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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