Lean Transformation Steps for Operational Excellence
For most organizations, embracing Lean requires a significant culture shift and a new way of thinking about everything from leadership to everyday operations. While the effort is substantial, the rewards are extreme. Lean has been around since the late eighties/ early nineties, but despite the enormous popularity of Lean, the track record for successful implementation of the methodology is spotty at best. Fortunately, the reasons for this are well understood and avoidable by those focused on success.
Success requires that leaders implement the infrastructure and support for Lean activities. This session reveals the steps underway at Mirion to drive transformation for operational excellence. The key areas of focus include:
• Strategy Deployment for alignment of purpose and vision
• Daily Management to engage in frontline problem solving
• Value Stream Mapping to ensure flow
• Standard Work to establish current state
• Kaizen to engage in continuous improvement
A successful Lean transformation is not a one-time event. Instead, it is a reimagining of how work gets done from the C-suite to the front line. The result is an organization that is constantly learning, taking advantage of all available resources, engaged in effective problem-solving, and moving ever closer toward its true north.
About Tim McMahon
Tim is the Director of Quality & Operational Excellence for Mirion’s Technologies North America Group. He’s leading the continuous improvement initiatives to drive best in class quality and proliferate a “Lean” culture by developing and driving the implementation of the Mirion Business System (MBS).
For over 25 years, he has been implementing lean within operations management, continuous improvement, and quality disciplines for innovative high tech manufacturing companies such as Lucent Technologies, JDSU, Legrand Wiremold, and Mirion.
