Operations improvement is an umbrella term to describe a series of processes used to improve performance; but more specifically improve asset productivity, reduce costs, identify and eliminate wastes, improve quality, and better plan.
Analyzing and improving operations can help an organization sort out the problems (people, systems, workflow, and information), find the root cause, and develop a course of action to eliminate the issue. Success lies in not only focusing on enterprise-wide systems and organizational structure, but also by delving into the specifics by analyzing workflow, information, and job issues.
Often, organizations, trained in one problem-solving approach, use this approach on every problem. Process Value Management methodology provides a variety of improvement tools which are selected based upon the organization’s goals and constraints, including: Lean manufacturing principles, basic Six Sigma techniques, Kaizen, Theory of Constraints and Hoshin Kanri.