Implementing an effective and sustainable continuous improvement (CI) program is hard work. It typically requires dedicated effort from multiple operations and CI leaders who, let’s face it, start out ...

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As a patient advocate at the University at Buffalo’s School of Dental Medicine, Dianne Notaro has spent the last 13 years giving patients a voice and ensuring they receive the best care. “If I see a ...

For your continuous improvement initiatives, tools such as kaizen, kanban, SMED, or 5S are necessary, but they are insufficient to achieve results. Saws cut wood, wrenches tighten bolts, and knives ...

Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) is a strategic approach for developing a culture of continuous improvement in the areas of reliability, process cycle times, costs in terms of less total resource ...

As he gives a tour of Temco Tool’s impressive facility on Holt Avenue in Manchester, Norm Gagne compares his main task as president of the company to that “of steering a boat.” In this case, the ship ...

Despite producing highly technical components, many established companies are running on lines that depend largely on manual labor. The desire to add automation is often there, but when much of the ...

In September 2015, the Japan Support Team and Sagami General Depot of Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia (AFSBn-NEA) received a new operational project requirement regarding Mabey Logistic ...

It’s one thing to boost test scores in individual schools from year to year. But as districts work to improve under the Every Student Succeeds Act, many are finding that boosting longer-term outcomes ...

Workshops can also be scheduled for additional department training or a department retreat. If your department would be interested in a workshop we can work with you to schedule it at a time ...