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 HajekInfo@Velaction.com

www.GottaGoLean.com1.800.670.5805

Tim McMahonTim@ALeanJourney.comhttp://linkedin.com/in/timothyfmcmahon860-HOW-LEAN (469-5326)

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