Step 6: Standardize How to get what you got? By doing what you did! 6.Standardize the new process: Make it sustainable. (Almost) The last step! The step many people simply skip; putting the future and value of the previous work seriously on risk. That’s why it...
Step 7: Evaluate & Next Step Did you achieve what you aimed for and expected? 7.Evaluate your results and the way you got there What is there to learn? How well does the new process perform? Congrats! If you made it up to here, you belong to the happy 10% off the...
Step 5: Implement the Plan in 100 days a good plan is work half done. Now the other half… 5. Implement the Future State “The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” Technically speaking, Makigami is not a difficult methodology. Its...
Step 4: Make a 100 Days Improvement Plan Using the momentum to achieve a successful transition from current to future state Prepare the Future State: 100 Days Plan During the Analysis stage, everybody is usually focused and enthusiastic. And then the day to day life...
Step 3: Design the Future State Climb on a Pink Cloud and design the Ideal -Fast, Flexible, Reliable and Cost Effective- Process Fast, Flexible, Reliable and Cost-Effective The old process probably contained already all value elements. What if we just leave out...
Step 2: Make Loss Analysis Where are the shreds of value? And what consumes resources without adding value? Distinguish Value from Loss Believe it or not; far more than 95% of the used resources in virtually any process do not add any value. In this step we search...
Step 1: Make Current State Analysis Who does what, when and how in the process? ‘Current State’ shows what REALLY happens Surprise! Although the process does work, nobody seems to know how… Despite ISO, QS and other certificates, what really...
Step 0: Preparing Makigami Analysis Prepare the analysis to provide a good foundation Preparing a Makigami Analysis will give better results faster! Preparation should not take more then halve a day. Have a team that is as diverse as possible. An overview what to...
5S Workplace Organisation a well organized workplace is the basis for teamwork What is ‘5S Workplace Organization’? Description: 5S is a technique that describes the way to a friendly and stimulating working environment, in which deviations are immediately...
How to develop an Improvement Masterplan Change without a Plan is a risky start! Making a Masterplan Every improvement program has to be based on a thorough analysis of a given situation and clear goals. I use the following approach in developing an effective...