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Process Excellence


Lean Management System
Lean Management System enables an organization to meet daily operational goals while sustaining improvement long term.
Ryan Ames
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Lean Thinking
Lean thinking is a framework that provides a new way to concentrate on how to organize human activities so as to deliver more benefits.
Ryan Ames
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Change Management
Change management is a collective term for all approaches to prepare, support, and help individuals, teams, and businesses in...
Ryan Ames
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Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
A value-stream map is a holistic visual representation of the flow of resources and information.
Ryan Ames
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Business Process Optimization (BPO)
Business process optimization (BPO) is the practice of optimizing existing processes to make them more efficient, which in turn leads to...
Ryan Ames
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Operational Excellence


Kaizen "Continuous Improvement"
The Japanese word ‘Kaizen’ translates to ‘Change for Good’ and is renowned to the world today as “Continuous Improvement."
Ryan Ames
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Six Sigma (DMAIC) Methodology
Define, measure, analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC) refers to a data-driven improvement cycle used for improving, optimizing and...
Ryan Ames
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The 7 Quality Control (QC) Tools
The 7 basic tools of quality are a set of visual exercises identified as being most helpful in troubleshooting issues related to quality.
Ryan Ames
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Gemba Kaizen & 5S Practice
Gemba simply refers to the location where value is created, while Kaizen relates to actual improvements.
Ryan Ames
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A3 Problem Solving
An A3 Report is a practice of getting the problem, the analysis, the corrective actions, and the action plan down...
Ryan Ames
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Kanban Visual Management
Visual Management is a vital Lean tool involving the use simple visual signals to communicate information.
Ryan Ames
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Balanced Scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard is a management system for improving performance. It’s a way for organizations to focus on big-picture.
Ryan Ames
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Business Excellence


Lean Enterprise Transformation
Lean transformation is the process of introducing changes in an organization to maximize the flow of value produced for the customer.
Ryan Ames
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Total Quality Management (TQM)
TQM can be summarized as a management system for a customer-focused organization that involves all employees in continual improvement.
Ryan Ames
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Center of Excellence (COE)
A Center of Excellence (COE) is a team, a shared facility or an entity that provides leadership, best practices, research, support...
Ryan Ames
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Leadership through Coaching
Because improvements need to be made on the Gemba, it is of vital importance to get all employees to participate in kaizen.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
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Kaizen "Continuous Improvement"
The Japanese word ‘Kaizen’ translates to ‘Change for Good’ and is renowned to the world today as “Continuous Improvement."
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Six Sigma (DMAIC) Methodology
Define, measure, analyze, improve, and control (DMAIC) refers to a data-driven improvement cycle used for improving, optimizing and...
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


The 7 Quality Control (QC) Tools
The 7 basic tools of quality are a set of visual exercises identified as being most helpful in troubleshooting issues related to quality.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Gemba Kaizen & 5S Practice
Gemba simply refers to the location where value is created, while Kaizen relates to actual improvements.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
0 views
0 comments


A3 Problem Solving
An A3 Report is a practice of getting the problem, the analysis, the corrective actions, and the action plan down...
Ryan Ames
1 min read
0 views
0 comments


Kanban Visual Management
Visual Management is a vital Lean tool involving the use simple visual signals to communicate information.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Balanced Scorecard
The Balanced Scorecard is a management system for improving performance. It’s a way for organizations to focus on big-picture.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
0 views
0 comments


Lean Enterprise Transformation
Lean transformation is the process of introducing changes in an organization to maximize the flow of value produced for the customer.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Total Quality Management (TQM)
TQM can be summarized as a management system for a customer-focused organization that involves all employees in continual improvement.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Center of Excellence (COE)
A Center of Excellence (COE) is a team, a shared facility or an entity that provides leadership, best practices, research, support...
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Leadership through Coaching
Because improvements need to be made on the Gemba, it is of vital importance to get all employees to participate in kaizen.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Lean Management System
Lean Management System enables an organization to meet daily operational goals while sustaining improvement long term.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
2 views
0 comments


Lean Thinking
Lean thinking is a framework that provides a new way to concentrate on how to organize human activities so as to deliver more benefits.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
3 views
0 comments


Change Management
Change management is a collective term for all approaches to prepare, support, and help individuals, teams, and businesses in...
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
0 comments


Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
A value-stream map is a holistic visual representation of the flow of resources and information.
Ryan Ames
1 min read
2 views
0 comments


Business Process Optimization (BPO)
Business process optimization (BPO) is the practice of optimizing existing processes to make them more efficient, which in turn leads to...
Ryan Ames
1 min read
1 view
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