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Drive Quality Improvement with Standard Work Software

Kainexus

In today’s hyper-competitive and rapidly changing environment, organizations must find innovative ways to improve quality, reduce waste, and get products to market quickly and efficiently. One of the most popular techniques is Standard work.

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The Principles and Implementation of Lean Improvement

Kainexus

To succeed in today's hyper-competitive environment, organizations must strive to improve continuously. But, because that's easier said than done, forward-thinking business leaders have developed several structured improvement methodologies over the years.

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When Building a Culture For Innovation, Form Follows Function

Cris Beswick

While Sullivan’s original theory spoke to the world of physical construction, the universal truth it captured quickly transcended that initial domain. Decades later, the form-follows-function paradigm became deeply embedded across industrial design, software development, and systems engineering disciplines.

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Answering 3 Key Automotive Industry 4.0 Questions

Planview

To stay competitive and boost sales, a growing number of automakers are prioritizing Connected, Autonomous, Shared, and Electric (CASE). But for companies with the right tools and forethought, these challenges are chances to create a competitive advantage. But today, exception is now an expectation.

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Bringing User Centered Design to the Agile Environment

Boxes and Arrows

As such, it is a coping mechanism for a client’s shifting requirements during development as they begin to articulate what they want. To quote the Agile Manifesto’s principles “Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage.

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3 Types of Business Transformation for Surviving Rapid Change

Planview

Agile transformation reaches beyond Agile software development practices to include transitioning an entire organization to nimble practices and mindsets. It’s not just about adding agile software; it’s changing the mindset, creating cross-functional teams (and teams of teams), and continuously improving processes and workflows.

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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

mjvinnovation

The Design Management Institute researched the size of companies’ competitive edge that they called design-centered – but you can see it there as design-driven, user-centric, or “user focus.” The rise of digital has brought new guidelines for software development. This is crucial.