Abstract: Implementations are directed to a Prime Value Chain (PVC) Analyzer that identifies critical value chains and causes of systemic issues that traverse functions, all related to strategic outcomes clients are looking to drive. Methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations comprising obtaining data from a plurality of differing enterprise data sources; formatting the data to generate an integrated model having a hierarchy of activity levels related to enterprise operations; defining a critical path across each activity level of the hierarchy of activity levels, the critical path linking a subset of the activities; identifying a change to the integrated model that adjusts a parameter of one of the activities linked by the critical path; and in response to the adjusted parameter, updating a value of one or more metrics of the enterprise operations that is related to the critical path.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for improving business processes. In one aspect, a method includes defining, for a workstation, a metric that is a function of multiple process variables, providing, to a Lean practitioner candidate, information that suffices to allow the Lean practitioner candidate to determine outcomes of independently applying a same, pre-defined amount of Lean Six Sigma-related change to each of two or more of the process variables, and obtaining information that specifies the outcomes from the Lean practitioner candidate.