DailyKaizen

As I mentioned in post yesterday as well as a couple of times last week we had our final Hoshin planning session Friday for the Model Line and we are now ready to begin the process of deploy, check and adjust.  This weekend I was filled with mixed emotions about the day.  For the first time possibly ever we have a realistic plan in the Division that details both the ends and the means.  Everyone in the room was excited and would agree that it was the most useful planning process they have been through.

On the other hand I struggle with my inpatience.  We are so inexperienced and so unsophisticated.  While any good strategy is made up of half analysis (facts and data) and half intuition (from the gut) we were forced to rely mostly on intuition even though we have spent months collecting data.  Why?  It is the old chicken and egg statement.  Without having a Lean Management system are not collecting the right data in most cases and we don’t have a good view of cause in effect.  As a result, we have a twelve month plan, but only confidence in the first three months. 

I guess this is okay.  Our goal should be to get better and build the systems so we have better analytic capabilities and are able to extend the reliability of our plans further each month.  It will be an interesting year of PDCA…

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