Module 16
LEAN Leadership & Management System
Leader Standard Work
Description
Most organizations driving towards LEAN Operational Excellence focus on the identification of waste, losses and any ineffectiveness. Once identified they move on to their elimination by using a full range of LEAN tools and techniques. However, many companies either lack or underrate the LEAN Management and Leadership System.
An incontestable fact is that a true LEAN Culture Organization actually originates from the solid and healthy foundations of the LEAN Management System. Only those organizations which can create capable leaders and follow LEAN Thinking in their management system will reap their benefits and succeed.
In the last part of the LEAN Academy, we will get to know about 4 fundamental pillars of the LEAN Management System. We will see that LEAN leaders ought to standardize their work based upon defined actions with hallmarks of Standard Work (at last 60-70 % of time). We will learn about visual tools to support Leaders in their assignments (KPIs, graphs, charts, Activity Boards etc.). Additionally we will see an approach to a Leader’s Daily Accountability to lead daily meetings on the shop floor. These should include briefings and reports and finally involvement in Problem Solving. Eventually, we will learn about a few best practices related to creating discipline in leadership and management.
Recommended Audience
LEAN leaders, Top Management, middle management, key specialists.
Methodology
Multimedia presentation, short lectures, individual exercises, group activities and discussions and Q&A
Learning Objectives
Lean Leadership & Management System (1 day).
- Understanding how important is the Management System and Leadership Standards in the long-term success strategy.
- 4 Pillars of the LEAN Management System
- Leader Standard Work
- Visual Management in the LEAN Leadership System
- Creating LEAN Leaders Daily Accountability
- How to promote functioning of the right discipline within LEAN Leadership and Management.
Tools / Templates / Methods
- Leader Standard Work. An example of a standard template for defining the scope of standard work activities for LEAN leaders (mainly designed for production, but also other operational departments). This template covers best practices of the LSW for team leaders, supervisors, production managers as well as for the plant managers.