Explain how continuous improvement helps a chemical company.
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In the chemical processing industry the focus is on continuous improvement and perfection. While perfection is difficult to achieve, improvement is not. Under the continuous improvement model, each operating unit is broken into individual processes. A company can continually improve by:
• Making our processes adaptable, effective and efficient.
• Planning for the changing needs of our customers.
• Visualizing all work as a process.
• Evaluating in-process performance; control charts, scrap reduction, paper-work reduction
• Eliminating waste and rework
• Evaluating value added and non-value added work activities.
• Using statistical process control (SPC) tools and techniques
• Benchmarking
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