Resch Group Approach to LEAN
There are several approaches and flavors to a LEAN project, but it’s best to keep it straight-forward in order to quickly achieve value and to incrementally build upon that value. The following methodology summarizes the Resch Group approach to a LEAN improvement project:
Pre-Work Activities (~1-2 weeks)
- Identify key stakeholders
- Identify in-scope processes
- Establish process ownership
- Develop stakeholder meeting schedule
- Develop interview schedule
- Initiate data requests
- Train executive sponsorship on LEAN
Current State Assessment (~2-4 weeks)
- Train LEAN Champions and key project personnel
- Fully understand business and technical requirements
- Establish baseline metrics
- Conduct Voice-of-the-Customer sessions
- Conduct interviews and focus group sessions
- Perform SIPOC and value stream mapping activities
- Identify issues, pain-points and risks
- Develop initial list of improvement ideas
Future State Design (~2-4 weeks)
- Continue training staff
- Conduct deep-dive sessions around improvement ideas
- Conduct brainstorming activities
- Perform root-cause analysis via LEAN tools
- Identify mistake proofing ideas
- Enhance and streamline processes
- Develop future state value stream maps
- Solidify and prioritize improvement plans (Quick Hits and Projects)
- Interact with existing PMOs for project support, as needed
- Develop project charters and implementation plans for Quick Hits and Projects
Identification and Prioritization of Quick Hits and Projects
Implementation (~4-8 weeks)- Implement project charters for Quick Hits and specified projects
- Measure and analyze the progress of Quick Hits and projects
- Refine the future state processes and operating models, as needed
- Control the processes utilizing dashboard metrics
- Establish the new and improved processes as the standard
By embarking upon a LEAN journey, like so many others, and deploying such an approach, you can generate immediate and sustainable value. Give us a call at 201-803-4653 to find out how we can help you with your improvement initiatives and how we can deliver in-house LEAN training to your management and staff. Or simply fill out our online form and we will be in touch with you.
