Welcome to another edition of Thursday Think Tank! Do you all remember what lean is? I'm going to assume you do. Great job! That's right, Lean is the elimination of waste!
To eliminate waste we first have to see waste. Has everyone been practicing seeing waste? If not, I have a suggested program to keep us on track.
Drum roll please.......
Cory's Ohno Circle, or COC for short (pronounced "See-Oh-see", not "caulk")
This is the suggested execution for each department:
- Every department should participate at least once a week.
- One person will stand (or sit in their cart) in the circle for at least a half hour. Hula Hoops will be available Monday in the production office.
- Time and day can be whenever you choose.
- For now, the manager should be the one participating in their department. If you don't belong to a specific department, you are free to choose your location.
- This is observation time only, no distractions from employees, coworkers, cell phones or mother nature...remember to visit el baño before you start or you could end up like this:
- Improvement sheets (see attachment) will be provided for any ideas you may have while observing. Turn these in to share your ideas.
- Every other week a guest will join from a different dept. for discussion partners. Please get back with me so I can assign guests for week 2.
- Program begins the week of Monday 3-23-15
If you have any questions or would like to clarify anything, please contact me.
Your buddy in waste elimination,
Cory West
PS
For more on the Ohno circle, look at this picture:
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