
Performance Hubs
Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement
Marc Roberts(Author)
Productivity Press
1st Edition
Published on 20. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-1-4398-6133-2 (ISBN)
Description
A must-read for all managers, leaders, and change agents, Performance Hubs: Engaging Teams in Focused Continuous Improvement supplies a proven system for engagement that allows teams to use their own data, understand the need for performance improvement, and drive improvements at their own level. Highlighting common pitfalls in improvement initiatives, it provides the tools to help you avoid the disinterested cultural response to improvement efforts that is all too common in organizations suffering from initiative overload.
The book details a comprehensive solution to help all employees visualize operational performance. It explains how to cascade the right metrics across all levels of your business to trigger the appropriate use of Lean/Six Sigma tools and techniques into strategic process areas. Demonstrating how to link all continuous improvement activities to address the key issues affecting performance, the book:
Explains what a performance hub is and provides the clarity needed for full organizational deployment
Describes the four key headings under which a performance hub is configured
Follows the natural implementation sequence of events for successful deployment of Performance Hubs
Includes Top Tips in each chapter to aid in smooth implementation and to enable sustained results
This book and electronic tool kit available on the book's page at https://www.crcpress.com/9781439861349 provide all the working documents-including project management aids, templates, and slides-you and your teams will need to get started. Clarifying how to make continuous improvement a daily habit across all segments of your organization, the authoritative advice provided in these pages will help you align all improvement activities with the current and future needs of your business.
The book details a comprehensive solution to help all employees visualize operational performance. It explains how to cascade the right metrics across all levels of your business to trigger the appropriate use of Lean/Six Sigma tools and techniques into strategic process areas. Demonstrating how to link all continuous improvement activities to address the key issues affecting performance, the book:
Explains what a performance hub is and provides the clarity needed for full organizational deployment
Describes the four key headings under which a performance hub is configured
Follows the natural implementation sequence of events for successful deployment of Performance Hubs
Includes Top Tips in each chapter to aid in smooth implementation and to enable sustained results
This book and electronic tool kit available on the book's page at https://www.crcpress.com/9781439861349 provide all the working documents-including project management aids, templates, and slides-you and your teams will need to get started. Clarifying how to make continuous improvement a daily habit across all segments of your organization, the authoritative advice provided in these pages will help you align all improvement activities with the current and future needs of your business.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Portland
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
87 s/w Abbildungen, 15 s/w Tabellen
15 Tables, black and white; 87 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
369 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4398-6133-2 (9781439861332)
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Person
Marc Roberts, MSc, is a global business excellence consultant with more than fifteen years' experience in applying Lean principles across a broad range of business sectors, in both transactional and manufacturing environments. He is a specialist at Lean transformations and startups for large multi-location/plant companies. He has a master's degree in engineering and manufacturing management and is a trained continuous improvement coach.
Marc was initially trained by Toyota through its Supplier Development Program. Since his early days as an engineer, he has held senior management positions and lead Lean transformations across several large-scale operations, from steel making to insurance and banking.
Marc was initially trained by Toyota through its Supplier Development Program. Since his early days as an engineer, he has held senior management positions and lead Lean transformations across several large-scale operations, from steel making to insurance and banking.
Content
PART ONE: Introduction. Lean Leadership. The Performance Hub at a glance. PART TWO: The deployment plan. Identifying the right metrics that will drive the desired behaviors. The Review Structure. The visual Performance Hub at Senior Management/Director Level. The visual Performance Hub at Management Level. The visual Performance Hub at Team Level. ROUTINE BEHAVIORS: The art of facilitation. Target Setting. Making Robust Improvements. Using the appropriate tool to get the desired fix. Holding the gains. IMPLEMENTATION AND ENGAGEMENT AIDS: Useful Icebreakers and flips. The Pitfalls.