Below is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of our recently published book, Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management Many hospitals have deployed Lean and/or Six Sigma successfully. As their Lean Six Sigma deployments reach maturity, they have the opportunity to take their performance improvements to new heights by [...]

Constraints Management A Force Multiplier for Healthcare Performance Improvement Join this dynamic webinar by registering here. When a hospital is presented with major regulatory changes that can impact revenues and margins, a robust performance improvement program must be part of the solution. However, not all programs are created equal. Take a look at an example [...]

Bob’s presentations on integrating Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma are available for download here: http://focusandleverage.blogspot.com/ Presentation 1:  The Importance of Knowing Where to Hammer This presentation will be a discussion of systems and interconnectedness, the shortcomings of local improvement or improving in isolation from a business context.  The unintended consequences of local improvement [...]

Below is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of our recently published book, Performance Improvement for Healthcare: Leading Change with Lean, Six Sigma, and Constraints Management “In healthcare quality improvement, systems and processes are not synonymous, but they are interrelated. Within the scope of a process, there can be defined a system of interrelated components and [...]

‘Epiphanized’ by Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson quickly landed on Amazon’s Best Sellers List as national executives and managers search for professional guidance on how to survive and operate a profitable business in a tumultuous economy.

Mike Hannan interviews Bob Sproull of NOVACES an author, executive and business turnaround expert, about his recently released book “Epiphanized: Integrating Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma” – and Bob talks about his own epiphany early on in his career! WATCH THE VIDEO >> Written as a business novel, Epiphanized is an attention-grabbing and [...]

Bob Sproull, an author, executive and business turnaround expert, to present at the 2012 Continuous Process Improvement Symposium based on his recently released book “Epiphanized: Integrating Theory of Constraints, Lean and Six Sigma.” Sproull’s presentation will include a case study of an initiative to improve aircraft availability and mission readiness using the strategy he advocates [...]

If you’re like many people who have gone through a full-fledged Constraints Management Jonah training session to learn Theory of Constraints (TOC) Thinking Processes (TP), you may have come away feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the countless possible applications of all the tools in the suite.  Freshly minted Jonahs shouldn’t feel dissuaded if they don’t quite [...]

We’ve finally reached the last installment of Twelve Days of Constraints Management. A little late for the holidays but the website is back up and running and we now know what the security issue was with our site. A website virus will never stop us from getting the word out about the tremendous results that [...]

Wondering why we didn’t finish this series before Christmas? A website hacker infected our website with a virus! Reminds me of the isixsigma.com hacker who destroyed Michael Cyger’s great work and caused months of downtime. Luckily, we were able to restore the website within about a week through an archive system. We also strengthened the [...]