Flag deviations in time
Check each team’s traffic lights, tell each owner what turned at risk or was left without data, and get them to say what they will do.
The task in figures
- Gives you back
- 1.8 h a monthper team; today it takes 2.5 to 6.5 h a month
- Elmira today
- Helps
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Who does it today
- Analyst, Engineer
- Version
- Elmira Junior
What hurts today.
When things get busy nobody checks, and the deviation shows up at the monthly meeting.
The warning email gets lost among a hundred others.
The owner promises something out loud, and nobody writes it down.
A deviation seen late costs twice as much. So every week the analyst goes through every team’s board, notes what got worse or was left without data, and writes to each owner so they explain what happened and what they will do. It is the work most often put off: when things get busy nobody checks, and the deviation only shows up at the monthly meeting.
Done today with
- In-person meeting
- Spreadsheet
- Email and chat
- BI dashboard
Each step, today and with Elmira.
Elmira tells you on WhatsApp which goals of each team are at risk, critical or without data, and writes down the action agreed.
| Step | Today | With Elmira |
|---|---|---|
| Check every team’s traffic lights | BI dashboard, Spreadsheet20 min – 45 min | |
| Tell each owner what deviated | Email and chat10 min – 30 min | Still by hand |
| The owner says what they will do | Email and chat, In-person meeting | Your call |
| Write the action into the plan | Spreadsheet5 min – 15 min |
The conversation
- Matías, continuous improvement analyst
Elmira, what deviated this week in Production?
In Production 2 goals are not healthy: “Cut Packaging’s waste”, critical, and “Raise line 2’s OEE”, at risk. Also, “Reduce complaints” is stale: it is missing week 40’s figure.
- Matías, continuous improvement analyst
Thanks. I will talk to Packaging’s lead today.
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