Being a CI Champion
To inspire continuous improvement and workplace excellence by utilizing skills, tools, and lean methods to aid others in executing change
The CI Champion mission
An analysis tool to get to the root cause(s) of a problem; children are experts at it
5 Whys
The process of systematically eliminating waste
lean
The one who defines or specifies what adds value
The Customer
What PDCA stands for
Plan, do, check, act
The name for a smaller improvement not necessarily submitted as a suggestion
Quick win
The skill allowing you to analyze things objectively and seek facts not opinions
Critical Thinking
Activities or processes that don't add any value
Waste
Another way to say seek perfection
Continuous Improvement
Majority of problem solving efforts occur during this step
Plan
The fields you can update on the management app
Due date, notes, status, owner
An analysis tool used when motion is being evaluated or a map is drawn of the area
Spaghetti Diagram
The categories that waste is divided into (hint: DOWNTIME)
Defects, Overproduction, Waiting, Non-Utilized Talent,Transportation, Inventory, Motion, Extra-processing
The second principle about making a visual representation of the value in a process
Map the value stream
This step of PDCA is often skipped, but an important part to verify improvement
Check
The name for suggestions that haven't been updated in 2 or more weeks
Dormant suggestions
The key to successful analysis; there is power in numbers
Collaboration
This concept is being used when removing unnecessary items, organizing a place for everything, and sustaining the changes made
6S
The two principles that are applied to improving an area; create an establishment
Create flow
and
establish pull
PDCA based off of this method of forming and testing a hypothesis
Scientific method
The goal of the CI Champions, other than managing suggestions
Inspire a culture of continuous improvement
A critical thinking barrier to be aware of; tendency to subconsciously be influenced by your own brain
biases
Prevents defects through controlling a process so errors can't occur, or warns the user of a potential mistake
Poka Yoke
or
Mistake-proofing
The 5 principles (in order) that help guide a successful improvement
Specify value, map the value stream, create flow, establish pull, seek perfection
The people who should be collaborating on problem solving efforts because they have a vested interest in the project
Stakeholders