lesson1
lesson1
Process
approach and process
optimization cycle
Process is..
..a set of interrelated work activities that transform inputs into outputs
• The output is a result of a process, it can be product or service which you offer
to your client
• The process may occur only once or be recurrent, or periodic
Examples of a process
Changing flat tire on a car Issuing a credit card Getting children ready for
school every
morning
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Process approach
ISO Quality management principle #4:
Define
Control Measure
Improve Analyze
DMAIC
Define You define what are you going to improve, who will benefit from this improvement,
and what would be improvement targets
You are going to gather 360 information about the process – data which reflects
Measure process performance, quality incidents, number of reworks. Also, you will
visualize your process using ValueStreamMap
Analyze You will go in details of the problems and find root causes
DMAIC
You will find solutions which will fix the problem and pilot them. Here is there the
Improve magic is happening.- After the pilot you can modify your solutions and
implement on a larger scale
You start monitoring performance of the improved process, create dashboards, build
Control response protocols. Here is where continuous improvement starts- once you see that
process constantly doesn’t meet expectations, you might want to start next phase of
optimization cycle
Define
Practice
• List 5 processes which you see in your daily life.
• Who is the client of the process?
• Do you think the process performs well?
• How can you measure these processes?
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