...

Continuous manufacturing could bring the pharmaceutical industry advantages such as improved product quality, easy scale-up, flexibility, and short cycle times. But how can a company switch from batch ...

In order to achieve your company's Industry 4.0 goals, it is essential to understand the drivers of digital continuous improvement (CI), where your company is starting from in their 4.0 and CI ...

Don’t automate broken processes—follow these process improvement steps first to lay a strong groundwork for automation ...

Continuous Improvement (CI) is a term we hear a lot lately. Sadly, despite knowing the term and possibly even applying CI principles to some aspects of operations, CI principles are infrequently ...

The Army Contracting Command has established a Continuous Process Improvement team in its Operations Group that will assist with the implementation of initiatives throughout the command. "The goal of ...