http://www.business-improvement.eu/ Business cases and articles process and production improvement 15 Applying process improvement tools from e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, TPM is not enough. This is acknowledged by companies like Philips, Sara Lee, ASML and Volvo. How to deal with the people... http://www.business-improvement.eu/lead_change/emotional_side_value_creation.php Tue, 08 May 2012 09:28:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/lead_change/emotional_side_value_creation.php In 2011, two improvement approaches of Philips merged: A successful people based Lean approach, and the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program for breakthrough improvements. Besides that, a new initiative... http://www.business-improvement.eu/press2/Philips_accelerate.php Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:23:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/press2/Philips_accelerate.php Do you want to know what lean working, thinking and managing in a hospital looks like? The second edition of the book Lean hospitals of Mark Graban gives you a clear and well-balanced... http://www.business-improvement.eu/lean/Lean_Hospitals.php Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:47:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/lean/Lean_Hospitals.php All methods for continuous improvement address one and the same question: How can I serve my customers with products which are of maximum value to them – but at the lowest... http://www.business-improvement.eu/press/nov11.htm Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:24:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/press/nov11.htm There are people who grasp each problem within Toyota, to state that Lean now really is out of date. Others fight tooth and nail to defend the production system of the Japanese... http://www.business-improvement.eu/lean/Evolution_and_state-of-the-art_regarding_Lean.php Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:07:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/lean/Evolution_and_state-of-the-art_regarding_Lean.php Gerritjan van der Ven, factory manager at Balchem in Italy, reviews the book Velocity: Only with a combination of the logistic manufacturing theories you will get breakthroughs... http://www.business-improvement.eu/worldclass/Velocity.php Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:37:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/worldclass/Velocity.php After an illness of several months, Eliyahu Goldratt, managementguru and founder of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) passed away. At the time he stayed in his house in Israel, surrounded... http://www.business-improvement.eu/toc/Eliyahu_Goldratt_in_memoriam.php Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:00:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/toc/Eliyahu_Goldratt_in_memoriam.php Scientists from a Dutch university have developed a conceptual framework to evaluate outsourcing possibilities. This new framework was successfully tested within truck manufacturer Scania... http://www.business-improvement.eu/lean/Scania_lean_outsourcing.php Wed, 25 May 2011 09:02:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/lean/Scania_lean_outsourcing.php In his cinematic book Isn't it obvious Eli Goldratt not only shows what can be accomplished with the TOC in retail, there is also a deeper message in it. Good solutions are often based... http://www.business-improvement.eu/toc/Isnt_it_obvious_Goldratt.php Tue, 10 May 2011 09:07:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/toc/Isnt_it_obvious_Goldratt.php After six years of research in Toyota factories, Mike Rother describes in his book Toyota Kata how this car manufacturer manages their people. Toyota Kata is an excellent book, which... http://www.business-improvement.eu/lead_change/Toyota_Kata.php Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:07:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/lead_change/Toyota_Kata.php The Total Productive Maintenance Program (TPM) of Heineken started in 2003. Thanks to this program, all breweries produce increasingly more efficient and with fewer losses. The factory... http://www.business-improvement.eu/tpm/TPM_Heineken2010_eng.php Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:07:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/tpm/TPM_Heineken2010_eng.php To reap the full potential of Lean Six Sigma three things are needed. (1) Alignment of all improvement projects with the strategy.(2) All improvement initiatives should be process oriented and... http://www.business-improvement.eu/six_sigma/Lean_Six_Sigma_Guide_George.php Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:55:00 +0200 http://www.business-improvement.eu/six_sigma/Lean_Six_Sigma_Guide_George.php