Continuous Improvement
(120.013)

The objectives for this session are listed below. Class may be taken separately or as part of the Certificate of Supervision.

OBJECTIVES:

  • Continuous Improvement:  A Little Background

  • Cultural Differences Affecting Adoption of Continuous Improvement

  • Continuous Improvement Realities

  • Six Sequential Steps to Quality Planning

  • Readiness Quiz

  • A Continuous Improvement Program is Destined for Failure If

  • Key Principles of Continuous Improvement

  • What the Key Principles Mean

  • Focusing on the Moving Customer

  • Key Messages for Supervisors

  • Measure, Measure, Measure

  • How to Measure Quality so You Can Improve It

  • Eight Statistical Tools

  • Obstacles to Change

  • What IS Quality?

  • Continuous Improvement Methods

  • The Theory of Constraints

  • The Role of Benchmarking

  • Insights and Applications