When it comes to improving an organization, putting it on a sustainable and continually improving footing, organizations need help. How to approach this task in the right way, using the right methodology and thinking through all of the eventualities and outcomes does not come easily. Some organizations, especially their leaders, believe that deploying a strategy […]
7 Business Improvement Techniques to Embed Into Your Organization Today
When it comes to future-proofing your business, your organizational prowess and your operational performance, nothing can do this better than deploying sound, well-renowned tried and tested business improvement techniques. There are a range of business improvement techniques available to you, all doing something different, delivering varying outputs and being deployed to impact a range of […]
7 Business improvement techniques successful organizations are deploying today
Business improvement techniques do not need to be those that are large in scale, cost a significant amount of money, and require a lot of resources and support to enable them to be deployed. Indeed, some of the most commonly deployed business improvement techniques are those that are light on resources required, costs involved, and disruption […]
Theory of Constraints (TOC): Principles & Application
Imagine you’re in a race, but no matter how fast you run, you can’t seem to get ahead. It’s as if an invisible wall is holding you back. This is a scenario many organizations find themselves in, struggling to meet deadlines and stay within budget. The invisible wall? Bottlenecks that are silently eating away at […]
Business Improvement Solutions & Training – LBI
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Continuous Improvement Manager vs. Project Manager: Step Up or Sideways?
Picture this: you’ve spent years perfecting Gantt charts, stakeholder briefings, and risk registers when an email pings—“We’d like you to become our Continuous Improvement (CI) Manager.” Is this a promotion, a specialty shift, or merely a fresh business card? The answer depends on how each role steers value, autonomy, and growth inside your organization. Core […]
Lean Six Sigma Certification in Healthcare: Prestige or Price Tag?
Medication errors, long patient wait-times, ballooning supply costs—hospital leaders crave practitioners who can tame this chaos with DMAIC precision. Yet belt programs range from $250 to a staggering $8 000, leaving clinicians and administrators wondering whether “paying more” equals “earning more.” Practitioners swapping war stories revealed that price and prestige often diverge sharply—especially between CSSC’s […]
Free Prebuilt Tools & Templates – LBI
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Business Process Automation (BPA): A Step-by-Step Guide for Efficiency and Growth
Hello and welcome! I’m Robert Chapman, a Six Sigma Black Belt with over a decade of experience in enhancing business processes. This blog is dedicated to sharing insights and practical knowledge on Business Process Automation (BPA)—a transformative approach that can streamline your operations and unlock new levels of efficiency. The aim here is simple: to […]
Takt Time and Heijunka: How to Beat Chaos and Build Flow
When production doesn’t flow, everything feels like a fire drill. Some days you’re buried in orders. Workers are stressed, machines are maxed out, and quality slips. Other days? Machines sit quiet, workers wait, and money bleeds out. No rhythm. No balance. Just chaos. “Flow is the key to productivity.” – Taiichi Ohno Two tools fix […]
Control Chart: Spot Problems Before They Happen
Quality issues rarely crash in like a thunderstorm. They creep in, bit by bit. One bad part today. A few more tomorrow. By the time you notice, the damage is done—defects, rework, late orders, and angry customers. Real-world example: A production line starts making slightly oversized parts. Nobody sees the trend. Two weeks later, a […]
TPM: Keep Machines Running, Profits Growing
Every time a machine stops unexpectedly, the clock starts ticking—and not in your favor. Unplanned downtime doesn’t just delay one order. It throws off schedules, burns through budgets, and frustrates teams. It’s like a slow leak in a tire—easy to ignore until you’re stranded. Real example: A medium-sized plant runs 3 shifts a day. Just […]
What is the Lean Six Sigma method?
Picture a factory so smooth it spits out only 3 bad parts in a million and ships faster than you can finish your coffee—that dream has a name: Lean Six Sigma. Lean Six Sigma = “cut the waste + kill the defects” using facts, numbers and teamwork — a “fact-based, data-driven philosophy that values defect […]
SMED: Cut Setup Time, Boost Productivity
Setup time is the time your machine is doing nothing. No cutting, no shaping, no packing—just sitting there while your team changes a tool, adjusts a mold, or calibrates the system. That’s time you’re paying for, but not earning from. Now multiply that across several machines and shifts. Let’s say a factory changes setups 6 […]