are you too busy to improve? part 1
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(We know time is precious, that's why we're keeping this short!) Join Matt Hobson-Rohrer and Master Black Belt Steve Napier of MMTC and invest 30 minutes (just 2% of your day!) to discover: How successful companies make time to improve How simulation can help you improve performance Tricks to use to get buy-in from others for your project The full recording of the session and slides from each presenter are below.TRANSCRIPT
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Agenda
Item TimeWelcome and Introduction 5 minutesFinding time and justifying 10 minutesLean Six Sigma and simulation 15 minutes
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• Welcome• Materials
– Presentations– Recording– Follow up email - links
• Questions– GoToMeeting
• Control panel• Chat
Logistics
Right Click
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• 26 years simulation• Application areas
– Manufacturing– Material Handling– Scheduling
• Education - Utah– Engineering - 1983– Business - 2005
• Social Media– LinkedIn and – Twitter - @Matt_SIMUL8
Matt Hobson-Rohrer
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• Process improvement at your firm?
Participant Polls
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It’s worth it
• Google– 20% time to work on ideas– Adsense = $50+ Billion
• Toyota– Pays overtime to work on approved projects
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As Dr. Deming put it
• “Funny how we don’t have the time to improve, but we have plenty of time to perform work inefficiently and to resolve the same problems over and over”
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Finding the Time
• Assess your activities– Value add to organization
• Get management support– Or go rogue?
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• Don’t use the word:
“Simulation”
• How about:
“Predictive Model”
Or
“Process Model”
Step 1
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Step 2
Source: “The Reeingineering Alternative” by William E. Schneider
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Goldilocks
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Step 3
• Pick an application– “Goldilocks” it – For a predictive model
• Tend toward bigger
– Test for 5 Whys• Example
– We need to build a predictive model of process “A”– Why?
» Introducing two new products next month
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Step 4
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Step 5
• Pitch to decision makers– Know your audience (hot buttons)– Tool demo or not?– Risk tolerance– Budget
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Step 6: Start a Job Search
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Steve Napier
Over 20 years of software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation Full motion flight simulator Automotive vehicle testing Hardware/software product development
Current Applications – Lean Six Sigma consulting, Process Improvement
BS/MS Engineering
Plymouth, Michigan
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Questions?
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Events
• @SIMUL8 on Twitter• SIMUL8 2014 release
– Webinar recording available – SIMUL8.com/2014
• Online forum schedule– April 23rd
• Michigan training class– April 15th - 16th, 2014
• IIE Annual Conference– May 31st – June 3rd, 2014 - Montreal
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SIMUL8 2014
• Release March 17th
• Visualization– Queues– Ribbon– Image sets
• Scheduling– Arrivals– Resources– Travel Times
• Visual Logic Updates– Updated user interface– Folders– New commands (16)