continuous improvement

The concept of Strategic Kaizen is an extremely necessary concept for companies to achieve continuous fulfillment of business expectations.
The strategic choice of the most effective and efficient KAIZEN and KAIKAKU projects are essential elements of the companies’ strategies to continuously meet the expectations a […]

Current conditions: the company’s internal voices

Voice of Headquarter
At AA Company, the volume and number of orders fluctuate widely and are often unpredictable. In order to cover the fluctuation of the orders received, in some periods the working time and the work during the holidays (overtime) were increased […]

Book Review – Speed-Based Target Profit: Planning and Developing Synchronous Profitable Operations by Alin Posteucă

Review made by Steven Bonacorsi, President of the International Standard for Lean Six Sigma (ISLSS) and Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Bl […]

I want to attend the event…

BOOK RELEASE! I am very pleased to invite you to the launch of my latest book, the fourth, entitled SPEED-BASED TARGET PROFIT. After the release of the book by Productivity Press by Routledge/ Taylor & Francis on November 19, 2020 in New York, USA, I now […]

Often over time you have had to deal with cost reductions. More recently, some of you have decided that you need to find additional solutions to reduce costs by 5%, 10%, 20% or even 30%, in addition to the compensation for certain orders. In this context, you simply do not see how the cost reduction can be done.
However, […]

Companies that do not control their costs do not stay in the market. Are everyone in the company aware enough of the importance of costs in these times? How can you double your profits? Can you sell and produce twice as much? Could your company grow to double the current size in the same market? Well…. you don&#821 […]

I am often asked in companies: why does the Japanese approach fail in the West? Everyone knows that there are many possible causes and many business effects.
In recent years I have had the great honor and privilege of discussing intensely and intimately about the original Japanese approach (from the beginning to the pres […]

I will be happy to participate in the discussion on global productivity. In my presentation I will also send a short message from Dr. Shigeyasu Sakamoto – his vision for the future of productivity.
I hope that we will have presentations in line with today’s needs and that the debates will be extremely valuabl […]

I am often asked by managers and practitioners where to start the approach to increasing productivity for profitability, especially now in times of crisis. They expect me to say that it starts with defining the customer value, then identifying waste at the level of operations and then making improvements to the current […]