Optima’s Continuous Improvement Alliance is pleased to welcome Laforce Inc., Bryant Products, Inc., Kohler, Leer Inc., Harley-Davidson Corporation, Grande Cheese Company and Plastics Ingenuity into the Alliance. The Alliance connects Lean and CI […]
Archives for June 2017
Lean Leadership Development Model
By Steve Hirt, Founder/President Optima Associates, Inc
In today’s highly competitive business environment, driving operational excellence and using it as a strategic advantage continues to gain traction. Top performing companies all over the world are aggressively pursuing […]
What’s so special about 5S?
By Matt Lemke
The 5S process is just about cleaning up and getting things neat and orderly, right? So, what’s so special about that? How can something so simple have a large effect […]
Creating a Continuous Improvement Culture
By Dave Lange, Optima Associates, Inc.
Current Condition Regardless of your current situation, whether your management team doubts the need for CI efforts or its credibility suffers due to ineffective CI efforts in the past, success […]
