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Lean Culture and Procurement. October 29, 2013 Renee Smith Nyberg Process Improvement Program. Today… What is Lean? Challenges to implementing Lean Lean at Enterprise Services How can you get started ? Questions?. What is Lean?. Meals per Hour. 3 Purposes of Lean.
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Lean Culture and Procurement October 29, 2013 Renee Smith Nyberg Process Improvement Program
Today…What is Lean?Challenges to implementing LeanLean at Enterprise ServicesHow can you get started?Questions?
What is Lean? Meals per Hour
Conventional vs. Lean Workplace Conventional Lean • Employees are respected experts; capable & trusted to solve problems. • Leaders mentor & • coach employees • to use the • scientific • method. Leaders direct the work and solve problems. Employees follow directions and turn to leaders for solutions.
What can Lean culture achieve? In Processes… • Fewer steps • Shorter time • Less waiting • Less re-work • Fewer queues • Less inventory • Less variation • Fewer handoffs • Fewer errors • In Organizations… • Problems solved. • Customers MORE satisfied! • Time and resources for other tasks. • Workers MORE satisfied and engaged!
Paul Akers: “Lean is simple. Fix what bugs you.” What bugs you??
How about these? • Wasting my time • Wasting your time • Wasting taxpayer dollars • Delays • Things waiting for review or approval • Producing something that no one uses • Getting poor quality in • Not having the right materials or tools • Extra steps
The 8 Wastes Overproduction Waiting Transport Over-Processing Motion Underutilized People Inventory Defects
PDCA: The Scientific Method Plan Do Adjust Check
Next stop: Huddles
Daily Huddles Finance Statewide Payee Unit
Statewide Payee Unit improves productivity and customer service.
Next stop: Using Data and Visuals
Employees fix what bugs them... …at Consolidated Mail Services
Employees fix what bugs them… …at Surplus
Employees fix what bugs them... …at Contracts and Legal Services
What can YOU do to create Lean culture? Live the values each day: • Humility • Respect • Continuous Improvement • Creativity • Customer Focus • Learning If you are an employee, learn to use scientific problem solving (PDCA). If you are a manager, learn to coach employees in scientific problem solving.
Helpful tool to encourage problem solving: An Employee Idea Board Ready (ideas) Parking Lot Doing (ideas in progress) Done (completed ideas) *Adapted from “Personal Kanban” by Jim Benson and TonianneDeMaria Barry
Employees write down ideas for how to fix what bugs them. Improvement idea Jane Smith 10/14/13
Using the Employee Idea Board Doing (ideas in progress) Ready (ideas) Parking Lot Done (completed ideas)
Thank you! www.des.wa.gov renee.smithnyberg@des.wa.gov Enterprise Services 360-407-9452