Continuous Process Improvement (CPI) is a strategic approach for developing a culture of continuous improvement in the areas of reliability, process cycle times, costs in terms of less total resource ...

The world is in a hyper-state of change. Industries are being disrupted and then disrupted again by a spectrum of influences from brilliant innovation to exogenous events that affect global economic ...

Retailers and brands today face a double-edged sword. On one side, omni-channel retailing and proliferating customer touch points provide more opportunities than ever to engage with and sell to ...

In a world of radical volatility, CFOs have the opportunity to overcome stale and rigid processes by partnering differently with their organizations to develop crowdsourced and continuous business ...

Getting finance transformation right is no easy task - and continuous planning is a high bar indeed. But as my review of FPM use cases shows, there are plenty of good reasons to move ahead, and plenty ...

Many organizations still view strategic planning as a linear process, one with a defined start and end. First, you plan. Then you execute. Right? Once your annual plan is decidedly complete, you move ...

This article overviews some of the benefits and methods of state-based control as it applies to the models defined by the ISA106, Procedure Automation for Continuous Process Operations standards ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover logistics and supply chain management. Procter & Gamble (P&G), the global consumer goods powerhouse, is known to have one ...

The business planning process is designed to answer two questions: Where are we now? Where do we want to go? The result of this process is a business plan that serves as a guide for management to run ...

Anything that you do well is worth doing better over time. The term "continuous improvement" describes a process practiced by quality engineers but it speaks to something that every conscientious ...