The importance of refining healthcare processes has never been more pronounced. In the Physician MBA Program at the Kelley School of Business Indianapolis, I learned process improvement—among other ...

Successful process improvement factors vary by company and the type of process. While one company is concerned with decreasing customer complaints, another may need to increase production or eliminate ...

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 ...

Process improvement involves the business practice of identifying, analyzing and improving existing business processes to optimize performance, meet best practice standards or simply improve quality ...

Creating efficient workflow processes should be a primary goal in any company. One way to problem-solve and make improvements in the workplace is to create a process improvement team. Whether it ...

Managing change and overcoming employee resistance and fear requires a proactive approach. As the ancient Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, wrote back in 500 BC, “The only thing constant is change.” This ...

CMMI - a process improvement model for software and technology organisations. To be successful in today's competitive environment, organisations must constantly endeavour to improve their processes ...

OBJECTIVE: To develop multidisciplinary clinical process improvement methods using evidence-based medicine to decrease the incidence of pneumothorax in a NICU. STUDY DESIGN: All inborn infants <28 ...

According to a recent study by KPMG, approximately 93% of all U.S. multinational organizations are undergoing some level of transformation in their business models—ranging from adjusting business ...