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Operational Excellence
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Our list of the top 100 Operational Excellence of 2025 is based on sales and downloads from the Flevy Marketplace and the FlevyPro Library.

We define Operational Excellence broadly to encompass the management areas of Lean Management (e.g. Kaizen, PDCA, 5S, Hoshin Kanri, etc.), Six Sigma, Process Improvement, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, among other aspects of Operations Management. Updated bi-weekly.

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