How do You Perform a Rapid Improvement Event? - Part 1
Break the Rapid Improvement Event into 3 Phases. Phase 1 - Create a Physical Layout and Implement the Layout by the team Duration: One...
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Perform a Rapid Improvement Event -Part 2-Phase 1 - Create a Physical Layout and Implement the Plan
Phase 1 - Create a Physical Layout and Implement the Plan Create a plan for a physical layout Bring multiple tasks together. COMBINE...
Perform a Rapid Improvement Event - Part 3-Phase 2 - Train the Supervisors to Train the Operators
Phase 2 - Train the Supervisor to TRAIN THE OPERATORS Develop the sequence of all the steps which the operators must perform for the...
Perform a Rapid Improvement Event - Part 4-Phase 3 - Managing Daily Improvement
Phase 3 - Managing Daily Improvement - for any process, manual or automatic Record the defects and downtime and the causes of each, plus...
Picking and Performing the Right Improvement Project
It does not matter how fast the fastest machine is going; it matters how slow the slowest is going. Find the slowest machine or process...
Picking the Rapid Improvement Team
Picking the right team, is crucial to a successful rapid improvement event. An ideal team includes: The CEO with financial responsibility...
Who do we Promote to Supervisor?
Who WHO DO WE PROMOTE TO SUPERVISOR, and Why do you know this candidate for Supervisor will be successful? To answer this question, we...
What do you See When You Tour a Plant?
WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU TOUR A PLANT? The first thing I see is the people. How many are there? Where are they in the plant? Are they...
How to Manage Daily Improvement?
How to Manage Daily Improvement? We keep score when we play sports, and we keep score in our business. In both sports and business, we...
How to Manage Gifts from Vendors?
How does your company “MANAGE GIFTS FROM VENDORS”? Vendors often provide gifts to business employees involved in making vendor selections...
How do you Know if a Business has Standard Work Processes in place?
“How do you know if a business has Standard Work Processes in place?” Can you observe any operator in the business and write down the...
Three Questions Used to Evaluate Employees
Three Questions Used to Evaluate Employees “Do they get it?” refers to the employee understanding his/her organizational role? “Do they...
How Large Is The Difference in Productivity Within Each Industry?
We need to understand how large the difference in productivity is in each industry. Do you know how your business compares to competitors?
How to fix your low-performing assets
When a manufacturing company in your portfolio isn’t performing, is it the company or your expectations that missed the mark? Whether...
What's the business really worth? How fast can you grow a new acquisition's EBITDA?
You’re ready to make a move on an acquisition opportunity. You bring in your best brains and perhaps hire outside consultants...
Tariffs 2019 – What now?
At the start of the new year, the international trade scene remains uncertain, and the effects of tariffs on steel and aluminum continue....
When fixation gives way to innovation
What’s happening here? An automotive supplier, a manufacturer of frames, is given the opportunity to bid on a new contract for 7 SUV...
The gap between improvement and perfection
What’s happening here? A plant for a global rubber molding business that produces seals or diaphragms made from rubber and fabric wants...
Changeovers: Speed and quality can be allies
What’s happening here? A plant for a global rubber molding business that produces seals or “diaphragms” made from rubber and fabric wants...
Making it easier for operators to help the team win
What’s happening here? A manufacturer of engineered hinges, precision tubes and spacers, custom stampings and assemblies for the...
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