Continual vs step change improvement process

Answer:

The process of continuous improvement is a kind of incremental process, each improvement is a small breakthrough built on what previously existed. It works well when the outside world does not change greatly. When the outside world changes rapidly, or when an organization has been without incremental improvements for a long time, and therefore has become very out of phase with external reality, incremental improvement is no longer enough. It is in these situations that a step change improvement process is required, other name for step change improvement process is, for example, reengineering. With a step change improvement process the improvement is not based on what previously existed.

The following material will provide you information about improvement:

ISO 9001 – Plan-Do-Check-Act in the ISO 9001 Standard - https://advisera.com/9001academy/knowledgebase/plan-do-check-act-in-the-iso-9001-standard/
ISO 9001 - Seven Steps for Corrective and Preventive Actions to support Continual Improvement - https://advisera.com/9001academy/blog/2013/10/27/seven-steps-corrective-preventive-actions-support-continual-improvement/
Corrective actions vs. continual improvement in AS9100 - https://advisera.com/9100academy/knowledgebase/corrective-actions-vs-continual-improvement-in-as9100/
free online training ISO 9001:2015 Foundations Course – https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-foundations-course/
book - Discover ISO 9001:2015 Through Practical Examples - https://advisera.com/books/discover-iso-9001-2015-through-practical-examples/