Welcome to our definitive guide to Lean, Six Sigma & Lean Six Sigma. We have broken up this content into…
How to Bring Your Kaizen Team to The Top
Kaizen Rapid Improvement Teams Inevitably most, if not all, Kaizen or Rapid Improvement Teams encounter problems along the way as…
What Does Operational Excellence Look Like?
What is Operational Excellence? Operational excellence (OpEx) is the goal of improved business performance. It usually means using lean manufacturing…
What is Lean?
What is Lean? Lean is a process improvement methodology, typically based on the Toyota Production System, that seeks to minimize waste,…
Improvements Take Too Long!
“Our improvements take too long!” This is the mantra of many executives I have met, of every employee I have…
How the Project by Project Approach Transformed a Hospital System
A look at what Sinai Hospital System’s Loren Chandler had to say about their transformation… If you tuned in with…
Assuring Elections Quality
By Thomas Pyzdek and Joseph A. DeFeo The views expressed in this White Paper are solely those of the authors.…
Quality Control & Quality Assurance – What Is the Difference?
It is often assumed that quality control and quality assurance are one and the same thing—however, while both are an…
Develop People, Design Culture, and Deliver Results
Continuous improvement might sound like a simple concept but it can be hard to pin down, not least because different…