Process optimization refers to systematic methods for analyzing and improving workflows to increase efficiency, quality, and throughput. It includes measurement, bottleneck identification, intervention design, and iterative evaluation. Applied across operations, product development, and organizational change, it balances short-term gains with sustainable pro…
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Process optimization deliberately improves a recurring workflow using explicit goals, observations, and measures.
The discipline grew from quality management, work science, and operations management. Lean and Six Sigma helped make systematic root-cause analysis and continuous improvement practical across industries.
Treat a process as a measurement loop: make the flow visible, measure performance and defects, investigate a constraint or cause, test a change, and measure its effect again.
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