1. Gap Analysis & Action Plan Launch
Gap Analysis is the key link between what you have learned to date and what you can do tomorrow. We will use all the tools and independent assignments, and your organization data the we have accumulated to this point, perform a gap analysis, create an action plan, and be ready to perform our own Kaizens!
Mentoring debrief:
Process Check:
How is the mentoring process going? What is going well? Does anything seem to be sustaining, while other things seem to wane? What could be improved upon? Opportunity for improvement?
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2. Gap Analysis & Action Plan Launch
By the end of today’s class, you should be able to:
Use Gap Analysis methodology, Current State vs. Future State Gap Analysis
Apply Gap Analysis to your organization
Apply Problem Solving techniques
Confirm stretch goals and perform gap analysis from current state of each stretch goal
Launch an Action Plan
Review today’s learning objectives
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3. Gap Analysis Let’s apply gap analysis to your organization
We have collected the data along our past class sessions:
Refer back to your Policy Deployment plans
Review your X matrix
Review your current state VSM(s)
Identify opportunities to apply Standard Work
Reinforce the value of the tools learned to date, they are culminating in this gap analysis today, which gets us ready for our upcoming individually hosted Kaizens
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4. Gap Analysis Three key questions: What are the gaps?
What are the most important?
Where are the Kaizen opportunities?
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5. Gap Analysis What are the gaps? Review your policy deployment plans
Review your X Matrix
Compare your goals to your current situation
Compare your Current State VSM to your goals
What in your policy deployment flows towards an opportunity for you?
Breakout session: organize the class by each representative organization and have them apply these questions
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6. Gap Analysis What are the most important? Consider :
Strategic priorities
Safety
Quality
Cost
Delivery
Service
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7. Gap Analysis Where are the Kaizen opportunities? And there’s more!
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8. Gap Analysis Confirm stretch goals
perform gap analysis from the current state of each stretch goal
Confirm whether each learner has stretch targets or goals.
If any are missing, work together to create stretch goals
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9. Action Plan Launch
Narrow the Kaizen opportunities to one that you think can be deployed within the next month at your organization.
Encourage class to share their ideas, and help each other refine ideas if needed
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10. Action Plan Launch Begin your Kaizen Charter Who will be your team?
How will you approach it?
What do you plan to accomplish at your company event within the next month?
Allow time to complete, then ask each person to share their initial plan.
Invite audience comment.
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11. Action Plan Launch Gather tools and supplies
Build or borrow Kaizen toolkits
Communicate, communicate, communicate!
Anticipate participants’ needs
Large area to gather, and later report out
Clearly articulate the current situation
Provide agenda, schedule
Provide food and beverages
Review key elements of the action plan launch.
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12. Action Plan Launch Let the opportunity begin!
Allow time for participants to bring back findings and prepare presentation
Invite appropriate people to the presentation
Top managers
People who can influence, or who will be influenced by the findings
Learners who might participate in future Kaizen events
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13. Thank you! Action Plan Launch
Thank everyone for their participation and interest
Thank you!
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14. Action Plan Launch Now it’s your turn
Have each student prepare and present to the class their plan for the kaizen they are planning to conduct in their factory with the focus (e.g. lead-time reduction) and the kaizen tool(s) they plan to deploy.  Allow planning time in class, and then have each student give a five minute presentation to share their plans with the rest of the class.
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16. Independent Assignment #11
This assignment should take about 12 hours (your two hours independent assignment for this week, plus this will count in lieu of another classroom session: eight hours class time and the two hours independent assignment time for that session).
Meet with your mentor and review the gap analysis discussed in today’s session.
Mutually agree on opportunities to apply what was learned today, using as many tools as possible.
Execute a Kaizen at your organization, and prepare a 15 minute presentation to report out at next session.
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