What types of activities does Business Process Improvement utilize?
Business Process Improvement typically utilizes the following activities: • Lean Manufacturing workshops (Cycle Time Reduction) • Train team on principles of Lean Manufacturing, set goals and objectives for workshop, define the “current-state”, develop measurements • Mapping the current and the ideal process (Value stream mapping) • Problem solve and determine root causes, develop, prioritize, and test solutions • Verify improvements, define new standards and measurements • Outputs are elimination of waste with faster, easier, and more efficient processes • Quality improvement • Variation reduction (Define, Measure, Analyze, Implement, and Control) • Work Standardization TOP
