After attending general counsel conferences and reading legal department surveys, one clear message is that the legal department must accomplish more with a smaller budget and fewer resources. This is ...

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 Army has employed a variety of techniques for continuous process improvement (CPI) for many years. Some have resulted in projects that saved the Army millions of dollars, while other efforts have ...

Knowledge and experience in quality and continuous improvement are highly valued by today's employers. The principles are being applied in engineering, healthcare, business, service, nonprofits, and ...

Originating from the Japanese term “Gembutsu,” “Gemba Walk” is essentially a lean management practice that has an organization’s leadership visiting the “actual place” where work is done. This might ...

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 ...

TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT, Pa. -- A Lean Six Sigma project here has cut mailing costs by $1 million per year. Nancy Jinselli, a process improvement specialist, led a team that improved the process by which ...