We’d all love to think that in our business, we are doing everything perfectly. Our customers and employees are happy, our businesses are thriving and we don’t need to consider changing what’s been working the whole time. As creatures of habit it’d be nice if that were always true. But all too often, there’s room for improvement in some form or another. Whether that be in an outdated process that needs revamping, a company that’s rapidly growing and as a result has out grown

Whether you’re a medium sized company or a large multinational Fortune 500 company, the list of benefits for process improvement are extensive, and the sooner you initiate a process improvement project, the more value your organization and teams will gain. One of the most prominent process improvement tools is Lean Six Sigma. Over the last 20 years, Lean Six Sigma alone has saved medium to large sized companies over $500 billion. Three of the major benefits that I am covering

Process improvement tools such as Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma have been developed by large companies for large companies. 82% of the Fortune 100 companies use Six Sigma, and over half of the Fortune 500 companies embrace some form of process improvement. But can these principles be applied to their smaller business counter parts as well? Well, for the small business owners, Process Improvement enthusiasts, or those of you just wondering, the answer is a resounding “Yes!”

Have you ever been in a position where you needed to yield results quickly? Perhaps you’ve finished the last 2 quarters over budget and over schedule, you’re off track for an important project, or you simply want to make every day processes more efficient and less time consuming. Before you do Complex Regression Analysis, A3 diagrams or Value Stream Maps, you should first pick the low hanging fruit. Picking the low hanging fruit is a term for going after the quick fixes and c