LEAN Business Drivers
by Pawel M.
1. Proper rewards program
1.1. Knowledge access as the main motivator
1.2. Internal and external trainings and certifications
1.3. Company Rankings
1.4. Other Gamification elements
1.5. LEAN waves and projects ownership
1.6. Carrier path modification
1.7. Financial and non-financial benefits
2. The notion of a universal knowledge
2.1. Comparable with industry standard curriculum
2.2. LEAN Six Sigma standardarization
2.3. Project Management discipline
2.4. Team Management
2.5. Group actiivation and meetings facilitation techniques
3. Continuous Improvement Teams
3.1. Local teams for each department or larger team
3.2. 3-8 team members
3.2.1. Lean Team Champion
3.2.2. Champion's backup (deputy)
3.2.3. Team with various roles, perspectives and positions - technical & managerial (avoid duplication)
3.3. Creative, innovative, motivated
4. LEAN Governance
4.1. LEAN Champion or Black Belt for organization
4.2. Cascading down the information (Org Champion, Team Champions, Employees)
5. Executive and managerial support
5.1. Core organizational documents
5.2. Ongoing Support
5.2.1. Communication
5.2.2. Accomplishments review
5.2.3. Agendas of Town Halls etc.
5.2.4. Risk and Obstacles
6. Disclosure of the LEAN savings utilization
6.1. New businesses acquired
6.2. More innovative approach
6.3. Time for other strategic initiatives
7. Format modification
7.1. Refining
7.2. Changing approach
7.3. New people, techniques, formats for each new iteration
8. Available Trainings
8.1. Trainings divided into Programs
8.1.1. Certification path
8.2. Good quality mixture of trainings
8.2.1. e-learning
8.2.2. instructor led
8.2.3. webinars
9. Proper tools and environment
9.1. Unplugged sessions
9.1.1. Proper room preparation to allow unplugged techniques
9.1.2. No laptops, mobile phones allowed
9.1.3. Facilitation Techniques
9.2. A common pool for sharing savings ideas
10. Complex view
10.1. Including all Operational and Support Processes
10.2. Top Down charts for core actions for the organization
10.3. Core actions cascading down to Department Processes
10.4. Department Processes cascading down to Sub Processes
11. Subject Matter Expertise availability
11.1. LEAN Champion -> CIT Team for LEAN
11.2. MBB -> BB -> GB -> CIT Team for Six Sigma
11.3. Books & Literature
11.4. Internal Collaborative Site with blogs and materials
12. Thorough Understanding of Core Lean Principles
12.1. Three pillars of Lean
12.1.1. 5 Lean core values
12.1.2. Lean Principles
12.1.3. Lean Tools