LEAN LANGUAGE

LEAN LANGUAGE

In order to make lean a success management system every one of us must know about lean language. We need to learn speak and use lean language 

Lean Language is knowing about lean concepts in true sense and speaking this language during communication and using this for implementation or actions.

Lean language is mandatory for leadership of the organization as team members speak and understand the language of their team leaders.

The interesting thing is that this language only speaks of the issues or abnormal areas or not good area and surfaces them and then creates a spirit of team work and brings out potential of the teams to counter those abnormal areas. This is adventurous and challenging language that drives you for excellence.

The beauty of the lean language is that you have to be team player in order to make it effective.

WHY LEAN EFFORTS SUFFER AND WHAT ARE SUCCESS INGREDIENTS

UNSUCCESSFUL LEAN EFFORTS OR LEAN FAILURES

There are many reasons for unsuccessful lean efforts. In my view following are few of them and are core.

1-      Resistance to change or status quo

2-      Seeing /looking /understanding lean with current perspective or current level of understanding

3-      Considering it as additional activity

4-      Pressures to complete current targets

5-      No consistency  of coach

6-      Lack of follow up system

7-      No synchronization between team of different sections

8-      Fear factor / behavioral resistance

9-      No clarity of job / vague job boundaries

10-   Disown of responsibility due to vague policy

11-   Lack of guiding resources

Three missing ingredients

1-      Lack of system/no system to drive lean 

2-      Lack of desired  behavior of the teams members and teams

3-      Lack of guidance/coaching/ knowledge/skills

So in order to develop successful lean system we need

1-      system that will drive lean culture

2-      people who in true sense know about lean to support system

3-      coaching .guidance  to develop system

4-      training structure  to support the above factors

Adoption of thought to be in action

If I were & this I am

This idea struck to my mind when talking ABOUT Brian Tracy book‘s law of customer. During discussion I thought about if I was customer what would I do? What would I like how would I purchase what should be my priorities in buying different commodities , what products I purchase must that were compulsory for me what I keep pending , from where I buy and why?

What could be my wishes for purchase process, how would I decide?

This thing leads me to understand approach of customer as well as decisions of the suppliers for product, location process for supply chain, customer services practices etc.

I believe instead of setting goals for our self as they do not motivate us as much as this belief that if I were as a ……. I would do this way

I have thought about setting goals many times but whatever you call it I could not plan to achieve those goals. May b it was my fault or the way of life that could not provide me such motivation in spite of the fact that goals were very high aimed, positive even I could not find a way to achieve those.

But now I think if in any situation, I start everything by putting myself in other character which I believe to be with a question

For example

If I was a customer what I should do

If I am a teacher what would I do

If I were an employee what I think about work & employer

If I was an employer what I think about work and employee

If I were a supplier how customer will think of me what he will expect

If I am a trainer what trainee would expect of me, as a trainee what I expect from trainer?

In short we always should think of the perspective of other person

We should always think of the ideal character we have in mind

More if I am … approach gives you line of action it forces you to act instead of thinking you do and start moving to your goal.

Modern Production/Operation System Equation

Body Weight Equation

In series of equation thinking let me talk about most important personal issue of many people today. I am talking about people who have become fatty or heavy weight /overweight within few years.

Do you know why this happens?

If not let us have a look on the equation below

Calories intake through food   = calories consumed + calories unconsumed (addition in body)

                                                           +  

  Calories intake through food   =               calories consumed +   calories unconsumed

This equation tells us that weight of the human body increases when according to this equation we do not consume full calories we in take or we intake more calories than we required.

There is a good thing in this equation for people who love to eat more that they can eat what they love to but other part of the equation tells them that they have to consume more calories or work more to burn extra calories they in take  in order to keep their weight in balance.

Or people can work on their daily diet in terms of calories keeping in view their life style for consuming calories

To keep body weight in balance this equation tells us a lot regarding life style

For example  if we take input  (calories intake)  without knowing ,without right quantity ,or without considering what output we want to have  it tell us we are not disciplined  in our diet so other part of the equation can be out of control mean resulting weight increase.

One important thing to consider is that when there is child stage this equation is balance for that child after maturity 2^nd part of the output equation is unwanted and for that different practices are adopted like

Exercise / cycling

Physical Games

Increase of water portion of the diet

Juices

Fibrous food items

Salads/fruits

When think of your body weight consider this equation you will know what to do.

Rationalize input diet or change life style to cater extra calories 

Equation thinking to understand and apply

usually we in our daily and professional life think in very complex way. this thing leads us to stress, disappointment , fear of failure , boring mind set, loosing mind set and have negative impact on us. it demotivates us  to accelerate and achieve what we want.
here i am going to start a series of simple equations what will be useful in making our mindset , take things simple and focus for success in life. always approach in ant thing with this thinking.

1-Always look for the straight equation for every thing.
2-there is always a straight equation between input & out put
i.e  Input = out put   always
what we do usually we go for the losses or we see only result or what we get in actual
this must not be the case anyway.
e.g heat generation = heat absorption/used whether we take  out put 100% or loose some of the energy there is always equation.
we must not go for losses or other things before but after understanding the total relationship between things. in above example we know that we obtain less heat than we generate. true but we must not believe it in start that heat out put is less rather we should equate it then think of improving it by looking at the portion we lost during the transformation or we are unable to use/
this example is to make you understand only .
i will in series tell about different simple equations we need to think & follow and be motivated for our objectives  whether it is weight loss , success in exams, or business model or technology initiative.

my focus point is this straight relation ship will help you understand the situation fully and will drive you to right path for success. there is no straight relation between things then there will be ambiguity that will lead to failure 

LEAN (Learn Execute Achieve Normalize) Action Model Briefs

LEAN Action Model

Learn Execute Achieve Normalize (LEAN)

Learn from 3 ways

1. -      Mistakes
2. -      Experimentation
3. -      New things

Execute through

1.    Visualization/simulation
2.   Trial & test /pilot
3.   Sharing /teaching

Achieve through

1.      Self-doing
2.      Team work
3.     Others

Normalize:-

1.  New Work
2.  New state
3. New thinking