Continuous process improvement
Continuous process improvement (CPI) is the ongoing practice of improving processes over time, rather than treating improvement as a single project with a start and end date.
Instead of a big annual overhaul, teams regularly review how work is done and make small, frequent adjustments – the kind of habit that methods like Kaizen and Six Sigma are built to support. The advantage over a one-off project is compounding: a 2% improvement every month adds up to far more than one 20% push followed by years of drift back to old habits.
It works best when reviewing the process is built into someone’s job, rather than left as an occasional initiative that competes with daily work for attention.
See the case for continuous improvement over one-off pushes.