Improvement Plan Templates
Improvement teams use one of two improvement
plan templates to guide their activities during 3 month action learning
programmes.
These templates provide the team with
a step by step workbook of improvement techniques to help them to understand
the value stream under review and deliver focussed improvement targets.
The templates also contain 3 coaching cycles
to help facilitators to guide the team to first visualise what is being
asked of them, stabilise the process or system under review and then
progress to optimisation activities..
Below is an overview of the two templates
and their uses.
The Asset Improvement Plan (AIP)
The AiP is used when the goal includes stabilising or
optimising equipment or asset performance. This is a 7 step process
as set out in the graphic below.
- Map the process to raise understanding how the asset
under review contributes to the value stream
- Critically assess each part of the asset so that
they understand how it should work
- Define potential for improvement and establish measures
to monitor progress
- Assess the condition of the asset in details and
raise standards as necessary so that it is able to carry out the task
needed of it to the precision required
- Formalise and refine best practice for correct operation
and asset care using single point lessosn to remove variation in performance
- Set focussed improvement targets and improvement
tactics to deliver them
- Apply problem prevention tools to reduce the risk
of human error and establish new ways of working,
The Lean Improvement Plan (LIP)
The Lean Impovement Plan is used where the goal is to reduce waste
and non value adding activities. It is also used to identify weaknesses
in systems resulting in problems such as customer service failures.
This uses an 8 step process as set out in the graphic below.
- Mobilise the team. (Often these projects involve
personnel that do not normaly work together).
- Map the process to raise understanding how the process
under review contributes to the value stream and assess the potential
for improvement establish measures to monitor progress.
- Formalise and current practices to stabilise the
system under review, highlight waste and support in depth problem
observation prior to developing proposals for improvement.
- Implement new working practices using single point
lessons and refine based on improved waste reporting (Initially move
to step 7 problem prevention to reduce human error risk).
- Once the system is under control, map system to develop
improvement proposals/future state value strean concept.
- Apply focussed improvement tools to deliver future
state map. (and implement as in step 4)
- Apply problem prevention tools to reduce the risk
of human error and establish new ways of working,
- Confirm improvement and transfer lessons learned
to other areas.
Action learning programmes are supported by a structured focussed improvement
template depending on the type of problem to be addressed this can include:
- Asset improvement plan to address problems of reliability and support
progress towards zero breakdowns and beyond;
- Lean Improvement plan to support business process improvement and
the reduction of non value adding activities;
- Audit coaching steps to support the setting and improvement of
shop floor best practice;
- Early management project delivery of new products, equipment, processes
or systems;
- Innovation/step out product/service development.
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