Operational Excellence Category
Date: 04 Apr, 2011
Posted by: David Adams in: Leadership | Lean | Operational Excellence | Uncategorized
Give Those Tired Old Lean Tools a Rest… This is a picture of a process map where the different colors represent information and service (think product) flows as well as value-added or non-value-added steps in the process. If you were a casual observer watching me work with this multi-disciplinary team of engineers, detailers, leaders and craftsmen, you may think, “This guy is doing a Kaizen Event.” But, I’m not. In fact, this is a picture from Week 5 of a Quality Control (QC) Circle meeting. If you ask the team what they are doing, they’d simply reply, “Problem...
Do These Six Things to Improve Your Judgement S0, exercising some poor judgment, I missed last month’s installment in my resolution to write about the 14 leadership traits each month. Last month – February – was Trait Number Two: Judgment. In hopes of catching up, I am offering six practices that – if honed to a skill – will absolutely improve your judgment. One: Go and See for Judgment OK, so I’m not fooling anyone into thinking that these six practices are original. They are right out of the KCOE Operational Excellence System playbook. Now that I’ve...
Day 1: Cultural Change Workshop 7:45AM: Doors Open for Breakfast and Attendee Check In 8:00AM: KCOE Welcome Cultural Change Workshop Morning Topics | Day 1 Why Operational Excellence? Foundations of Continuous Improvement Mission, Values, and Vision + An Activity Afternoon Topics Balanced Scorecard Annual Planning Daily Meeting + Monthly Reviews + An Activity Day 2: Cultural Change Workshop 7:45AM: Doors Open for Breakfast and Attendee Check In 8:00AM: KCOE Welcome Morning Topics | Day 2 Problem Solving I 5S+1 Safety System Afternoon Topics Suggestion (Solution) System + Continuous Improvement...
World Class Alignment Common targets, valid for everybody, are fixed together. Personal and common targets harmonize. All targets are quantified and are adapted to the changing environment completely. The whole company agrees on the targets one or two times per year and orients measured plans accordingly. Core strategies, measures, targets, and plans are written down and visualized on the spot. All employees have an extensive look on the status and change on how they can contribute to the efficiency. Necessary data is no longer thrown without doubt. How to get to World Class Alignment At...
Lean Culture Assessment The spider diagram below is the results of KCOE’s Lean Culture Assessment from a company we have been working with since the second quarter of 2009. After implementation and initial alignment of the steering committee, implementation of the balanced scorecard, problem solving I, 5S, suggestion system, and safety system, the scores have changed a bit. Within the next several months we will be performing the second Lean Culture Assessment of the organization. We will share with you the results on our blog and client testimonial page. Interested in KCOE’s...
Date: 24 Jan, 2011
Posted by: Steven Leuschel in: Coaching Stories | Leadership | Operational Excellence
Master Plan Example I am in the process of transferring a pencil/paper master plan to an Excel sheet. It’s easy to read so I am sharing a screen shot with those interested. Send us a message if you’re interested in learning more about master planning within the KCOE System of Operational Excellence. Enjoy! Master Plan Example
Balanced Scorecard Example Definition Balanced Scorecard: Most businesses have a set of metrics that they follow periodically. The balanced scorecard forces the Operational Excellence Steering Committee (SC) to determine 10–15 key metrics only that drive the business. These metrics are found by determining goals and objectives in the five priority areas (safety, quality, productivity, human development and cost). General balanced scorecard example metrics can be seen below. The BSC planning process involves setting targets for these objectives (expressed as metrics) for the next five years. ...
Operational Excellence Acronyms | KCOE Operational Excellence Acronyms About KCOE | Operational Excellence Acronyms The Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence (KCOE) is a team of expert coaches who, through their own practical experiences and studies, are uniquely qualified to provide high quality, results-driven training and coaching in Operational Excellence (OE). During the course of our training and coaching session the “OE Faithful” begin to know, understand, and use certain operational excellence acronyms. If you’re new to an event it may be helpful to read over...
World Class Alignment | Deep Learning Forum World Class Alignment Described Common targets, valid for everybody, are fixed together. Personal and common targets harmonize. All targets are quantified and are adapted to the changing environment completely. The whole company agrees on the targets one or two times per year and orients measured plans accordingly. Core strategies, measures, targets, and plans are written down and visualized on the spot. All employees have an extensive look on the status and change on how they can contribute to the efficiency. Necessary data is no longer...
Keep is Real, Keep it Simple: World Class Leadership Considering World Class Leadership and What Happened Last Year As I consider the year ahead, I was struck by the number of questions I fielded last year on basic leadership in the context of “lean” or our own KCOE (operational excellence) System. It would seem that despite several thousand years of knowledge recorded on the subject, we still prefer to chase the latest fad or the hippest guru for inspiration. My resolution for 2011 is to bring twelve simple lessons to you over the next 12 months. They are simple because they a generally...
