Table A1.

Lean Innovation Training outline

WorkshopDay 1: Introduction and innovation simulationDay 2: DefineDay 3: Measure and analyzeDay 4: ImproveDay 5: Control
Participants• All staff• All staff• Project teams• Project teams• Project teams
Objectives• Present T1 survey results• Agree on project problem areas• Gain an overview of the process• Generate solution ideas, prioritize and select solutions• Manage change
 • Familiarize participants with LSS and CPS tools• Draft project definition• Select vital root causes• Describe solutions• Organize support for solutions to be implemented
 • Raise confidence in engaging in result-driven improvement activities• Identify project teams and sponsors• Identify potential process gaps• Plan implementation• Sustain long-term gains
 • Overcome innovation-hampering mindsets • Support process maps with data  
Tools trained• Voice of customers (VOC)*• VOC• Future scenario*• Idea box*• Change- management plan
 • Kano analysis• Kano analysis• SIPOC• Webbing*• Stakeholder-engagement strategies
 • Future scenario*• Project charter• VSM• SCAMPER*• Force-field analysis
 • SIPOC• Future scenario*• Seven wastes• Analogies*• Solution-effect analysis
 • Value stream map (VSM)• Idea box*• Takt time• Forced connection* 
 • Seven wastes• Stakeholder analysis• Basic hypothesis tests• Reverse brainstorming* 
 • SCAMPER* • Regression analysis• Effort-impact matrix 
 • Forced connection  • Action plan 
Deliverables• Customer feedback sum-up• Customer feedback sum-up• Process maps• Solution ideas• Stakeholder- support level map
 • Clear problem statement• Clear problem statement• Potential root causes• Selected and described solutions• Stakeholder intervention plan
 • Objectives• SMART objectives• Data metrics and potential root causes• Implementation plan• Communication plan
 • Problem areas’ metrics• Metrics for problem areas and objectives• Vital few root causes • Performance monitoring plan
   • Process gaps list  

Notes:

The tools marked with an asterisk (*) are Creative Problem-Solving (CPS) tools; the others are well-known Lean Six Sigma (LSS) tools

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