the process improvement secret
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The process improvement secret that the gurus will never tell you. via @squawkpointTRANSCRIPT
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How to be a Process Guru.
Even a boring occupation can be interesting when your goal is to do it better. ~ R. Half
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The gurus have written
lots of books about
process improvement:
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Some talk about statistics,
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some talk about bottle necks,
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some talk about
Stakeholders…
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culture…
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lyst
measurement…
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or control. fl
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But there is one secret the gurus keep to themselves
All these
guru’s
have a
Secret.
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Process improvement is really
• Really
• Really
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processes
is…
Improving
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Process improvement is really
• Really
• Really
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processes
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Improving
really
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Process improvement is really
• Really
• Really
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Improving
really
really
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Eeasy fl
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E Eeasy ###### Asy! fl
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(But that doesn’t sell books.)
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The secret to process
improvement is to…
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stop doing stupid stuff!
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all that is left is perfection.
When you stop the
stupid stuff…
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So who
defines
stupid?
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Is it you?
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Is it
you?
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Is it
your
boss?
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The woman who
owns the company?
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Or the man who owns the bank?
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Or the man
who owns
the bank?
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No it is your customers!
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No it is your customers!
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If they are not prepared to pay for what
you are doing, then it is fair to say…
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It is Stupid!
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It is Stupid!
Why do something your customers wouldn’t pay for?
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To help you see
the stupid stuff
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a clever man
(called Tim Woods)
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found seven types
of stupidity.
Though he called them waste not stupidity…
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That was more
politically correct!
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So here are the
7 wastes:
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1. Transportation Moving things that don’t need moving.
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1. Transportation Moving things that don’t need moving.
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Land fill that’s shipped to China.
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1. Transportation Moving things that don’t need moving
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Land fill that’s shipped to China.
Delivering paperwork to Glasgow.
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2. Intellect Not using your employee’s brains.
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Wasted qualifications…
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2. Intellect Not using your employee’s brains.
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and the world’s most tedious conference call.
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2. Intellect Not using your employee’s brains.
Wasted qualifications…
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3. Motion People moving further
than they should.
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3. Motion People moving further
than they should.
Double keying data or
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3. Motion People moving further
than they should.
Double keying data or
endless walks to
the photocopier.
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4. Waiting Wasting your time.
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4. Waiting Wasting your time.
Your call is important to us.
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4. Waiting Wasting your time
Your call is important to us.
It will be with you in 7 to 10 days.
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5. Over Production Making more than you need.
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Running the machine at full speed.
5. Over Production Making more than you need.
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Interviewing job candidates “just in case”.
Running the machine at full speed.
5. Over Production Making more than you need
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6. Over Processing Doing more than you really should.
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6. Over Processing Doing more than you really should.
Quality assuring the quality assurers.
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6. Over Processing Doing more than you really should
Quality assuring the quality assurers Gift wrapping the gift wrap.
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7. Defects Things gone
Wrong.
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7. Defects Things gone
Wrong.
We don’t have this
where I work.
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7. Defects Things gone
Wrong.
How about you?
We don’t have this
where I work.
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8. Stock Piles of stuff nobody needs.
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8. Stock Piles of stuff nobody needs.
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Big write off costs…
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8. Stock Piles of stuff nobody needs
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Big write off costs…
but it’s OK, we got a bulk buy discount!
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There you have it…
Tim Woods and the 7 wastes:
Transport
Intellect Motion
Waiting
Over Production
Over Processing Defects
Stock
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The very astute
will have noticed…
This is 8 wastes
Not 7.
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Gurus rarely
agree!
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Don’t worry too much about the gurus.
Process
improvement
is easy…
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Just stop doing stupid stuff!
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Then you will have the
perfect process.
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There is just
one small
problem!
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You have to find the
fool…
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Who designed in the
stupid stuff in the first
place…
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And persuade
him to
take it out
again!
One way…
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When I work out how to do that, I will write a book and call myself a Guru as well.
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To learn more about process improvement visit
www.squawkpoint.com
Based on the “Lean Thinking” ideas of Womack and Jones.
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