Lean RemindersHelp for the Lean Journey

Created by Tom Curtis 2010 Blog: www.onimproving.blogspot.com Other presentations on www.slideshare.net Under Onimproving Email: ideamerchants@gmail.com

RemindersReminders are not to teach the

concepts, but to help us remember what we have learned before. What follows are notes to help us in our Lean Journey. They will help us

reconnect with our prior study and learning. Review the reminders and let those that jump out at you bring

action and fruit. Enjoy! -Tom Curtis 2010

Ask Everyone about their

Responsibility

Seek Flow

IdentifyWaste

Write Standard

Work Audit Standard

Work

Practice Hansei

Gemba Walk

Respect People

Follow the

Product

Manage Visually

Stand in Ohno

Circles

Know how you

Create ValueEstablish

what Normal is

Build Quality at each Step Drill to

Root Cause

Produce it Right the First

Time

Pull Product through Process

Align Goals with

Priority Avoid Strain in Activity

Change over

quickly

All the Inventory is not an

Asset

Follow the

Operator to LearnChange

over often

Embrace 5’s in

Practice Always use

5 why’s

Watch the Machine run to Learn

EncourageSurfacingProblems

Establish TPM and Execute Daily

Realize JIT is a Mature State

Kanban is a Signal between

Processes

Cultivate Kaizen eyes

Seek Stability before Flow

Follow Standard Kaizen

Standard

Explain the Why

Celebrate wins of any Size

Mistake-Proofing can be Cheap

Reveal & Remove Hidden Factory

SMED Applies almost

Anyplace Culture Counts Greatly

Always be Coaching to Better

Realize Thinking must be

Different

Seek Costless SolutionsEnsure

Enough Training Cycles

Share Successes Sideways Share up

the Chain of

Authority

Maintain with

Specific Controls

Expect Push Back

Do not Undersell

the Difficult Share

Plans with all

Do not Confuse Simple

with Easy

Do not Under

Resource

Know when to

Harvest Results

Assign Ownership through

Standards

Extend Attempts Beyond

the Floor Make Training Hands-on

Match Actions to Words

Do not Over

Promise Results

Enlist Sensei help Execute

Point and System Kaizens

Utilize PDCA

Develop Skills of

all Employees

Develop Solid Management Support