Continuous Improvement

Customer demand in call centre

How to Keep up with Customer Demand using Lean Tools and Systems

How can Lean Tools and Systems help keep up with customer demand and help improve your Customer Services (CS) Operations?  One of the many challenges of running customer service teams and operations is that demands on a team can exceed its capacity.  If you are lucky, your customers will be understanding and perhaps in the […]

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Lean Teams Continuous Improvement Program

How to Measure your Continuous Improvement Program

Organisations use Continuous improvement Programs as a way of identifying opportunities for streamlining work, reducing waste and variation in processes.  Typically, methods such as Lean and Six Sigma, are used alongside or in addition to essential process driven improvements to find savings and growth opportunities. Unlike process driven improvements, for example, audit non-compliances, customer complaints and

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Continuous Improvement at Lean Teams

Why Partner with External CI Trainers?

I was looking at some CI Leader (Continuous Improvement) job descriptions for vacancies advertised on LinkedIn recently.  What struck me was the long list of bullet points that go with the job.    The areas typically associated to these roles are Governance, Assessment, Compliance, Facilitation, Strategic Performance Management and Training and Coaching.  Further expectations are in

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Continuous Improvement Framework at Lean Teams

How to Develop Continuous Improvement Capabilities throughout your Organisation

Organisations that are serious about developing and sustaining their Continuous Improvement (CI) capabilities will use a defined set of training and mentoring processes.  The aim of these systems is to ensure that everyone in the company can contribute effectively to improving the organisation’s processes and customer experience.  Over the last few years there are two

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Lean Business Pitfall and Mistakes

How to Avoid the 10 Biggest Lean Business Pitfalls

Lean Business Pitfalls In today’s fast-paced business environment, lean management has become increasingly popular as companies strive to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and stay competitive. However, while lean principles can offer significant benefits, there are also common pitfalls that can derail your efforts. In this blog post, we’ll explore the 10 biggest lean business pitfalls

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