A-3 homework on a real-world process improvement
In the Shook textbook he reviews an A-3 on pages 7-11. Please look around your personal or professional environment for a problem or issue at hand and use the A-3 format to communicate the problem. What is the problem? What is the pain? What is your current state or where do things stand now? What is your future state? The goal you would like to achieve? Use a Lean tool to find the root cause. (Your choice) Recommendations How will you implement the change? Follow-Up Box 1 – Explain briefly what organization/process you chose. Give details of the environment. Go to the Gemba Readout—Grasp the Current Situation Create a Value Stream Process. Document each step Example – from the customer placing the order to the receipt of the product. Time each step. Use a visual to show Value Stream Process. Use universal VSM symbols found in Shook’s book. Identify areas that could be improved. Use Kaizen bursts to identify possible areas of improvement. (20 points) Box 2 – (Current State) From your Value Stream Process what problems have you identified? What is happening now versus what you want or needs to be happening? What facts or data indicate there is a problem? Show facts. (5 points) Box 3 – (Future State) What specific improvements in performance would you like to achieve? Show visually a quantitative measure. (5 points) Box 4 – Complete a 5 Why and Fishbone for the chosen Kaizen burst. Create a visual of the two analysis tools. Write up your findings. (20 points) Box 5 – Recommendations (10 points) Box 6 – A plan to implement (10 points) Box 7 – How could you follow-up? (10 points) I believe we have to do something similar to this format.
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