Once you set the waste you intend to eliminate and the goals to achieve. What is the next step?

It is time for taking action! Once the waste is determined, and countermeasures are planned, you must: ✦ Correct the root cause and remedy the problem. ✦ Keep your eye on the goals and targets that were set. Once actions are taken, you have to monitor the results. Were the efforts successful? Then what’s next? ✦ If goals were met and wastes reduced or erased, then success should be communicated. ✦ If you fell short of the mark, what and where did it go wrong? You then should analyze the whole process and go back to the goal-setting stage. ✦ It is necessary to determine what additional corrective action is necessary and map alternative measures.

Here is a short video to help summarize the A3 problem-solving method. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqVNs2DbGVU&ab_channel=WilliamRichmond

Photo by vectorjuice on freepik Reference: Lean QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide To Lean (QuickStart Guides™ - Business) by Benjamin Sweeney. ClydeBank Media LLC, 2015.