Implementation

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Chapter 2

• Implementation Show-Stoppers, Roadblocks, and
  Barriers.

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Show-Stoppers

• Before implementation can begin, it is necessary
  to have completed two prerequisites
• Top-down leadership
• Employee empowerment

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Top Down LeadershipImprovement Change

• Leaders are responsible for
• Creating communicating the companys vision,
  direction, and strategy.
• Empowering the workforce.
• Hands-on leadership.
• The above has to be in place for WCM to begin.
• Manufacturing Insanity is defined as doing the
  same thing day after day, and expecting different
  results.

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Middle Management

• A supporting management base is also required.
• These leaders must understand that
• Elimination of all waste is required and
  development of customer satisfaction.
• Communication facilitates teamwork, everyone
  needs the playbook.
• Be prepared to repeat the message
• WCM desire is required.
• Vision of long-term payback.

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Empowerment Prerequisite

• This is the second show-stopper.
• Entire team pulling in one direction, with one
  agenda.
• Provides employees with the opportunity to
  influence results while having a sense of
  accountability and ownership.

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Empowerment

• Occurs in an environment where the following
  exists
• Leadership vs. management.
• Employees are recognized as the most valuable
  resource.
• Teamwork.
• Decision-making is delegated.
• Openness, initiative, and risk taking are
  promoted.
• Accountability, credit, responsibility, and
  ownership are shared.

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Empowerment Barriers

• Lack of trust
• Poor relationship between mgt labor.
• Poor communication
• Supports a lack of trust. Unclear expectations.
• Fear
• People fear the unknown, therefore resist chg.
• Lack of training
• Inadequate training leads to confusion,
  frustration, anger
• Lack of measurement
• What gets measured, gets done.

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Implementation Roadblocks

• Concrete mindsets bad habits
• We have always done it this way.
• People
• Most valuable asset/Largest roadblock
• Plant baselines
• Need to understand education culture
• Continuous communication
• Have to repeat message
• Middle management conversion
• Frozen middle

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Barriers to Implementation

• Identify forces favoring implementation
• Identify forces opposing implementation

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Forces Favoring Implementation
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Forces Favoring Implementation
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Forces Favoring Implementation
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Forces Opposing Implementation
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Forces Opposing Implementation