ABSTRACT
Continuous improvement fundamental explains ‘how to guide' primarily aimed at people who work within processing industries such as food and drink, consumer-packaged goods, ingredients, packaging and pharmaceuticals. Continuous improvement is a vast subject with many takes on principles, approaches and tools. It is about how all the fundamentals of these areas fit together and, as such, covers only some of them. Continuous improvement is fascinating as there is always something new to learn on the journey. Sometimes people who undertake continuous improvement have a job title that includes one of the following terms: ‘operational excellence,' ‘business improvement,' ‘black belt,' ‘transformation,' ‘scrum,' ‘agile,' etc.
