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Background: I’ve been working in and thinking about continuous improvement my entire career. I started in manufacturing and cut my teeth implementing Lean and Six Sigma projects on the plant floor...view moreBackground: I’ve been working in and thinking about continuous improvement my entire career. I started in manufacturing and cut my teeth implementing Lean and Six Sigma projects on the plant floor. I completed my MBA and did a stint in Finance coaching Black Belts on proper cost-saving methods. I led the program management of a continuous improvement supply chain portfolio for over a dozen manufacturing plants with annual savings over $30 million. I added skills in customer and product segmentation that led to applying continuous improvement to business operations (Finance, Sales, Marketing, IT, etc.). I’ve seen hundreds of continuous improvement projects achieve millions of dollars in enhanced margins.
As a result of all this continuous improvement work, I’ve developed an appreciation for the simplicity of continuous improvement. It was the define – measure – analyze – improve – control method of Six Sigma that initially caught my attention as a problem-solving method I could hang on my cube wall. As I continued to learn, it occurred to me that continuous improvement is really about segmenting your opportunities and then giving the best opportunities your most attention – learning how to fish and then fishing where the fish are. I continued to draw energy from continuous improvement as my career advanced and I started to think more about the theory of continuous improvement – how could a robust, yet simple, continuous improvement program be established to help all areas of a business. The result of that thinking is this book.view less