The New Skills Needed for Process Improvement in Industry 5.0
For years, process improvement was associated with a familiar toolkit: process mapping, root cause analysis, Lean, Six Sigma, standard work, KPI boards, and continuous improvement workshops. Those skills still matter.…
Do the tools of ‘Lean Thinking’ need to revise for today’s business environment
Lean’s core principles still fit today’s business environment, but many of its classic tools need reinterpretation, augmentation, and (in some cases) replacement to stay relevant in a digital, knowledge‑intensive world.…
How Digital Transformation Has Changed Six Sigma in Pharma and Medical Devices
Six Sigma was born in an era where most defects were tangible: contamination events, yield loss, rework, scrap, downtime, or out-of-spec results. In pharma and medical devices, those issues still…
Smart CAPA: a practical way to stop repeating deviations (without building a monster system)
Most CAPA systems aren’t broken because people don’t care. They fail because they quietly reward the wrong behaviour: close it fast, document it well, move on. The result is “CAPA…
Why Digital Transformation Fails for the Same Reasons Operational Excellence Often Fails
If you’ve worked through a Lean rollout, a Six Sigma deployment, an ERP implementation, a MES upgrade, or a shiny new “AI-enabled” initiative, you’ve probably felt an uncomfortable déjà vu:…