In Streamlined Process Improvement (McGraw-Hill, 2011), H. James Harrington has optimized his well-known Business Process Improvement methodology so that it generates faster, major improvement in key processes of your operations. This book is about process redesign and focuses on doing the right things at the right time.

The processes that you select to improve should provide you with the best-value future-state solution, which may not be represented in today’s best practices, says Harrington. New approaches, such as simulation modeling, risk analysis, Five Ss, and process variation have been applied to the PASIC methodology, which have realigned its subprocesses with today’s business world. Harrington explains how these approaches are used in the five phases of PASIC, which include:
• Planning for improvement
• Analyzing the process
• Streamlining the process
• Implementing the new process
• Continuous improvement

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