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Lower Costs While Increasing Profitability? Yes You Can!

Ted GarrisonNew Construction Strategies

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800-861-0874

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.tedgarrison.com/


What’s the Biggest Source of Lost Productivity?

Waste!


Amount of Waste

Waste – 57%

Value Added 10%

Support Activity 33%


10 Types of Waste

1. Defects – anything that doesn’t work

2. Waiting –Liska report says 20% of loss productivity

3. Over production – storing in warehouse or estimating errors

4. Transportation – unnecessary loading or moving materials

5. Motion – searching for stuff

6. Over processing – duplicate forms or unnecessary reports

7. Inventory – unused stuff only clutters work space

8. Untapped employee creativity – potentially the worst

9. Stress/Over burden – it just zaps our energy

10. Unevenness/variation – destroys long-term productivity


Chase Up™

How much time do you spend chasing people?

The 11th form of waste – Chase Up™!


Reliability

Which weighs heavier on a project in terms of reliability?

The reliability of people to make and keep promises?Or

The reliability of stuff?


Chase-Up™• One of my radio guests, Ed Anderson, coined the

expression – Chase-Up™! NCS Radio (www.NCS30.com) interview: www.jackstreet.com/jackstreet/WCON.AndersonE2.cfm

• He defines Chase-Up™ as “the act of checking over and over again the progress of a commitment or promise by either contacting other people, or directly inspecting the works to determine the progress.”

• Some call it: follow-up, inspecting, expediting• How much time are you wasting?• What could you do with that saved time?

http://www.ncs30.com/

http://www.jackstreet.com/jackstreet/WCON.AndersonE2.cfm


Chase-Up Syndrome™

• Day-in and day-out, what is the average % of your time spent chasing the progress of commitments made to you? ________

• What % of your time is spent being chased by others? ________

• Obviously this is so important that everyone has been formally trained on how best to chase-up. So, what are the top three best practices of Chase-Up™ taught in your class?


Chase-Up Syndrome™ • Let’s say we can reduce Chase-Up™ by 10%• If average worker earns $75,000 – that equals a

$7,500 savings per worker or increased profitability • If you have 10 people – you could eliminate one

• What are you going to do with all that extra time?• Be more productive?• Improve planning to reduce the schedule?• Improve quality?• Are you satisfied with your safety progress?


Chase-Up Syndrome™

• Cost, schedule, quality, & safety are a reflection of:

Reliability!

• Reliability to make and keep commitments, which allows

• Reliable planning and production


Chase–Up Syndrome™

• Chase-Up™ adds no value!• We can agree that some external discipline

(chasing) must be applied – but how much?

• If Chase-Up™ doesn’t guarantee lower costs, faster schedules, higher quality, improved safety, what does it guarantee?• Higher costs and we don’t even know how much

more because we don’t measure Chase-Up™!


Example• Ten slabs need to be placed first thing Friday

morning!

• Your electricians have agreed to complete all imbedded slab work by close of business Thursday!

• Electricians lied – they hid a buffer!• You lied because you asked for it sooner than you needed!• This creates inefficiency!

• Which crews would require the most Chase-Up™?

You don’t know!


Example• Compare 2 subs: one 40% reliable, the other

90%

• Which one do you chase the most?

• On a typical project, how long does it take to establish a contractor’s reliability?

• Would it be worthwhile to reduce that time to days, and to be able to measure it objectively?

• If “YES”, HOW do we measure the “Reliability of People to make and keep commitments” objectively?


Example

• We had 10 slabs to get ready

• Of those, let’s say 6 were completed 100%

• The remaining 4 were 95% complete

• Did they meet their commitment – yes or no?

• Therefore, their CRI (Commitment Reliability Index) is:

60%Is this a fair evaluation?


Example• How do we normally pay people?

• Earned value – which is measure by productivity• EV = $9,800 • [6 x $1000 x 100% = $6000] + [4 x $1000 x 95% = $3800] =

$9800

• Let’s turn things on its head and ask: • What if we paid people based on reliability first and

productivity second?

• Do you think that would change performance?• Reliability payment: $6000• [6 x $1000 x 100% = $6000] + [4 x $1000 x 0% = $0] = $6000


CRI (Commitment Reliability Index) – Case Study

Before action was taken on learning• CRI trend was slightly positive – 45% to 48%• Variance around trend line significant

Tells us we are not very reliable, but doesn’t tell us what to do!


Identify the Problem Case Study

• If someone doesn’t meet his commitment get them to define the reason in as few words as possible

• This isn’t a reprimand – it’s about identifying the problem

• Chart the problems in a histogram


Chart the Problem – Case Study

Tells us we are not very good at planning & coordination, but

doesn’t tell us what to do about the problems!

Pareto Principle indicates 20% of the issues will cause 80% of the problems!


Category Root Cause Task ID Date

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Root Cause – Case Study


Commitment Reliability Index (CRI) Case Study

CRI trend was slightly positive (45% - 48%)

Variance around trend line is sizable and trend lag on the low side (less reliable)

CRI trends very positive (49% to 84%)Variance around trend line is less than before , and trends on the high side (more reliable)


Applying the ApplicationWeekly/daily production control & commitmentsAfter getting weekly commitment – need to capture

daily actions

Monday Morning: What are you going to do this week?

Tuesday Morning: Did you do what you said you were going to do yesterday?• If not,

• Then why not in as few words as possible• Categorize (weather, planning, coordination, materials…)

• What are you going to do today?

Repeat process the rest of the week!


Review of CRI & Chase-Up™

1. Of 10 slab preparations committed to be completed:• 6 are 100% completed – 4 are 95% completed

2. CRI = Actual # completed/Total # committed to• 6/10 = 60%

3. A measure of reliability to:• Make & keep commitments• To plan & execute: “Did you do what you said you were going to do?”

4. Not a measure of productivity or production

5. What do you think is the average CRI on a non-lean project when first measured?

55%


What Are Your Thoughts or Questions?


Final Thoughts• Planning is critical for improved performance

– but without reliability it’s impossible to plan• Most people are trying to do their job - so

help them to remove the obstacles to doing their job

• Get rid of or avoid those that don’t want to fix the reliability issues

• This is something you can implement immediately and get immediate results

• So what’s stopping you?


Lower Costs While Increasing Profitability? Yes You Can!

Ted GarrisonNew Construction Strategies

[email protected]

800-861-0874

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.tedgarrison.com/

lower costs while increasing profitability? yes you can!

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expression chase

reliability of people

form of waste chase

reliability of stuff

dont measure chase

best practices of chase

safety progress

extra time