Continuous Improvement Matthew Rich Principal Engineer, Black Belt, Honeywell Lean Master 21
Continuous ImprovementMatthew Rich
Principal Engineer, Black Belt, Honeywell Lean Master
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We must improve
• To keep our employees • Safe,
• provide a quality product
• on time,
• beat the competition,
• increase our profits,
• grow our business –
•we must improve our processes.
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To improve, we must…
• Invest in improvement
•Have an intentional plan
•Seek wise counsel
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We must invest in improvements
• Are we too busy making product, fighting fires….
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We must invest in Improvements
• Are we too busy making product, fighting fires….
• We must do BOTH
• Every employee has a CI mindset, always thinking about ways to improve their job, it becomes natural.
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We must invest in Improvements
• Are we too busy making product, fighting fires….
• We must do BOTH
• Keep the car on the road
• Small improvements along the way – less effort and cost in the long run
• Expensive to get out of the ditch
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Must have an intentional plan for CI
• If you are not looking for it, you won’t find it….
• A plan everyone understands, all seeing waste as waste, acting urgently to improve it.
• Plan to instill a continuous improvement mindset in EVERYONE in your company starting with Leadership
• Empower your employees to make improvements, enable them to think for themselves,
• Have fun doing it…
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Seek Wise Counsel
• King Solomon• Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance
• We would be foolish to think we know everything and try to do everything on our own.• “ The Goal” or “Andy and Me”
• Pull in a SME to help generate the energy needed to drive your CI culture….• You need someone that understand the big picture of continuous improvement.
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What does a CI process look like…
• There is no wrong way…• the one that you come up with as a team and agree to follow is the right one for you
• Electronic, Paper, hybrid
• Large Kaizens, Point kaizens, small little improvements…• Need them all…
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Wrapping up…
• Continuous improvement Cultures• Empower your employees
• Make you more efficient in the long run• What if you could cut your cost and cycle time by 50%, what
would that do for you?
• Will give you a competitive advantage…
• We must invest in improvement
• We must intentionally look for improvement opportunity – have a plan
• We must seek wise counsel
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