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Policy Deployment & Lean -- Implementation Planning 10 Step Roadmap to Successful Policy Deployment Using Lean as a System

For years, Industry Week magazine has reported that roughly 75% of companies using Lean as their business improvement activity have reported little, if any, progress. Since Lean can solve any business problem, why are 75% of organizations using Lean showing such little progress, when properly implemented Lean activities can show significant progress in the first year? The answer is that business organizations are not "closing the loop" between their business strategies/plans/budgets and Lean as the system to make the plans a reality. Our new Policy Deployment process will show you how to close the loop between your business plans and your lean activities. In this seminar, we discuss and walk through the following 10 Steps to Policy Deployment using Lean as a System: 1. Mission, & behavioral expectations 2. Organization’s goals (i.e Safety, Operating Income, Cash Flow, Revenue, ROIC, etc) 3. Brainstorm opportunities to achieve goals 4. Define parameters to value opportunities 5. Weight and prioritize opportunities 6. Conduct a reality check 7. Develop Lean Implementation plan 8. Cascade company goals into operational metrics & develop Bowling chart 9. Problem solving, error proofing & counter measures 10. Deployment follow-up — How to conduct monthly business reviews Participants will review sample spreadsheets (available on a CD) that will allow you to customize our 10 Step process to your unique organization. Policy Deployment is the key to using Lean as a system and will ensure that you are using Lean to its maximum potential.

What our clients say...

"In 2007, WCM Associates (Vince Fayad) introduced the Policy Deployment and Lean Implementation Planning (LIP) tool to our company. Today, LIP is widely used and accepted across our business as a road map for planning and implementing a variety of process and cost improvements programs throughout the year. We now enter each calendar year with a predefined plan of scheduled lean events that has resulted in our company achieving millions of dollars in annual costs savings."

David L. Trax
Corporate SVP - Operations and Supply Chain, Norwood Promotional Products


"My first attempt to incorporate Lean Manufacturing techniques was in 1995. I tried to incorporate work cells into our operation. This worked well with the first cell because I had handpicked my best people. The next cell wasn’t so successful. So I retreated and was gun shy to try this effort again. Eight years later I was ready again because I learned where I went wrong. The Business Planning and Lean methodologies as outlined in (Policy Deployment) have given me the tools to lead the company to a higher level. It has given my people the skills and confidence to analyze, solve problems, and implement decisions using business tools and create business cases. I can only imagine what a different company we would be today if I had more knowledge of how to integrate Lean with our business plans eight years ago."

Thomas Dahbura
Vice President Operations, Hub Labels, Inc.

Specifics

Who Should Attend:
Where:		Ivy Tech Community College
Directions:		Carroll Hall North Campus Directions will be sent with Registration Confirmation
Speaker/Instructor		Mattie Watson, WCM Associates
Cost:		No cost for non-members. No cost for members.
Registration:		You may register online at www.tqmnet.com. Click on the 'Register Now!' button. You may also send an email to register@tqmnet.com, or call Jamie at 260-557-7665.
Deadline:		Please register as early as possible, but not later than 8/19/2009.