process constraints vs bottlenecks

Not All Constraints Are Bottlenecks! Understanding Your System’s Limiting Factors

From delivery challenges to operational or cultural transformation, organizational roadblocks can be found everywhere. Knowing how you generate value is essential, but finding what’s preventing delivery is key to enabling lasting improvements and greater efficiency. In this line of thought, constraints, and bottlenecks are the main limiting factors of every process. Having said that, reading […]

why companies use Kanban

Top Reasons Why Companies Use Kanban in 2023 [Infographic Included]

Kanban started as a scheduling system developed by Taiichi Ohno that revolutionized the automotive industry and was the foundation of the Toyota Production System. The term Kanban nowadays refers to the Kanban method for knowledge work application, which gained traction at the beginning of the 21st century. The approach gained massive popularity across the software sector, […]

value-added vs non-value added activities

Necessary Waste: Are All Non-Value-Added Activities Redundant? 

“Value is only valuable if someone values your value.” As business agility expert Nigel Thurlow has simply put it, identifying value through your customers’ perspective is critical to success. Thus, Lean is developed to deliver unquestionable value to the customer at the right time. To help you with that, the methodology focuses on identifying value-adding […]

kanbanize contributes to a bavarian innovation award for schlenk

Supporting Innovation in the Chemical Industry: The Role of Kanbanize in Schlenk’s Success 

How do you measure success at your company?   Based on what you do, there might be a lot of different factors that define success for your company.   But I want to tell you one of the ways we measure success in Kanbanize. It’s simple: we celebrate success when our customers succeed through innovation.   At the […]

how to make kanban board

How to Make a Kanban Board in 6 Steps?

Today, 77% of Agilists use Kanban boards. I’ll say it again. Seventy-seven percent of those who conduct Agile projects use a Kanban board, according to the most authoritative study on Agile. This staggering percentage speaks for itself – followers of Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, and any other Agile method or framework will vouch for the benefits […]

digital transformation in pharmaceutical companies

Winning the Digital Race in Pharma. How is Digital Transformation Reshaping the Industry? 

It comes as no surprise that as we live in the digital era, more and more companies are looking to initiate digital transformation programs. In fact, studies show that by 2026 digital transformation spending is projected to reach 3.4 trillion dollars.   But there is one recent trend which we believe grabs the attention of many, […]

what is workflow efficiency

Improving Workflow Efficiency: The Key to an Effective Process

Would you consider customer experience the most important indicator of strategic performance for your organization? More than 45% of organizations do. Indeed, a healthy relationship with your customers is among the critical traits of successful, growing, and sustainable businesses. Understanding, tracking, and improving your workflow efficiency is important to ensure your customers are satisfied with […]