Every year, APQC conducts research to understand the common challenges and priorities of process and performance management practitioners. The research focuses on three key areas – business process management, continuous improvement, and process frameworks. Below you’ll find a few insights from the research. Digital Transformations As three-fourths of organizations proceed…
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They're delivering a one-two punch to defects. They're ridding the earth of process waste. They're on the front lines delivering customer service perfection. They're in leadership striving to make a difference in the world. They're kicking process improvement butt! The Wonder Women of Quality are here! This month in the…
This month’s book is Tree-Ring Management: Take the Long View and Grow Your Business Slowly by Kiroshi Tsukakoshi. About the Book: “I believe that by taking a close look at where you came from, while also taking the long view, you will see the way forward to a company that…
With all the superhero movies out in theaters, that got us thinking about our fabulous Wonder Women of Quality. Where are they? What are they up to? We wanted to know! We wrote to last year’s Wonder Women of Quality and asked them to pick one of the questions below…
Center for Nonprofit Resources (C4NPR) partnered with GoLeanSixSigma.com to run a FastPitch Workshop that made the inner workings of Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement accessible to their local nonprofit and government community! There’s no better way to learn than by doing. The level of engagement our FastPitch Workshop generated…
Brevard County is a local government that has been implementing Lean Six Sigma since October 2015. From the start of their journey, team members of the county have been working together to improve customer experience and operational processes to positively impact the experience of their customers—both internal and external. Katherine…
The Hypothesis Test Decision Tree provides a visual method of figuring out which Hypothesis Test to use given the data and hypothesis being tested. The chart begins by asking whether the data being tested is continuous or discrete and continues on either side of the tree with a series of…
How do other problem-solvers deal with adversity? What's the best way to schedule improvement work? What do people want in a Continuous Improvement leader? We took a few polls so you could find out for yourself! Check out how people like you navigate the Lean Six Sigma world and what…
The Control Chart Decision Tree provides a visual method of figuring out which Control Chart to use given the data being plotted. The chart begins by asking whether the data is continuous or discrete and continues on either side of the tree with a series of branches based on the…