continuous improvement

This article by Lyssa Cluster provides a comprehensive overview of Agile retrospectives, an essential component of Agile project management. This practice involves regular, structured meetings at the end of each project iteration, allowing teams to reflect on their performance and identify areas for improvement. Cluster offers insights and practical advice for new and … [Read more...] about What is an Agile Retrospective? An Ultimate Guide

This fairly practical article emphasizes the significance of quality metrics in organizations, offering a methodology for effectively selecting, tracking, and reporting these metrics. The article outlines that quality metrics should be monitored to benefit the enterprise. Good metrics are described as providing an unbiased performance assessment and maintaining a balance … [Read more...] about Quality Metrics and Their Reporting

KaiNexus delves into the significance and methodologies of process improvement in businesses. According to a study by the International Quality and Productivity Center (IQPC), businesses that prioritize process improvement witness a substantial increase in operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Process improvement methodologies, such as Six Sigma, Lean, and Agile, … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to Process Improvement Methodologies For Increased Productivity

Organizations can achieve greater efficiency on their production floor through a time study, which observes, records, and evaluates labor work to ensure that qualified employees do specific tasks under specific conditions and at a precise rate. Performing a time study demands attentive preparation and comprehensive planning. This article shows why organizations should consider … [Read more...] about Why Time Study Analysis is Key and How to Conduct One

Lucid's Strategy & Analytics team is responsible for aiding stakeholders in achieving business impact. To do so, they use strategic analyses (recommendations based on data) and data modeling (organizing data to be accessible and useful for the company). Charles Babbage, otherwise known as the “father of the computer” said that “errors using inadequate data are much less … [Read more...] about Don’t Follow a Broken Compass: How to Validate Your Data

Although quality professionals aim to improve their products by solving problems, sometimes actions can result in inferior outcomes, a process known as tampering. This paper highlights and analyzes the various mental and behavioral activities that lead quality professionals to tamper as they try to solve problems. Examples include fear of inaction and using past experiences to … [Read more...] about Why won’t you leave the process alone? Exploring emotional, motivational and cognitive mechanisms triggering tampering

An automated process discovery system can help your organization discover ways to improve workflow and reduce costs throughout an organization's business processes. This automation helps businesses make better decisions and take advantage of new opportunities. Rather than using a manual process, companies can collect data from audits, transactions, messages, and other sources … [Read more...] about The benefits of process discovery automation and how it helps achieve process excellence

What is PFMEA? Process Failure Mode Effect Analysis explainedProcess Failure Mode Effect Analysis (PFMEA) is a Six Sigma methodology designed to identify risk and rate critical failure modes of a given process.PFMEA is traditionally applied to operating processes within the manufacturing industry and was developed with the notion that such processes are rarely … [Read more...] about PFMEA: Learn How to Remove Error From a System With This 10 Step Guide

Research on internal audits of quality management systems is scarce, and no clear study exists that could guide practitioners in improving the auditing practice and help researchers advance existing knowledge. Thus, the aim of this paper is to review empirical research on internal audits of ISO 9001 to synthesise advice for increasing the value of internal audits and to … [Read more...] about Unleashing the potential of internal audits: a review and research agenda

Research on internal audits of quality management systems is scarce, and no clear study exists that could guide practitioners in improving the auditing practice and help researchers advance existing knowledge. Thus, the aim of this paper is to review empirical research on internal audits of ISO 9001 to synthesise advice for increasing the value of internal audits and to … [Read more...] about Unleashing the potential of internal audits: a review and research agenda

Quality metrics reporting includes reporting organizational costs, on-time delivery, non-conformance rates, lead times, cycle times, and profit.Organizations benefit when quality metric reporting occurs at the executive, operational, and supplier levels so that the best organizational actions or non-actions happen; however, this often does not occur.Commonplace reporting … [Read more...] about Quality Metrics Reporting that Leads to the Best Behaviors

Peter Drucker, the famed author, educator, and management consultant, said “Efficiency is doing things right, effectiveness is doing the right things.” Whether individually or organizationally, the key to short and long-term success is to focus on the most important issues.The problem confronting many organizations is determining where to focus their efforts and how to measure … [Read more...] about Face of Quality: KPI Fundamentals

Key performance indicators or KPIs are the important metrics for any organization to measure its success. They are used to evaluate the effectiveness of a company's strategy and operations. These indicators provide a clear picture of how well the company performs against its goals.A key performance indicator dashboard helps managers and employees understand the current state of … [Read more...] about How to Measure Success with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)?