Inland Empire

Business Forum: The recently formed Southern California/Arizona Region of the Council for Continuous Improvement will hold one in a series of regional forums for local businesses at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Ontario Marriott. The Ontario-based regional group, affiliated with the Council for Continuous Improvement in San Jose, was formed to accommodate a growing membership in Southern California and Arizona, according to CCI officials. The council, a national nonprofit organization, was formed in 1989 to help businesses work together on common problems and find ways to improve their operations. “One of the successes we’re already seeing in the region is that through the CCI networking and use of our training materials, some of the members have cut their training costs by sharing training resources with each other,” said Bill Nipp, regional manager for the group.