Process mapping is one of the basic quality or process improvement tools used in Lean Six Sigma. It has acquired more importance in recent times, given the complexities of processes and the need to ...

Kevin Curtis inherited a problem that had been hanging around for years. 1 Psychiatric patients in the emergency department were waiting too long for a bed at the University Neuropsychiatric Institute ...

Flowchart vs. process map, what do you choose to use? When it comes to mapping out a project, you’ve got several choices on how to visualize them. If you’ve had trouble deciding on a format for your ...

Most companies want to scale efficiently, but few truly understand the mechanics of how work gets done. That’s where business process mapping comes in. Business process mapping visually outlines how ...

As an industry, the American healthcare system falls into three groups: those that embraced Lean principles early and persevered, those that tried and failed and quit, and those that are just waking ...

Business process mapping is the strategic analysis of identifying and creating a visual depiction of the process flow of various areas of an organization. For example, the supply chain cycle is an ...

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Organizations aim to improve their processes’ efficiency and effectiveness by reducing waste, which creates a need for experts in project management frameworks and process improvement techniques such ...