Process Improvement Management

Conquer the CPHQ Exam: Study Guide for the Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality Exam is your ultimate resource for mastering the CPHQ certification. This comprehensive guide covers all essential topics, including organizational leadership, health data analytics, performance and process improvement, and patient safety. Each chapter provides in-depth explanations, practical examples, and effective strategies designed to boost your understanding and confidence. Designed for both beginners and experienced professionals, this guide is tailored to meet your specific needs. It offers a ...

Achieving Six Sigma Black Belt certification requires a deep understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, data analysis, and process improvement strategies. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive guide to mastering key exam concepts, including DMAIC, hypothesis testing, process capability, root cause analysis, and Lean principles. Unlike full-length study manuals, this book is designed to supplement more detailed study materials, helping readers identify core principles, reinforce key topics, and focus on exam-relevant content. It does not contain practice questions or exhaustive ...

An audiobook written for those who really practice business process management. This audiobook was born of an internal corporate training, in which I presented the designed infographic that illustrates the cover...repeatedly through several years. Participating in other trainings, audits and events, I came to consider that some of my peculiar approaches could always be seen as great nonsense or as a solid experience and its many scars...always being to the taste or criticism of the public.

Unlock the Future of Operational Excellence with the Power of AI + Lean Thinking In AI-Powered Lean, engineering expert and systems thinker Mohammed Hamed Ahmed Soliman delivers a groundbreaking guide to transforming traditional Lean practices using modern artificial intelligence. This book is your practical roadmap to faster results, smarter decisions, and scalable improvement. Whether you're in healthcare, government, education, or manufacturing, AI-Powered Lean helps you reimagine how value is created—and how waste is eliminated—with the aid of intelligent tools.What You’ll Learn: ...

Conquer the APICS Certification Exams offers a concise, high-level overview of key supply chain and logistics principles aligned with five APICS certifications—CPIM, CSCP, CLTD, SCOR-P, and CTSC. This guide is not intended to replace official APICS materials or provide exhaustive detail on every exam topic. Instead, it serves as a supplemental resource to help readers focus on core concepts, reinforce their understanding, and identify areas requiring deeper study. Each chapter explores major functional areas of supply chain and logistics—from inventory and demand planning to sourcing, ...

Kaizen is the Sino-Japanese word for "improvement". In business, kaizen refers to activities that continuously improve all functions and involve all employees from the CEO to the assembly line workers. It also applies to processes that cross organizational boundaries into the supply chain. Kaizen focuses on continuous improvement and transforming your life to have the self-discipline to accomplish all set goals. The use of kaizen in business has proven to have very high results. This audiobook explores the history of kaizen, how to incorporate it, and how to use self-discipline.

ISO 18587 Internal Assessment & External Audits The Complete Guide to Conducting ISO 18587 Internal Assessment & External Audits Introduction: ISO 18587 is the international standard for post-editing machine-translated (MT) content to ensure it matches the quality of human translation. This book is a comprehensive guide for conducting internal assessments and preparing for external audits to meet ISO 18587’s stringent requirements. Whether you’re aiming for certification or internal process improvement, this guide walks you through the essential steps to ensure your organization stays ...

Dive into the essential world of quality control in the petrochemical industry with "Ensuring Excellence," the definitive eBook on crafting, enhancing, and perfecting the art of quality assurance. Whether you are a seasoned practitioner or new to the field, this comprehensive guide delves into the intricate fabric of executing superior quality control measures across every facet of the petrochemical domain. Immerse yourself in a detailed historical analysis in our opening chapter, where we trace the journey of quality control from its embryonic stages to the multi-faceted and advanced ...

Quality management - a discipline that started in manufacturing has migrated to service industries such as hospitality, hotels, and health care. As these industries have embraced quality management practices, we, as consumers, have developed higher expectations for positive, error-free service experiences. Because of this phenomenon, there is increased pressure on non-profit and church organizations to make excellence a guiding principle of managing operations – and who, more than the church, should be doing things with excellence? This book is perfect for anyone who manages the day-to-...

To save money during the economic downturn, many businesses are using abstinence policies. This might mean firing employees and reducing pay for some people. Actually, those actions might only work for a little while. If the company doesn't make a culture of always getting better and change how it works, the problem might happen again and get even worse. This takes us back to the reason why the Toyota production system was created. Waste means something that takes up resources, but doesn't give anything back to the customer. Many activities are not useful and can be divided into two ...

Change Management and Process Improvement are considered two separate disciplines. Change Management initiatives often originate in the human resources department, whereas Process Improvement plans may come from the quality engineering or the project management departments. These departments' agendas, knowledge, mindset, and resource competency differ. However, Change Management approaches and Process Improvement models have much in common.

Everett Harper delivers a powerful and pragmatic take on solving complex problems by, and making decisions through, uncertainty. You'll learn to discover insights quickly by experimenting, iterating, then building infrastructure to sustain your innovations in your teams and organizations. The author demonstrates a set of practices, processes, and infrastructure that addresses complex problems alongside a set of methods to systematize, scale, and share best practices throughout an organization.

This concise study guide is designed to support professionals preparing for the APICS SCOR-P certification by offering a clear, structured summary of essential supply chain principles. Drawing from the SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) model, this book walks readers through each major process—Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Return, and Enable—while highlighting key performance metrics, attributes, and improvement methodologies. Instead of delivering comprehensive detail on every exam topic, this guide focuses on the core principles that drive supply chain performance. Topics such as...

If you're a business leader, you already know that Lean Six Sigma is one of the most popular and powerful business tools in the world today. You also probably know that implementing the process can be more than a little challenging. This step-by-step guide shows you how to customize and apply the principles of Lean Six Sigma to your own organizational needs, giving you more options, strategies, and solutions than you'll find in any other book on the subject.