CPI: Continuous Progress through Process Improvement CPI uses four very important principles. - Lean - Six Sigma - Theory of Constraints - Training within Industry When all four are used together, you can see the difference!!!

1. Integrating a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Training Within Industry
Job Instruction
Job Methods
(Know How)
 Develop Standard
 Train Each Person
(Better Way)
 Question Every Detail
 Improve Standard
Job Relations (Confidence to Proceed)
CPI
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Encourage Innovation
Solve People Problems
Continuous
Theory of
Constraints
Process Improvement
Six Sigma
Reducing Process
Variation
Constraint Mitigation
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Identify the Constraint
Exploit the Constraint
Subordinate to the Constraint
Elevate the System’s Constraint
Repeat Step 1, the Constraint
has probably moved
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Consistent Repeatable Processes
Process Design / Redesign
Defect Prevention
Statistical Analysis
Voice of the Customer
Charles S. Logan