Process improvement

Process improvement is the activity of elevating the performance of a process, especially that of a business process with regard to its goal.

Process improvement can take the form of an improvement project, or that of a process. Such a process of continuous improvement is part of organization's management processes (as opposed to business processes and support processes).

See also:
 * reengineering
 * process management
 * benchmarking
 * theory of constraints
 * TQM
 * Six Sigma
 * ISO 9000
 * Donella Meadows' twelve leverage points to intervene in a system
 * Just In Time manufacturing
 * lean manufacturing
 * Business Process Improvement (BPI)
 * Lessons Learnt