Abstract

Some may think that when improvements are in place, the work is done. There is, therefore, no need to pay significant attention to maintaining these improvements. Often, such  thinking leads to a minimal control plan developed quickly and with little thought. Black Belts (BB) may be anxious to move on to the next challenge, for example, now that the heavy lifting has been accomplished. Unfortunately, the second law of thermodynamics tells us that processes left alone tend to deteriorate into chaos.