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Many large organisations have well-established Lean programs that makes them more efficient and productive. However, for many small businesses something like Lean can seem either too complicated or too obscure to be relevant to the day to day challenges of running a business. However,
Process excellence has been around in different forms for many decades. In some companies it’s taken the form of Lean process improvements, for others it’s Six Sigma, at still others it could be any combination of different approaches to process improvement. But there have
Process excellence has been around in different forms for many decades. In some companies it’s taken the form of Lean process improvements, for others it’s Six Sigma, at still others it could be any combination of different approaches to process improvement. But there have
The past century may have seen the rise of great management thinkers - W. Edward Deming, Peter F. Drucker, Clayton Christensen, Michael Porter, John Kotter, to name but a few - but many managers still have not learned many of the lessons of the management greats. It's about time
Making changes to processes is actually quite easy but the challenging part is getting the organization to not only commit to the changes but stick with them over time. Like new year's resolutions and fad diets, it's very easy for companies to slip into old habits once the
Process excellence at one of Canada’s largest banking groups TD Bank Group’s strapline is “to be the better bank”. So just how does process excellence help this Toronto-headquartered company’s 85,000 employees achieve it? In this Process Perspectives
Love it or loathe it, IT-systems are a critical part of businesses today. Almost all processes within our companies have some form of IT-based component and there are some who believe that the IT organization is now playing a much greater role in enabling business strategy and
In this Process Perspectives podcast Paul Nelson, Supply Chain Senior Director & Lean Sigma Leader for Shire Pharmaceuticals Inc , discusses the importance of leadership when deploying process excellence. Key questions addressed in this podcast: Is operational excellence moving
Exploration in East and Southern Africa has increased in recent months as a result of big oil and gas discoveries in Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya and other countries. Meanwhile, as elsewhere the industry landscape is one of ever increasing production costs, growing regulatory pressure and
In this Process Perspectives podcast, Jim Bowie, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and author of the book, "Lean Acres: A Tale of Strategic Innovation and Improvement in a Farm-iliar Setting" shares his thoughts on why he believes companies aren't investing enough in
Whether we like it or not, risk is a critical part of innovation. Developing anything new requires taking a leap into the unknown - which carries with it a certain amount of risk and uncertainty. New drug development can take more than a decade and costs
For years pharmaceutical companies could rake in high margins on drugs that were protected by patents. But as many patents have expired or are near expiration – so much so that the industry is calling it the “patent cliff” – pharma companies are having to
In an Accenture survey published last year, over 90% of insurers said then that they believed that future growth in their business depends on providing a special customer experience. But delivering differentiated products and customized services is easier said than
It’s a well established principle: before you automate your processes with fancy IT systems you need to make sure that your processes are operating as efficiently and lean as possible. Otherwise, you end up just automating bad process – which makes them even harder to
Regardless of the size of your company – the ability to identify and solve problems is something that businesses are always going to require. One way of looking at process improvement toolsets like Lean and Six Sigma are as problem solving techniques – structured ways of
