Expanding On Sustainable Improvement | Accountability
What is Accountability? Accountability is often...
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How Often Should You Measure Your Organization's KPIs?
Many organizations track their key performance...
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The Truth Behind Operational Excellence Myths
Operational excellence (OpEx) can be a mystery...
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How to Effectively Communicate Your Continuous Improvement Model
Developing a culture of continuous improvement...
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5 Signs You Should Change Your Operational Excellence Strategy
It’s best to establish a long-term strategy and...
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The Worst Advice We've Ever Heard about Operational Excellence
I cringe to write bad advice in case someone...
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Operational Excellence Goals That the Organization Can Get Behind
Operational excellence (OpEx) isn’t just a “nice...
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Back to Basics: Eleven Things Every OpEx Manager Should Know
No matter where you are in your operational...
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The Seven Guiding Principles of Continuous Improvement
If you’re not familiar with continuous...
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Why Cross-Functional Collaboration is Essential to OpEx
Do you know the story of the three blind men and...
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How to Run a Meaningful Employee Feedback Process
A critical component of operational excellence...
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Four Practical DMAIC Examples from Which to Learn
As you begin a path to operational excellence,...
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The "Do’s and Don'ts" of the Hoshin Kanri Catchball Process
Hoshin Kanri is a collaborative approach to...
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10 Tips for Building a Great Process Map
Process maps have tremendous value. Remember the...
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What to Look for In a Continuous Improvement Model
The first thing to realize when looking for a...
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How to Make Your Continuous Improvement Program Sustainable
Do you remember Aesop’s story of the tortoise and...
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3 Signs Your CI Model Is at Risk, and What to Do About It
Just like anything shiny and new, implementing...
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Successful Continuous Improvement Program: 3 Way Alignment
The road toward impactful, sustainable continuous...
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Seamless Hospital Visitor Management
Imagine trying to do a critical,...
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Patient Communications Is An Essential Part Of Patient Care
Doctor and patient communication has been...
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Maintaining Equipment in Healthcare Facilities
“For want of a nail…a kingdom was lost.” That...
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Manage Distributed Inventory in Healthcare Facilities
While managing inventory of patients is a key...
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Turn Your Health Care “Failures to Communicate” into Cool Successes
Do you remember the scene in Cool Hand Luke,...
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Manage Patient Experience…and Patient Perception
At the core of a patient’s visit to a health...
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OpEx Leadership Alignment
One of the most common causes of operational...
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Operational Excellence Resourcing Plan Toolkit
“We are getting ready to deploy our Operational...
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8 Lean Wastes: How to Identify & Eliminate Them
One of the first steps in applying Lean concepts...
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Operational Excellence Methods: Yes, You Do Need To Make A Choice
If you’re a hands-on operational excellence...
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The True Value of Standard Work: Lessons from Olympic Swimmers
As I'm sure you know, the 2016 Summer Olympic...
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OpEx Budgets Are Increasing, But Do We Know How to Spend Them?
One of the more interesting data points to come...
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Changing the Compliance Mindset: How to Inspire Proactive Improvement
If you’re leading a retail or franchise business,...
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Perfecting the Shift Change: Lessons from Olympic Track & Field
The United States men's and women's track and...
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Is Poor Collaboration Killing Your Business Improvement?
I’ve had the opportunity to coach my 7 year old...
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The New Gold Standard: Why the Public Sector is Going Lean
If you don't already know, our offices are...
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Where Hoshin Planning Fails
In his 2004 book titled Hoshin Kanri: Policy...
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Instill a Disciplined Approach to Project Execution
EON often stress the importance of taking a...
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Select the Right Continuous Improvement Deployment Model | Part 3
In Part 1 of this series, I described the pros...
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From Compliance to Continuous Improvement
I live in a state that requires emissions...
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3 considerations when budgeting for your continuous improvement model
As with any other planned program or function in...
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When to Revisit Your Company's Continuous Improvement Model
Continuous improvement (CI) is a perpetual...
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Medication Errors And Adverse Drug Events Can And Must Be Prevented
“All we want to do is help our patients, but what...
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Medication Management: Providing Excellent Patient Care
The opioid crisis in America has heightened...
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Supply Storage Room Standardization
If you want your hospital to operate effectively,...
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3 Challenges that Every OpEx Leader Will Face [Challenge #3]
At EON, we’re privileged to work with OpEx...
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3 Challenges that Every OpEx Leader Will Face [Challenge #2]
At EON, we’re privileged to work with OpEx...
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3 Challenges that Every OpEx Leader Will Face [Challenge #1]
At EON, we’re privileged to work with OpEx...
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Manage Inventory As Thoughtfully As You Do Patients
Inventory management seems like a simple concept....
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The Dos & Don'ts of Designing and Deploying a Lean Assessment Model
Your company’s lean assessment model helps the...
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Does Your Lean Management System Lead to Meaningful Improvement?
There is certainly no shortage of content on...
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Opex Solutions to Improve Emergency Department Throughout
The typical emergency department (ED) is a case...
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3 Benefits Of An Operational Excellence Platform
Using the right operational excellence solution...
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How to Pick a Journey Partner for Continuous Improvement Success
The path of continuous improvement can be long...
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The Power of Leader Standard Work
You contemplate the open sky before you. Below,...
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How to “Just Get Started” with EON
Each year we hold hundreds of amazing...
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4 Characteristics of a World Class CI Management Model
At EON, the key insight that has driven the...
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Two Critical Strategy Deployment Mistakes to Avoid
We EON often stress the importance of taking a...
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Managing Continuous Improvement: Have The Right Tool For The Job
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “A craftsman...
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Select the Right Continuous Improvement Deployment Model | Part 1
This blog post is part one of a three-part...
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Identify and Mitigate the Risks with Your Production System | Part 1
This blog post is part one in a two-part series.
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How to Drive Culture-Led Continuous Improvement Implementation Efforts
The continuous improvement (CI) journey offers...
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Production Systems 101
Ever since Toyota revolutionized the world of...
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How to Choose the Right Lean Manufacturing Tools for Your Business
The Lean Enterprise Institute defines Lean as...
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Five Characteristics of a Production System
Ever since Toyota revolutionized the automobile...
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5 Fundamentals for Successful Continuous Improvement
As the name suggests, continuous improvement (CI)...
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Make Patient Safety & Quality Monitoring as Important as They Deserve
Patient safety and quality are the most...
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Optimize Referring Provider Communication to Help Improve Patient Care
Without referring providers, many healthcare...
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Powerful Influence on a Hospital’s Success
In healthcare, as in any organization, one of the...
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Operating Room Turnover…the Next Amazing Pit Stop Achievement?
What is the pacemaker in a healthcare facility?...
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Patient Room Turnover – A Balance of Speed and Quality
To some extent, the throughput of your healthcare...
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How to Measure Operational Excellence
Many organizations have started to recognize the...
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The Third Leg of the Manufacturing Stool: Continuous Improvement
When I asked one of the 2014 Industry Week Best...
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Three Tips for Applying Continuous Improvement to Process Industries
We at EON have been fortunate to work with a...
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Key Metrics to Measure the Health of Your Production System
In a previous blog post titled Production Systems...
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What is Operational Excellence and How is it Measured?
The term “operational excellence” has become...
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How to Jump Start Your Operational Excellence Today
A common challenge for many organizations is to...
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Patient Discharge is Much More than Saying “You Can Go Home Now”
If you’ve ever been a patient in a healthcare...
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Patient Placement, a Critical Element in Successful Patient Care
Ideally, a visitor to a hospital or other...
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What is Continuous Improvement and Why is it Important?
It’s a powerful force that works behind the...
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Streamlining Patient Access and Registration
When patients are sick, in pain, undergoing...
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Q&A: How To Run Effective Meetings with EON
In our webinar, How to Run Effective Meetings...
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Drive Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence
Having a motivated workforce is one of the key...
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OpEx 101: What's All the Fuss About with 5S?
Let's start with this ... Upon implementing 5S,...
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Stakeholder Management Operational Excellence Toolkit
“Hey, we’re starting the Operational Excellence...
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Leadership Scope Development
In operational excellence, and in life, setting a...
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3 Red Flags Your Company Meetings Are Inefficient
Ideally, your company meetings offer an...
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The Main Pitfall of Strategic Deployment
Sun Tzu, who lived more than 2,500 years ago, is...
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OpEx 101: Standard Work Needs to Start at the Top
Standard work involves organizing all tasks in...
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See Your Future, Set Your OpEx Vision, Follow Your Path
A vision statement sets the stage for operations...
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How to Pick the Right Metrics for Your Organization
The acronym SMART has been around for decades,...
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Choosing Operational Excellence Methodology, a Required First Step
You can’t just wake up in the morning and “do”...
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OpEx 101: One Visual Management Icon is Worth a Thousand Texts
I’ve got a job for you. Drive my car from Key...
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"Alternate Facts" in OpEx & What You Can Do About Them
Operational Excellence practitioners deal in...
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How to Get Started with OpEx Today & Stop Procrastinating
What is the most important factor in real estate?...
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Pro Tips for Educating Your Workforce in OPEX Concepts and Tools
Once you have your operational excellence vision...
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Partnerships for Success in an Operational Excellence Program
OpEx is not a black box. In reality, it’s often...
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4 Simple Steps for Setting Your Operational Excellence Vision
Futurist and author Joel A. Barker once said,...
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Four Requirements for a Sustainable Continuous Improvement Model
It seems that an ever-present concern among...
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4 Considerations When Implementing a Continuous Improvement Model
The good news is that your organization has...
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From Methods to Management: Our Perspective on the Future of OpEx
Our team recently participated in the OpEx Week...
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Governing Your Improvement: How to Ensure Execution
The world of business is changing. With a greater...
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The Great Improvement Scale: How to Set Your OpEx Scope
When we talk about “scope” in operational...
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Align Leadership Implement Your OpEx Strategy & Achieve Goals
If George Orwell looked at critical factors for...
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What do your OpEx KPIs say about you?
Your KPIs should be an indicator of who you are...
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Do OpEx Leaders Practice What They Preach?
Early data says “not really,” and that’s a...
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How to Develop Practitioners to Deliver Your OpEx Strategy
Creating an operational excellence strategy and...
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6 Steps for Planning Improvement Resources
Hurry up and wait a sec “Hey, can you go...
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5 Keys to Building a Strong Improvement Strategy
If you’re like me, the pursuit of personal...
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Can You Stay Agile as Your Company Evolves? 3 Tips for Scaling Up
Terms like organizational agility and business...
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The Power of Skills Compatibility: Lessons from Olympic Basketball
As many of you know, the U.S. Men's Olympic...
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The Truth About Accountability: How to Get More Engagement with OpEx
A common challenge that OpEx Leaders and...
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ROI Paralysis: How Your Results-Focus is Holding You Back
We at EON are privileged to have countless...
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How to Prepare Your Organization for Operational Excellence
These days, organizations are more focused than...
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How to Drive Collaboration Across Your Organization
We all know that two heads are generally better...
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Select the Right Continuous Improvement Deployment Model | Part 2
In Part 1 of this series, I described the Brute...
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