Continuous process improvement can benefit all aspects of life — from personal New Year’s resolutions to complex drug development. In a world where two-thirds of planned improvement initiatives fail, ...

The ongoing improvements made to business processes. Continuous process improvement (CPI) encompasses every operation in an enterprise with the goal of greater efficiency, lower fixed costs and better ...

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

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 ...

Building agility into your team’s approaches can help your organization adapt to fast-changing conditions from within or even external ones. A key part of this that has benefited many of my consulting ...

There are a variety of ways that technology-driven automation can be a strategic capability. One is through the integration of large-scale automation with a program of continuous process improvement.

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 ...

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 ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, the pressure to innovate is relentless. Organizations are constantly pushed to develop state-of-the-art products, services, and business models that ...

Who and what you recognize sends a clear message to the workforce about what is important and valued in your organization. If your recognition practices are aligned with lean principles and desired ...

Delivering incremental process improvement in the cloud requires sufficient visibility of networks and applications for monitoring and management, particularly when workloads are less than static or ...

No business would knowingly implement a process to produce mediocre results. Instead, everyone focuses on best practices and continuous improvement of the processes in place. The challenge with ...