How do Lean Techniques Improve Quality?
The two most popular process improvement initiatives in businesses today are Lean and Six Sigma. Both methodologies are rooted in
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What do I do with extra resources as a result of improvement without laying them off?
One of the most important things you can do to have a successful culture of improvement is to remove any
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Introducing My Summer Intern, Teagen
From mid-May through July, I will be having a summer intern helping me out. Teagen Stalte is a student at
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BPI is a Certified B Corporation! So what does that mean?
Update: As of September 2021, we are no longer certified as a B Corporation. We were not able to achieve
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Employee engagement that will make you jealous!
One of the most difficult things for business owners and managers is to engage their employees in continuous improvements every
Read moreHow many of the 50 Best Practices for Process Excellence has your company implemented?
Lee Pollock and Mark Kiemele are authors of a new book, Reversing the Culture of Waste – 50 Best Practices to
Read moreReducing your time might seem like lean, but you can easily anger your customers
Lean is about increasing value to your customer. Often times, this requires you to eliminate waste in the process. However,
Read moreWe don’t need any help, we are already lean!
“Lean and Six Sigma are only for manufacturing organizations!” “Our processes/company is unique, so that won’t work here!” “We’re already
Read moreCost savings from process improvements can be misleading
I’ve been to many conferences, and have seen lots of companies claim cost savings and metric improvements that are very
Read moreStart simple before you map your processes
We see a lot of different processes at various levels of process performance. Some are running near six sigma levels,
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