Meyer Tool & Manufacturing doesn't rely on one big breakthrough to improve its business.

The precision manufacturer has built a system that makes continuous improvement part of the way people work. Teams meet regularly around huddle boards twice a week, track performance, identify problems and generate ideas for making things better. Managers and frontline teams conduct daily Gemba walks to identify opportunities to eliminate waste and add value.

The results have been impressive: $500,000 in new sales, $5.1 million in retained sales, $50,000 in cost savings, five new jobs created. What’s more, no value-added employee has left the company in more than two years. The company is also adding new OEM customers every quarter while increasing its quote and win rates.

What really caught my attention, though, was how company president, Eileen Cunningham, describes what's driving their success: "The little wins each and every day have built our momentum into the best year we've ever had."

That’s a perfect description of Systematic Continuous Improvement (SCI) in one sentence.

Too often, companies look for the big idea, the breakthrough that will dramatically improve performance. Meanwhile, dozens of smaller opportunities are sitting right in front of the people doing the work every day.

The other key to Meyer’s success is the routine they’ve created with improvement processes they’ve established for capturing and acting on those opportunities.

One improvement won’t change your business. But one improvement followed by another and another is how little wins add up and build the momentum that produces big-time business success.

If you want to build momentum for continuous improvement with your team …Let’s talk.

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