In 1993, alumni from the world's largest, best-known management consulting firms joined forces to focus exclusively on solving the problems that cause most process improvement initiatives to fail. They adopted a unique approach. Most consultants enter the business seeking intellectual stimulation, so every project starts with a clean sheet of paper. The Lab's founders launched with a different goal: Create an approach using research into what has worked at real companies. Then capture this research in a database that can be applied immediately to other companies with minor modification. The Lab has catalogued operations at more than 75% of the Fortune 500 companies. Over 10,000 improvements have been documented through contact with 150,000+ employees from hourly workers to C-Suite executives.