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Continuous Improvement Development Guide, PHASE 7: World Class Performance

Some elite companies pass from a strong continuous improvement culture to one that drives world class performance. These top tier companies continually stay ahead of the competition, and regularly make game-changing breakthroughs.

This final phase of the continuous improvement model is an extremely interesting one. It does not have a lot of supporting sections, as there are not many specific things that separate a good or great company from a world class one. That just means that you can’t just add new ingredients like A3 reports to the mix and become world class. Rather, world class companies come into being because to their ability to do all the little things extremely well.

Continuous Improvement Development Guide, PHASE 6: Keeping Momentum

Even though this endeavor you have been working on to build a continuous improvement culture is commonly called a “Lean journey”, the name is not entirely accurate. A journey implies an end. It is more like an adventure or an exploration. Regardless of what you call it, though, if you are successful at it you will eventually uncover the great paradox of creating a business management system that drives a continuous improvement culture. By definition, you can never finish building your system. Because it is so focused on continuous improvement, the structure will not just uncover opportunities with your production and support processes. It will identify ways to improve itself.