As businesses try to do more with less and respond to economic pressures, they are naturally interested in reducing costs by improving processes throughout their organizations. A number of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyone knows what data mining is, but the term “process mining” may be new to some. According to Gartner, process mining is a methodology used to discover, monitor and improve processes that already ...

CIOs find themselves in a unique position to re-imagine how their organizations operate in this digital age. Here's how to develop a vision for business process reengineering and deliver. A broken ...

Process improvement is often described in operational terms: streamline workflows, manage variation, eliminate waste, optimize revenue, and drive greater value to our customer. In healthcare, we ...