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| If you want to be successful at using
in process improvement in
your company, you must have an implementation plan that
works! Far too often, companies spend lots of time and
money in training people, but have no real plan for the people
to use the training when they return to the job. BPI
Consulting's implementation plan
prevents this from occurring and helps guarantee successful
results on a day-to-day basis. The plan
has five phases:
 | Phase 1: BPI Consulting visits the company to learn the overall processes and obtain data to
develop a company specific case study and the examples to
be used in the training classes. |
| Phase 2:
BPI Consulting presents, to leadership, a half-day overview that
covers the “how” of the process improvement implementation and the
role to be played by plant management. |
| Phase 3: BPI Consulting conducts a one
to two week IPPS facilitator training seminar to select
associates who have been given the responsibility of
implementing SPC by tracking key process variables in
their area/department. |
| Phase 4: BPI Consulting, with assistant
from select facilitators, conducts a 2.5 day IPPS
awareness seminar for all associates. |
| Phase 5:
BPI Consulting conducts follow-up meetings with the IPPS facilitators
as required to ensure effective and efficient
implementation of process improvement. |
The end result of the plan is that there are key process
variables that have been identified for each area (department
or process) in the company. Where applicable, associates
track these KPV using SPC techniques. When the KPV goes
out of control, the associate closest to the process knows how
to respond to bring the process back into control. The
associate's job is to keep the process in control.
Once the process is in control, the
process capability can be calculated. If the process
capability is not satisfactory, the process must be
improved. One way
to improve the process is through a project team facilitated
by a SPC facilitator.
Do you really need help with
implementation of SPC?
SPC should play a major
role in process improvement. Examine the questions below. If you can't answer yes to all of them,
please contact us. We can help you create a world-class SPC process
with a strong focus on the bottom line.
| Do you use SPC as a basis for action -- when to look for problems
and when to leave the process alone? |
| Do you have a control strategy to actively find the root cause of
out of control conditions? |
| Do you routinely review control charts for deletion of charts that
are not helpful and addition of new charts? |
| Do you use SPC for determining process capability? |
| Do leaders use SPC to examine their data (e.g., financial and
monthly reports)? |
| Do associates understand the reason for control charts? |
| Do you have an on-going written strategy for continually improving
the use of SPC? |
| Do leaders use control charts to determine if goals are being met? |
| Do leaders truly understand the concept of variation and that most
problems lie within the system? |
| Do you use control charts to monitor and improve your measurement
systems? |
| Do you include SPC in training new associates on-the-job? |
| Do you put the control charts in the hands of the people doing the
work (from the CEO down throughout the organization) ? |
| Do you measure the effectiveness of control charts in the workplace? |
| Do you use SPC to help create world class processes? |
For more detailed information on our
implementation plan, please
contact us (sales@spcforexcel.com)
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Our
Associates
Dr. William McNeese is a partner in BPI. He developed
the training materials, seminars and implementation plans
seen on this web site. He is
an expert in SPC applications and is the author of two books.
Loa Olafsson McNeese
is a
partner in BPI. She
holds dual MBAs in Sales & Marketing and Accounting &
Financial management. She is an expert facilitator and
has worked with many process teams in a wide variety of
industries.
Dr.
Don Sanders was featured in
the Tom Peter’s video, “In Search of Quality” and has
published several books on the technical and “people side”
of quality. He is an expert trainer and speaker.
Click here
for more information on our associates
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