--- title: July Roundup 2022 description: Catch up on what happened at Life QI in July. Read our newest articles about improvement methods and learn about our next improvement hero. Check it out! image: https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hubfs/July%202022%20-%2001.jpg --- # July Roundup 2022 ![Picture of Reka Toth](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hubfs/Reka%20-%2001.png) Published on 8 August 2022 at 13:29 by [Reka Toth](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/author/reka-toth) ![July Roundup 2022](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/July%202022%20-%2002.jpg?width=1332&name=July%202022%20-%2002.jpg "July Roundup 2022") ## Improvement Methods Last month we started a new series of blog articles in which we introduce the most important improvement methodologies across all industries. Methodologies that can help you and your team to evaluate the current processes in your organisation, reduce inefficiencies and increase productivity and the quality of your product or service offered.   This month we took a closer look at the Six Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM) and Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) methodologies.  You can find out more about their principles and tools, their advantages and how you can use them in your organisation.       | [![Six Sigma](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Six%20Sigma%20-%2002.jpg?width=300&name=Six%20Sigma%20-%2002.jpg)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/what-is-six-sigma)   | ## Six Sigma Six Sigma is a problem solving approach which is used to describe an ‘expected level of design margin and product quality.’ It focuses on reducing variance and eliminating defects and at its heart is the belief that in order to improve processes, you should involve people who are already doing the job. [Read more.](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/what-is-six-sigma)  | | --- | --- |        | [![Total Quality Management](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Total%20Quality%20Management%20-%2001.jpg?width=300&name=Total%20Quality%20Management%20-%2001.jpg)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/total-quality-management)   | ## Total Quality Management With a strong focus on producing quality products and services in order to fulfil customer needs, TQM is an effective system which makes the customer the heart and focus of the process and can enable genuine customer satisfaction. [Read more.](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/total-quality-management)  | | --- | --- |        | [![Kaizen (Continuous Improvement)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Kaizen%20-%2001.jpg?width=300&name=Kaizen%20-%2001.jpg)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/kaizen-continuous-improvement)   | ## Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) Find out more about Kaizen as the basis of Lean methodology, and its core focus on using quick cycles of learning – such as the PDSA (Plan, Do, Study Act) cycle. Explore the various principles and techniques involved in this continuous improvement methodology. [Read more.](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/kaizen-continuous-improvement)  | | --- | --- |        | [![Bill Smith](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bill%20Smith.jpg?width=300&name=Bill%20Smith.jpg)](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/bill-smith)   | ## Bill Smith: The Motorola Engineer who invented Six Sigma Learn more about Bill Smith, known as the ‘father of Six Sigma’. Find out more about his theories and how - having spent 35 years in quality assurance and engineering – he went on to inventing the Six Sigma method while at Motorola, a method used today in Quality Improvement. [Read more.](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/bill-smith)  | | --- | --- |        --- ## **Interesting Read**   | [![kings fund article](https://blog.lifeqisystem.com/hs-fs/hubfs/kings%20fund%20article.jpeg?width=300&name=kings%20fund%20article.jpeg)](https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2022/07/measure-success-population-health-approaches)       | ## How do you measure the success of population health approaches? In a recent article, The King's Fund discuss how to best review, refresh and refocus the measurement approaches with much more focus on population health to achieve the successful transformation of health and care. 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