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 ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of modern business, the pressure to innovate is relentless. Organizations are constantly pushed to develop state-of-the-art products, services, and business models that ...

Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...

Everyone knows what data mining is, but the term "process mining" may be new to some. According to Gartner, process mining is a methodology used to discover, monitor and improve processes that already ...

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 ...

I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Well, if your goal is to achieve sustainable growth in your business, that might just be the worst advice you could follow. Why ...

We’ve all experienced painful processes. Maybe it was a process that made everyone on your team miserable. Perhaps a process made customers unhappy, or caused costs to rise and profits to fall.

The current economic recession is leading many companies to cut costs by eliminating products or services, reducing the work force and/or scaling back on spending and expenses. Another option that ...

Everyone knows what data mining is, but the term “process mining” may be new to some. According to Gartner, process mining is a methodology used to discover, monitor and improve processes that already ...

Kaizen offers a more holistic approach than most IT frameworks in that it aims to improve everything in your organization from people to processes to products.