Process Improvement blog posts

Here are some of the variables that USC Consulting Group addresses when reinvigorating internal improvement groups.Read More

A large portion of the U.S. population has come to recognize the healing power of food.Read More

USC Consulting Group, a global operations management consulting firm, achieves 50 years of empowering performance.  But, what exactly does that mean?  View our latest infographic to find out… (click to enlarge) To learn more …Read More

The reliance on OEE has generated industrywide misconceptions surrounding the KPI, leading many manufacturers to operate with skewed views of the venerated performance standard.Read More

Industry innovators and researchers have pinpointed several operational avenues that can provide data capable of driving continuous change and bolstering the bottom line. Here are some of the KPIs associated with these shop floor …Read More

What sort of impact might the recent aluminum and steel tariffs have on U.S. industry?Read More

Of the more than 62,000 employees working in American mines, over half staff maintenance departments, according to data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. This operational distribution has developed …Read More

People often talk about continuous improvement using nebulous terms, one of which is culture. To succeed, experts say, businesses must create a “culture” of continuous improvement. But culture is not usually something …Read More

Is successful continuous improvement a top-down or bottom-up initiative? Ask lean manufacturing experts and they’re likely to equivocate. It’s not really one or the other in all cases. It’s both and neither at the …Read More

The U.S. food and beverage industry will have a lot to chew on in 2017, but some challenges may be harder to swallow than others. Rise of the meal kit For families everywhere, the all-in-one complete meal in a box delivered to your doorstep …Read More