IndustryWeek’s coverage of lean and continuous improvement over the past year presents a wealth of wisdom to help advance ...

Well-run businesses strive to find examples of continuous improvements in the workplace. As these improvements increase the bottom line, managers look for methods to find a measurable gain that can ...

“Respect for people” is one of the most critical lean principles, and also one of the most misunderstood. If not practiced, developing a lean culture of continuous improvement is impossible. Most ...

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 ...

How can unexpected successes be replicated? How can failures be mitigated? What steps can be taken to prevent future catastrophes? These are questions that every organization must grapple with, and ...

Your goal is to acquire and sustain customers by delivering products and services at cost and on time without sacrificing quality. How do you do it? By developing efficient processes with a supportive ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

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 ...

Is it possible to suggest that Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health? While it may be heresy to say this, recent ...

The Undergraduate Program Continuous Improvement Policy [1] specifies the procedures that the department follows to ensure continuous improvement of its undergraduate degree programs. The department ...