· Amit Kothari
· Process Improvement
Deming's 14 points still matter for quality
W. Edwards Deming published his 14 points in 1982 as a philosophy for quality management that most organizations still get wrong despite decades of evidence.
Tallyfy Blog
-
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
Kaizen means small daily improvements that stick
Kaizen is a Japanese methodology, popularized by Masaaki Imai, for continuous improvement through small, consistent changes rather than dramatic overhauls. The Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle and structured Kaizen events make improvements stick when paired with genuine engagement across the entire organization.
- · Amit Kothari · Project Management
PMBOK guide explained for project managers
PMBOK is the global project management standard from PMI, recognized by ANSI and ISO. The 8th edition brings back about 40 processes, adds an AI appendix, and shows why process definition still matters more than tools.
- · Amit Kothari · Project Management
Five phases of the project management process
The project management process has five phases that turn ambiguous goals into finished work. PMI research shows organizations waste $1 million every 20 seconds without them, and AI only scales that chaos faster.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
Root cause analysis stops you from fixing symptoms forever
Root cause analysis, using methods from Kaoru Ishikawa and Sakichi Toyoda, digs past surface symptoms to find the one process failure behind multiple problems. One hospital traced 17 failure points back to a single process gap.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
Gemba walks and why they still beat dashboards
Gemba walks send managers to where work happens instead of relying on reports. Taiichi Ohno built this practice at Toyota because direct observation reveals process problems no dashboard ever will.
- · Amit Kothari · Workflow and BPM
Business process integration done right
Business process integration connects BPM software to other systems so workflows run end-to-end without manual handoffs. Most organizations run dozens of apps, and Tallyfy provides no-code connections to bridge the gaps.
- · Amit Kothari · Software Reviews
Task automation tools that kill grunt work
Task automation tools eliminate repetitive grunt work. FastCompany research shows happier workers are 12% more productive, and tools like Zapier, Power Automate, and Tallyfy free your team for higher-value activities.
- · Amit Kothari · HR Management
HR tools that fix the chaos of people ops
Most HR teams drown in manual tasks that should run themselves. SHRM research shows replacing one employee costs 6 to 9 months of salary. The right HR tools turn messy people operations into repeatable workflows.
- · Amit Kothari · Workflow and BPM
Workflow apps that fix how your team runs work
Most workflow apps just move tasks around. Tallyfy, LucidChart, Zapier, and Power Automate each serve different purposes across five categories: process management, automation, task management, communication, and outsourcing.
- · Amit Kothari · Project Management
Gantt charts in project management explained
A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that Henry Gantt invented around 1910 to map tasks against time. It shows what needs doing, when it starts, and how long it takes so project teams stay aligned.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
Business process transformation that works
Business process transformation means replacing broken manual workflows with technology. Learn the three tools that matter and why Ford cut staff by 75 percent.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
Practical ideas for business process improvement
Eight practical business process improvement ideas covering software adoption, Lean thinking from Taiichi Ohno, 5 Whys root cause analysis, and the Ishikawa fishbone diagram. Practical techniques from process mapping to standardization that operations teams can apply immediately to reduce waste and bottlenecks.
- · Amit Kothari · Compliance
Know your customer KYC and why it breaks without process
KYC verification, mandated by the USA Patriot Act and enforced by FinCEN, protects financial institutions from fraud and money laundering. With SAR filings surging 51.8% between 2020 and 2024, repeatable compliance processes are not optional. Process comes first, then automation.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
How the 8D method solves problems permanently
Ford Motor Company developed the eight disciplines (8D) method to solve product and process problems by identifying root causes across nine steps and preventing recurrence.
- · Amit Kothari · Workflow and BPM
9 business process modeling techniques compared
BPMN, UML, flowcharts, and data flow diagrams each serve different business process modeling needs. This guide compares nine techniques from Henry Gantt's original charts to modern Colored Petri Nets.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
How to improve business processes that work
Most organizations run the same process in 4-5 different ways. As Taiichi Ohno proved at Toyota, the fastest way to improve is to find the best variation and standardize it.
- · Amit Kothari · Project Management
6 change management models that work
Over 70% of change initiatives fail. These 6 proven change management models, including frameworks from Kotter, Lewin, and Deming, cover organization-wide transformation, bottom-up process fixes, and team buy-in.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
What is the PDCA cycle and how does it work
PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) is a four-step improvement loop from Dr. Deming. Test small changes before scaling them to cut risk while driving real process gains.
- · Amit Kothari · Software Reviews
14 best brainstorming tools for enhanced creativity
Discover 14 brainstorming tools including MindMeister, Coggle, and IdeaBoardz that boost creativity and remote collaboration for teams of any size.
- · Amit Kothari · HR Management
Brainstorming techniques that produce real ideas
Most brainstorming sessions waste time because the format is broken. Research from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology shows groups generate fewer ideas than individuals alone. These structured techniques, including brainwriting with its 71% improvement in idea generation, turn scattered thinking into action.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
As-is vs to-be process mapping for real improvement
As-is captures how a process works today. To-be maps the improved version. As Bill Gates warned, automating a broken process magnifies the inefficiency. Without both documented, process improvement is guesswork.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
How to design and run a to-be business process
A to-be business process is the future state of work after you fix what is broken. McKinsey research suggests roughly 70% of large-scale change programs do not deliver, usually due to employee resistance rather than bad ideas.
- · Amit Kothari · Process Improvement
How to map your as-is business process properly
Map your as-is business process through employee input before fixing anything. One Tallyfy case study showed a team saving $1 million after discovering 65 employees performing undocumented workflows.