A greater share of organizations that use process improvement methodologies than those who do not say they have seen major improvement in HCAHPS scores or other patient experience performance ...

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 ...

Lean Six Sigma is a process improvement methodology that combines the benefits of both Lean manufacturing techniques and Six Sigma to help companies streamline operations, increase value and reduce ...

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 ...

Any time an organization looks to make changes using process improvement methodologies, it often meets heavy internal resistance from the “doers.” These individuals are responsible for instituting ...

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 ...

With business growth (revenue growth and adding more customers, products and services), everything becomes more complex. When left unchecked, fractures begin to appear, and soon things start to break.

Industry Insights from Thomson Reuters Institute, a part of Thomson Reuters. How has the idea of process improvement taken hold within the legal industry in the wake of the pandemic? Fred Esposito of ...

Organizations aim to improve their processes’ efficiency and effectiveness by reducing waste, which creates a need for experts in project management frameworks and process improvement techniques such ...

This article explores the connection between process improvement, project management, and pricing. Clients want budget predictability, options in fee arrangements, and value. The firms that do this ...

To improve the safety of the operating environment, a holistic method for defining and evaluating the systems that aid an operator with the safe operation of a process unit is required. This approach ...