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James P Womack Ph DJames P. Womack, Ph.D.- founder and chairman of the LeanEnterprise Institute, a nonprofit training,publishing, and research organizationfounded in 1997 to help companies createvalue and eliminate waste.
Co-author of:•The Machine That Changed the World (Macmillan/RawsonThe Machine That Changed the World (Macmillan/Rawson Associates, 1990)•Lean Thinking (Simon & Schuster, 1996)•Seeing The Whole: mapping the extended value stream (LeanSeeing The Whole: mapping the extended value stream (Lean Enterprise Institute, 2001)•Lean Solutions (Simon & Schuster, 2005)
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Progression of Lean at LEIPrinciples
ToolsTools
Management
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PrinciplesValue, value stream, flow, pull & perfection.
Now shortened to:Now shortened to:
Purpose, process, people.
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ToolsCellular layouts
Materials and information flowMaterials and information flow
Leveled pull
V l t i (VSM)Value stream mapping (VSM)
Value stream mapping across organizations
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ManagementManagementHigh level: Agreement on organizational
th h t t d l tpurpose, through strategy deployment.Mid-level: Problem solving, proposal evaluation
& deployment with A3 analysis& deployment, with A3 analysis.Lower level: Standardized work, by means of
standard management & kaizenstandard management & kaizen.Answering the questions:
What do managers do?How are new managers created?
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Today’s Challenge forToday s Challenge for Lean ManagementFully understanding A3:
A tool for solving problems, evaluatingA tool for solving problems, evaluating proposals & implementimg.
Answering the question: What do managersAnswering the question: What do managers do?
A way to create new lean managers throughA way to create new lean managers, through gemba learning by solving problems.
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Our Sensei for This Challenge
John Shook Lean Transformations GroupLEI Senior Advisor
Hired by Toyota in 1983 to help manage the transfer of the Toyota management system across the world.
Taught to be a lean manager by preparing A3s as a deshi in Toyota City.
C th f L i t S (VSM)Co-author of Learning to See (VSM).
Now placing VSM in a management context in his new book Managing to Learn.book Managing to Learn.
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A question I often hear…
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A question I often hear…
“John, I can’t get my people to do this. How can I get my people to do this…?”
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A question I ask in response…
How do you want to manage?
How do you want to manage?
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Wh t i A3?What is an A3?
“A3” is just a paper size (international 11 x 17)
A3 planning began in the 60s as the QualityA3 planning began in the 60s as the Quality Circle problem-solving format.
At Toyota it evolved to become the standardAt Toyota, it evolved to become the standard format for problem-solving, proposals, plans, and status reviews.
What is important is not the format, but the process and thinking behind it.p ocess a d g be d
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The A3 Process• lays out entire plans or reports, large or small,
on one sheet of paper
• should tell a story, laid out from upper left-hand side to lower right, which anyone can understand
• must be visual and extremely concisey
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The A3 Process• makes it easier for you
• to understand others and
• to persuade others
• fosters dialogue within the organization
• encourages front-line initiative
• develops thinking problem solvers• develops thinking problem-solvers
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The A3 Process• encourages P-D-C-A
• clarifies the link between true problems, rootclarifies the link between true problems, root causes and countermeasures
• forces “5S of information”forces 5S of information
• serves as an organizational learning tool
• leads to effective countermeasures based on facts
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The A3 Process in summaryThe A3 Process in summary
• structures effective and efficient dialogue • enabling mentoring, fact-based problem-identification and moreenabling mentoring, fact based problem identification and more
• that fosters understanding leading to agreement • enabling problem-solving, decision-making, execution and more g p g, g,
• through developing people and engaging them to accept responsibility and take initiative
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The A3 process to develop people
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The A3 process to develop people• It is more important to provide the right
question than the right answer
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The A3 process to develop people• It is more important to provide the right
question than the right answer
• The A3 Process provides a standard structure to ask good questions
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The Deshi’s first A3 – jumping to a solution
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Don’t get ahead of yourself
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What is the problem?
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The Deshi’s Problem
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The Deshi’s Authorized A3
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“Pull-based Authority”
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Back to the first question
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Back to the first question“John, I can’t get my people to do this.
How can I get my people to do this…?”
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Back to the first question“John, I can’t get my people to do this.
How can I get my people to do this…?”
First you must do this It starts withFirst, you must do this. It starts with you.
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Back to my question
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Back to my questionHow do you want to manage?
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Back to my questionHow do you want to manage?
Do you want to manage your people to
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Back to my questionHow do you want to manage?
Do you want to manage your people to
• Solve problems?p
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Back to my questionHow do you want to manage?
Do you want to manage your people to
• Solve problems?p
• Gain agreement?
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Back to my questionHow do you want to manage?
Do you want to manage your people to
• Solve problems?p
• Gain agreement?
B bl t l d d t th l ?• Be able to lead and mentor other people?• through asking good questions that focus on real problems?
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How do you want to manage?If you wish to manage in a way that that develops people to solve problems, accept responsibility and take initiative while aligning the organization…
Then give the A3 process a try.
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SSr.Mgmt.
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Eliminate MudaEliminate Muda
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