In order to continue to be successful, businesses must constantly strive to improve and adapt to the changes that seem to be coming at us at a dizzying pace. In the late 1980s the concept of kaizen ...

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 ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The continuous improvement culture of an organization is the dynamic force that is vital in getting that desirable competitive edge. It ...

Companies that can successfully implement continuous development throughout their organization find dramatic strategic benefits. Agile made its public debut in 2001 with the publication of the ...

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 ...

Originally used by the Toyota company in Japan in the 1950s, Kaizen ("good change") is a philosophy and management approach of continuous improvement that can be applied to various aspects of life, ...

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 ...

Picture this. You spend a morning looking over the shoulder of an SAP user we’ll call Shirley as she enters customer order information, and you watch as around 11 AM Shirley starts to fidget and ...

He focuses on continuous improvement, collaboration and communication, and professional development. Ben is an active member of networks on Agile, Lean and Quality, and a frequent speaker and writer.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. They say all businesses are either growing or dying. There isn’t an in-between. We are either improving or degrading at all times. This ...

Today, I consider what techniques you, as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), can use to create continuous improvement in your compliance program. As the Department of Justice (DOJ) stated in the 2019 ...