Step 6: Standardize

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

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

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 Implementation Plan

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

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 the Loss Analysis

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 the Current State Analysis

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 the Makigami Analysis

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...

Essence of 5S Workplace Organization

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 plan

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...
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