With many challenges facing both fossil fuel and nuclear power generation facilities, training and workforce development has never been more important. Establishing a culture of continuous improvement ...

It’s common to talk about quality and continuous improvement in the context of manufacturing. Methodologies such as ISO, lean and Lean Six Sigma are a means to improve business efficiency and ...

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 ...

Welcome to a special five-part blog series on building a stronger culture of compliance, sponsored by Diligent. Over this series I have visited with Yvette Hollingsworth-Clark, Viktor Cuijak, Jessica ...

One of the primary characteristics of a lean culture – which aligns with the “Respect for People” principle of lean – is a workforce that is engaged in improving processes to add ever-increasing value ...

Bill Keen is the Founder and CEO of Keen Wealth Advisors and the Best-Selling Author of Keen on Retirement. At my company, we pride ourselves on being perceptive, personalized and precise. However, ...

Your goal is to acquire and sustain customers by delivering products and services at cost and on time without sacrificing quality. How do you do it? By developing efficient processes with a supportive ...

Innovation often comes from outside an organization. Why? “Outsiders” have fresh eyes and are not undoing something from the inside. As discussed last week, people are comfortable with things staying ...

The best methods and the best of intentions can easily fail unless we take into account how adults learn in our organizations. During World War II a process that has become known as Training Within ...

Depending on your exposure to the term, it might sound counterintuitive to hack your own business. Beyond the simple cybersecurity meaning of the term, there is another way it is used. By “hack” your ...

It takes more than OEE metrics and lean manufacturing tools to achieve continuous improvement on the plant floor. It also needs people. And, while we hear about new technologies that will “empower the ...

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, ...