Integrated Enterprise Excellence

An Enterprise Performance Management Framework should help an organization create predictability, clarity, accountability, and sustainable financial success. Yet in most companies today, the “framework” consists of a loose collection of dashboards, siloed KPIs, subjective red-yellow-green charts, and improvement projects that rarely translate into meaningful, lasting enterprise-level impact. These organizations work hard, but do not consistently […]

About Smarter Solutions FAQ What does Smarter Solutions do? We help organizations improve performance using the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) system, Lean Six Sigma, and AI‑powered analytics. What industries do you work with? Manufacturing, healthcare, government, finance, services—any organization seeking measurable, sustainable performance gains. Who founded Smarter Solutions? Forrest W. Breyfogle III founded Smarter Solutions

Enterprise architecture best practices are essential for organizations striving to connect strategy, process, and performance. However, many enterprises continue to operate in silos, relying on outdated scorecards and reactive problem-solving. The result? Wasted resources, misaligned goals, and inconsistent financial outcomes. Smarter Solutions’ Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) methodology introduces a breakthrough approach to enterprise architecture—one that

Edwards Deming is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern management science. His philosophy, often summarized in the ‘System of Profound Knowledge,’ laid the foundation for quality improvement, process thinking, and organizational transformation across the globe. Implementing Edwards Deming Theory in today’s complex and digital-driven environment requires not only understanding his

A systems thinking framework is essential for organizations seeking sustainable success in today’s interconnected and rapidly changing environment. Too often, companies struggle because they focus on isolated improvements rather than addressing the system as a whole. This fragmented approach leads to wasted resources, siloed initiatives, and disappointing results. The Smarter Solutions Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE)

Total quality management is a widely known approach to long-term success through customer satisfaction, yet many organizations today still struggle to realize its promised benefits. Why? Because traditional total quality management efforts often fall short in addressing the real performance challenges modern businesses face. In this article, we present a new perspective—Total Quality Management 2.0—which

A modern digital transformation framework is more than just adopting new technology. It’s a strategic overhaul that must align systems, people, processes, and metrics to solve real business problems. Digital transformation efforts often fail because they overlook this critical integration. That’s where Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) comes in. This page introduces a Digital Transformation Framework

A quality management system (QMS) is crucial for organizations seeking to consistently meet customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and internal performance objectives. However, in today’s competitive and dynamic environment, traditional Quality Management System (QMS) implementations often fall short of expectations. Organizations are finding that what once worked—compliance checklists, isolated audits, and reactive problem-solving—is no longer sufficient