article thumbnail

Supply Chain Innovation: Building Efficient and Resilient Organizations

Viima

An Accenture report showed that immediately after the COVID-19 outbreak, 71% of organizations didn’t have a backup plan for their business operations and a Gartner study reports that merely 17% of companies have supply chains that are actually prepared to handle disruptive events. But, going extreme in either direction isn’t the answer.

article thumbnail

Quality As A Business Strategy To Address National Healthcare Crisis

Chief Executive

Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports that millions of Medicare patients yearly experience adverse and temporary harm events as a result of medical care or in a healthcare setting. For nearly a quarter of these patients, the events resulted in additional costs to Medicare.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Your Actionable Guide For Remote Onboarding in 2023 (Includes Free Checklist)

AIHR

Invite to social events: Help new employees familiarize themselves with the team and company culture by inviting them to virtual social events. Invite to professional events: If there are relevant industry events happening during the pre-boarding period, consider inviting the new hire to participate.

article thumbnail

Employee Recognition Badges for Digital Recognition: Ideas & Examples

Vantage Circle

Innovation Badges: Given for introducing creative solutions, innovative ideas, or contributions to process improvement. Event-Based Badges: Commemorate special occasions and company milestones with badges tailored to specific events, enhancing the sense of belonging and pride among employees.

article thumbnail

6 Challenges to Business Process Optimization

Walk Me

For instance, since employees use digital tools on a day-to-day basis, business processes can be analyzed through event logs. That information, in turn, can be integrated with other business process optimization tools such as business process maps. Overreliance on a process improvement methodology.

Metrics 52
article thumbnail

Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). But some companies realize they need to go beyond making episodic improvements.

article thumbnail

New Ways to Collaborate for Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

In a two-part event, employees in WorldJam 2004 first brainstormed solutions to increase growth and innovation, resulting in 191 pragmatic ideas. The biggest process improvements are therefore often those that transcend an organization's boundaries — beyond the "four walls," if you will.