Lean Manufacturing Transformation Starts With Education!
A forward thinking company starts their Radical Lean Transformation by educating their employees to understand lean principles. Employees need to develop the know-how to apply lean principles to improve their own workplace. An important aspect of any Lean Transformation is process improvement, and this involves bringing about change.
Employees, and the management team must all be thinking and speaking the same language. They must all be on the same page for any change to be implemented successfully. Prior to any journey, one would look at a road map to identify the best route to reach the destination. Radical Lean Transformation is the same as it requires a road map to allow the individual, group or organization to identify the best route on their lean journey.
Here is our own Radical Lean Implementation Roadmap that was designed and developed by Chris Turner:
The road map identifies three phases of activity throughout the implementation process.
- Phase 1 is focused on educating and coaching the change agents about the 10 Step Model.
- Phase 2 is focused on educating and coaching the management and improvement teams about the 10 Step Model.
- Phase 3 is focused on the implementation of each of the 10 Steps.
Understanding the 10-Step Training and Implementation Model is critical to the success of any lean transformation process. The model was designed and developed by Chris Turner to help individuals, groups and organizations to know what to do, how to do it, and when to do it!
Here is a graphic which demonstrates the sequence of events in the 10-Step Training and Implementation Model:
By following the sequence of events defined in the 10 Step Model, the right processes are being implemented at the right time to achieve the best results.
You can learn more about the 10-Step Training and Implementation Model in our Level 2 – Lean Practitioner training course. This is our most popular training course:
