ABSTRACT
To achieve Operational Excellence, organisations need a continuous improvement strategy that includes reactive improvement, a stable Production or Work Plan through flow logic, and pro-active improvement. Unfortunately, many organisations get so focused on pro-active improvement through their Lean, Six Sigma, TPM (Total Production Maintenance) or Operational Excellence initiatives that they lose sight of the importance of reactive improvement and having a stable Production or Work Plan (Figure 0.1). The three critical parts of a continuous improvement strategy. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429491672/7294e3f8-dc5c-43e6-aaff-4df9fcc13da3/content/fig0_1_C.tif"/>
