The Focused Improvement process is found in many asset-intensive companies. For the purpose of consistency in this white paper, we have called it Focused Improvement (FI), but it goes by many other names such as Continuous or Continual Improvement, Failure Analysis, Defect Elimination, Root Cause Analysis or Problem Solving. Each of these tends to emphasise a particular aspect of the overall process or are industry specific.
Successfully implementing and managing a focused improvement programme
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