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 ...

The term "kaizen," the Japanese word for improvement, is used by businesses to describe a technique of continuous improvement that eliminates waste, improves efficiency and involves all employees in ...

According to Jeffery Liker’s book, The Toyota Way, it’s estimated that most business processes are 90% waste and 10% value-added work. Value-added activities in a process are considered those that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Long term success — and in some cases, survival — of many organizations relies on ongoing business process improvement efforts. When managed well, process improvements can fuel efficiency, engagement, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Root cause analysis (RCA) focuses on fostering a proactive approach to solving problems before they happen and eliminating the potential for flaws to reoccur in the future. Days after Celonis acquired ...

Process improvement is often described in operational terms: streamline workflows, manage variation, eliminate waste, optimize revenue, and drive greater value to our customer. In healthcare, we ...

Pega Blueprint uses AI to design, refine, and generate enterprise workflows, helping CIOs bridge the gap between business requirements and production-ready applications. Pega CTO Don Schuerman gives a ...