What is Business Process Improvement (BPI)?

What is Business Process Improvement (BPI)?

BPI leads to quality improvements, service enhancements, cost reductions, and productivity increases of a business activity or process.
Many companies embark on a BPI program in an effort to improve their operational performance and drive competitive advantage in the marketplace.

How many times you have faced problems due to customers rejecting your product/service because of defects or faulty specifications? Would you not have wished your processes to run at 100% perfection? 100% perfection might seem to be too ideal to achieve in the real world but 99.9996% is possible.

Business Process Improvement Service Overview
Our approach to Business Process Improvement delivers business value by creating a sustainable framework for improvement while establishing momentum for process excellence across the enterprise.
While often associated exclusively with Six Sigma, Novature Business leverages DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) as the underlying business process improvement methodology. DMAIC is a proven, data-driven methodology. It can be scaled according to the scope and depth of your process improvement program.

Lean Overview
Lean is fundamentally about increasing customer value in an organization with proper respect for people, and is a philosophy for managing a business. It is more than just a collection of tools, techniques and projects. Lean thinking should become what you do and not just something else you do.

Six Sigma Overview
Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality output of a process. This methodology focuses on identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in processes to drive improvement.
Six Sigma drives improvements by managing variation and reducing defects within a processes. All processes can be defined, measured, analyzed, improved and controlled to drive repeatable and predictable performance.
Six Sigma involves developing a group people within the organization who are experts in quality management methods utilizing empirical, statistical techniques.

Each Six Sigma project follows a defined sequence of steps and has expertized value targets including:
• Reduce process cycle time
• Increase customer satisfaction
• Reduce pollution, reduce costs
• Increase profits
A Six Sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of all opportunities to produce are statistically expected to be free of defects.

BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT DISCIPLINES

While each discipline (Lean, Six Sigma, Rapid Improvement) can stand alone, they can also work well together. Along with DMAIC, we’ll employ the BPI discipline or a combination of disciplines that will work best for you.

Lean
Definition
A customer-Novature Business methodology used to continuously improve processes through the elimination of waste.
Philosophy
Maximize customer value while minimizing waste and non-value added activities

Six Sigma
Definition
Drive improvements by managing variation and reducing defects within a process.
Philosophy
All processes can be defined, measured, analyzed, improved and controlled to drive repeatable and predictable performance.

Rapid Improvement
Definition
Streamlined rapid improvement framework such as Kaisen or Just-Do-It designed to be action oriented and address readily apparent issues.
Philosophy
Simple tactical focus to fix known problems with obvious quick fixes that are easy to implement.

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