Today, there are a number of useful process improvement techniques available for organizations to use and implement. These include CMMI, ISO series, Baldridge, Lean, Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, Toyota Production System and many others. However, despite the clear benefits that a process improvement program can provide to companies, many organizations simply have difficulties when it comes to implementing and sustaining a process improvement program in an effective manner. There are some straightforward yet helpful strategies that work to overcome these types of difficulties. These challenges are common in all the improvement approaches.
The recent article by Norman Hammock suggests some simple and straightforward strategies to overcome the most common challenges implementing your next process improvement program: Process Improvement: Can You Avoid the Common Mistakes?. Saving Changes...
