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 ...

To truly modernize accreditation, technology implementation could adapt advanced risk assessment practices used in other sectors to the higher education context. For example, in the financial services ...

Continuous improvement in action Once parts and materials arrive, they should be logged with serial/batch numbers to ensure full traceability, before a five-stage process comprising mechanical ...

Spotting and addressing inefficiencies ensures conflicts happen less frequently and creates internal alignment, further preparing an organization for change. Unfortunately, many of the process ...

Such steps would need to be eliminated from the process if possible by redesigning the entire process at the outset. The journey toward fully continuous manufacturing typically starts with a single ...

The relationship between process improvement and innovation is crucial—they are two sides of the same coin; reinforcing the other to achieve performance.

Periodic Reviews Once a process/program is implemented, it is imperative to create a continuous improvement system to ensure the process and programs are as effective as originally intended.

• Sustain – Keep it up because it works Over the years, as we’ve evolved and the world of continuous improvement has changed, we’ve added two more elements to the mix, safety and security.

Certainly, GM, Ford, Delphi, Collins & Aikman, Visteon, Dana and many of the other auto-industry companies with financial problems also have individual examples of outstanding process improvement, ...