Too many companies hesitate to engage employees in systematic improvement processes because they see it as a waste of time. Their obsession with keeping everyone focused on production often blinds them to the goldmine of savings sitting right under their noses.

Let's crunch some numbers. Imagine a team member suggests a tweak that saves just 30 minutes daily on a critical process. With five employees involved, each earning $25 per hour, that's $15,625 annually. Not too shabby for a single improvement.

Now, here's where many leaders stumble. They like it when people come to them with ideas, but they never invest in a true system that gives them a routine mechanism for making improvements part of everyone’s regular work. So they wind up missing a treasure trove of improvement, buried under the daily grind.

The solution? Make systematic continuous improvement part of everyone's job description. It's not about grand gestures or eureka moments. It's about fostering an environment where small, incremental changes are the norm, not the exception.

By dedicating time for improvement activities, you're not losing productivity – you're planting seeds that will yield an ongoing harvest of significant cost savings and increased output over the long haul.

Click on the link below to learn how to make improvement part of your team’s routine for driving significant bottom-line impact.

6-Week Program for Systematic Continuous Improvement

“Great is the enemy of better”

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