…return to the real world

A week of holiday in Maui is over today, so time to refocus back into the world of manufacturing and Continuous Improvement. While I have been away it has been fun to check in with the team daily by reviewing a few key metrics that show up in my e-mail box each morning. This is a great reminder of the importance of a few key measurements or metrics and also how it is critical to boil these down to the important few. I also like graphs as they can tell a quick, visual story in a matter of seconds. Ideally, if all the key metrics can be reported on one page daily, this is perfect. And if critical value stream metrics can be recapped weekly the combination of these two will give the management team the information they need to act fast and respond to the business quickly.

Now let’s see if I can get into a daily blogging habit!