Jan. 13, 2017


Description

Three Steps to Immediately Improve Business Operations

STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

First, you must learn to recognize and quantify the wastes that increase Operating Costs and Customer Wait Times.  You need to run your business using performance metrics that drive the correct employee behavior, support data-driven decisions and help to sustain healthy growth of the business.  Therefore, your performance metrics should be tied to:

(1)   the elimination of waste to reduce the quote-to-cash cycle time,

(2)   the avoidance of over-burdening of employees and managers,

(3)   the reduction of workload imbalance and variation between work centers (or departments) that perform the core operations to deliver product (or service) to customers.

Next, you must develop the Value Stream Map (VSM) to document the process (or multiple linked processes) that your business uses to deliver product (or service) to customers.  A Value Stream consists of all the actions (both value-added and non-value-added) currently required to take a product through the logical sequence of processing steps to complete the product.  A Value Stream Map helps to visualize all the wastes (recall NVA and NNVA steps?) in the current processes and information flows that support the process for order fulfillment.  The map visually depicts the location of each occurrence of the Seven Wastes in the existing system, operational parameters such as setup time and cycle time for the VA steps, etc.

Finally, having the Value Stream Map in hand, you need to follow a systematic process to improve operations by eliminating waste in different areas of your business.  You cannot adopt a Whack-A-Mole strategy!  A change made in one area of the current system could counteract another change made elsewhere in the system.  How to systematically pursue elimination of the different wastes displayed on the Value Stream Map?  By following a POOGI (Process of Ongoing Improvement) that focuses on improving the performance of the “weakest link in the chain” which is the current bottleneck in the system. 

 

 Agenda

Session Time

Topic

8.00 – 8.30 a.m.

Step 1 to Immediately Improve Business Operations

Overview of Presentation: This video Toast Kaizen uses the day-to-day activity of making toast in the kitchen to teach the Seven Forms of Waste.  Click here to see a segment of this video posted on YouTube.  Don’t think that the real bottleneck in the ToPS (Toast Production System) will be obvious when you see this video!  The fundamental takeaway from this video is that the Seven Wastes boil down to a single business performance metric, Cash Earning Velocity (CEV), which can be calculated simply as follows:

                                        $ earned by delivering the service or product to the customer

                   CEV = ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                        Time it took to deliver the service or product to the customer

Supplementary Information for this Presentation: In addition to handouts distributed during the workshop, each attendee will receive instructions to access additional information available online for this session.

8.30 – 9.00 a.m.

Discussion: What is the cost of any significant waste in your business?

9.00 – 9.45 a.m.

Step 2 to Immediately Improve Business Operations

Overview of Presentation: This video Value Stream Mapping describes how the process mapping tool was used to map the complete end-to-end production flow of the core product that they assemble at Jotul North America.  Click here to see a segment of this video that is posted on YouTube.  Click here to see another YouTube video that features the CEO of Jotul North America talking about the benefits gained from implementing Lean.

Supplementary Information for this Presentation: In addition to handouts distributed during the workshop, each attendee will receive instructions to access additional information available online for this session.

9.45 – 10.00 a.m.

Discussion: How Can the Seven Forms of Waste be Identified in a Value Stream Map?

10.00 – 10.15 a.m.

Break

10.15 – 11.00 a.m.

Step 3 to Immediately Improve Business Operations

Overview of Presentation: This video The Goal describes how Alex Rogo, the Plant Manager of a hypothetical company, Unico, was given only three months to make his plant profitable else corporate was going to shut it down.  With the guidance of an external consultant, Alex implements the 5-step Process Of Ongoing Improvement (POOGI) based on TOC (Theory Of Constraints) to improve the performance of Unico’s Value Stream.  Click here to see the initial segment of The Goal video that is posted on YouTube. 

Supplementary Information for this Presentation: In addition to handouts distributed during the workshop, each attendee will receive instructions to access additional information available online for this session.

11.00 – Noon

Lean⇔TOC: Integrated Use of a Value Stream Map with POOGI to Immediately Improve your Business Operations

Overview of Presentation: Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a process mapping tool that is suited for low-mix high-volume (LMHV) repetitive assembly production.  In contrast, POOGI is a CI (Continuous Improvement) methodology that is better suited for high-mix low-volume (HMLV) flowline production.  Why not integrate the two methods to leverage their strengths and eliminate their weaknesses?  During this session, we will do the following activities:

1.     Discuss answers to key questions in a detailed Q&A on The Goal.

2.     Discuss how to improve a production or service delivery system using a Value Stream Map to guide POOGI.

Supplementary Information for this Presentation: In addition to handouts distributed during the workshop, each attendee will receive instructions to access additional information available online for this session.

Noon – 1.00 p.m.

Lunch

1.00 – 2:45 p.m.

Examples: Implementation of Lean by US Manufacturing and Service Companies

Overview of Presentation: It is good to see what others have done, gained (or lost) and learned from implementing Lean.  During this session, we will use a simple show of hands to pick a couple of the case studies listed below for the entire group to see and discuss:

·       Bahri Dentistry: Dentistry (www.FirstLeanDentist.com)[1]

·       Peterson Pacific Corporation: Wood Chipping Equipment

·       VIBCO: Industrial Vibratory Equipment

·       MADICO: Multi-layered Laminating and Coating Films

·       GEMGroup: Administrative Services for Benefit Plans

·       Accurounds: Precision Machining

·       Z Corporation (now 3D Systems): Production 3D Printers

·       Abiomed: Heart Support and Recovery Products

·       Brookfield Engineering Laboratories (now Ametek): Viscometers

·       Raytheon’s Integrated Air Defense Center: Missile Guidance Systems

Supplementary Information for this Presentation: In addition to handouts distributed during the workshop, each attendee will receive instructions to access additional information available online for this session.

2.45 – 3:00 p.m.

Break

3.00 – 4:30 p.m.

Where Do You Go From Here?

Overview of Presentation: Each attendee (or team) from a local business may want to get feedback on their plan to implement the 3-step process for improving business operations that was taught in this workshop.   Volunteers from the group of attendees will be invited to share their plans with the rest of the group.   

·       What is your Plan Of Action to cut waste in your business? 

·       What could be the obstacles that you will face? 

·       How do you plan to overcome these obstacles? 

Everyone is expected to put on their problem-solving hats and guide/advise the presenter/s during this session!

4:30 – 5:00 p.m.

·     Workshop Evaluation

·     Adjournment

 

Takeaways for ALL Attendees

  • Learn how Lean and TOC (Theory Of Constraints) can be integrated into a single 3-step approach to improve operational performance in the office and on the shop floor
  • Network with peers who want to improve office and shop floor operations

Industry Professionals Who Should Attend

  • Business Owners
  • Operations Managers
  • Plant Managers
  • Consultants
  • Manufacturing Engineers
  • Industrial Engineers
  • Production Supervisors
  • Lean Six Sigma Practitioners

Businesses that Should Attend

Any business could benefit from this workshop! Each attendee will be emailed a list of hyperlinks to success stories of Lean implementation by the businesses listed below:

Bakeries Caterers CNC Machine Shops
Coffee Shops Collision Repair Shops Commercial Laundromats
Construction Companies and Homebuilders Dentistry Practices Document Printing Services
Education Fabricators Furniture Makers
Government Home Improvement Supplies Superstore Hospitals
Insurance Landscapers Warehousing and Distribution
Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Marketing and Advertising Agencies Mining
Oil and Gas Outdoor Furniture Makers Restaurants
Shipbuilding Tool & Die Repair Trophies and Recognition Awards

 

Case Studies

Please click here to access a wide variety of Lean Management Case Studies posted on the website of the Lean Enterprise Institute.

Please click here to access a wide variety of case studies posted on the website of Planet Lean, The Global Lean Network Journal.

Recommended Reading for this Workshop

Byrne, A. 2013. The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company.  McGraw-Hill.

Goldratt, E. & Cox, J. 2014.  The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement.  North River Press.

Koenigsaecker, G. 2013.  Leading the Lean Enterprise Transformation.  CRC Press.

Womack, J. P. & Jones, D. T. 2005. Lean Solutions: How Companies and Customers Can Create Value and Wealth Together.  Free Press.

Womack, J. P. & Jones, D. T. 2003. Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation.  Free Press.

 


Featured Speakers

Speaker: Dr. Shahrukh Irani
Speaker Dr. Shahrukh Irani

Dr. Shahrukh A. Irani is the President of Lean and Flexible, llc, a consulting company that he started in 2014 to deliver consulting and training services in Lean for high-mix low-volume manufacturing (aka JobshopLean).  Previously, from 2012-2014, he gained invaluable industry experience as the Director of IE Research at Hoerbiger …

Dr. Shahrukh A. Irani is the President of Lean and Flexible, llc, a consulting company that he started in 2014 to deliver consulting and training services in Lean for high-mix low-volume manufacturing (aka JobshopLean).  Previously, from 2012-2014, he gained invaluable industry experience as the Director of IE Research at Hoerbiger Corporation of America, Inc., Houston, TX.  In that position, he undertook projects to demonstrate the viability of JobshopLean in their high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing facilities.  Prior to his industry job, from 1996-2012, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Systems Engineering (ISE) at The Ohio State University (OSU).  His research at OSU produced JobshopLean, a comprehensive methodology to adapt Lean for high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) small and medium enterprises (SME).  Also, his team developed the PFAST (Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit) software that facilitates the implementation of JobshopLean.  During his sixteen years at OSU, he received the Outstanding Faculty Award for excellence in teaching from the ISE department’s graduating classes of 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2009 and the 2002 Charles E. MacQuigg Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Engineering.  He served as the Director of the Facilities Planning and Design (FAPAD) division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers for 1999-2001 and 2001-2003.  He is the Editor of the Handbook of Cellular Manufacturing Systems (1999, John Wiley).  In 1996, Dr. Irani was voted Young Engineer of the Year by the Minnesota Federation of Engineering Societies and the Minneapolis Chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

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Organizer

Sunil Lakshminarayanan

E-mail: sunil_lakshminarayanan@oxy.com


Phone: 281-248-1443


Date and Time

Fri, Jan. 13, 2017

8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(GMT-0600) US/Central

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Location

SPE Houston Training Center

10777 Westheimer Suite 1075
Houston, TX 77042