checking progress on your lean journey
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Tim McMahon and Jeff Hajek discuss how to evaluate your Lean progress, and what you can do if you seem to be falling short. They will cover leadership, training systems, Lean tools, culture, infrastructure, and more.TRANSCRIPT
Checking Progress On Your Lean Journey
Presented byJeff Hajek
Gotta Go LeanTim McMahonA Lean Journey
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Are We There Yet?
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Here There
The Big Picture
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Lean (Process) Metrics• Productivity• Lead time• Quality• Inventory turns• % “A/B” Parts on kanban• Response time for andons• Floor space• Ergonomics
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BProcess Focused
Metrics
Lean Training & Participation
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• % of team receiving Lean training• # of kaizen events• % of team in kaizen within year• # of black belts
Participation doesn’t equal results!
If you don’t participate, you definitely won’t get
results!
Leadership
• Is there a clear vision / strategy?• Is there policy deployment (hoshin kanri)?• Do leaders visit gemba (work areas) or live
there?• Is there a daily management system?• Is there leader standard work?
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Bottom Line:Are leaders
“Walking the Talk”?
Kaizen Measurement
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Follow-up provides HUGE “Tell” about commitment
Culture
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• Responses to problems / openness
• ‘Kata’ behaviors• Degree of cross-training• Mentoring• Resource sharing• Turnover• Staffed for project time
Infrastructures
• Workshops• Meeting rooms• Tools / equipment / materials• Training materials
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Do teams have the right tools for the job?
Conclusion
• Regular audits / assessment– Track progress!– Countermeasure problems
• Must have a course charted to do an assessment
– Have to know where you are supposed to be– Don’t waste time with starting point until you
know what the end point is.
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Follow-up Information
http://www.ALeanJourney.com
http://www.facebook.com/ALeanJourney
@TimALeanJourney
A Lean Journey LinkedIn Group
• http://www.GottaGoLean.com
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Form Library: Policy Deployment Matrix
Questions
Jeff [email protected]
www.GottaGoLean.com1.800.670.5805
Tim [email protected]://linkedin.com/in/timothyfmcmahon860-HOW-LEAN (469-5326)
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