Conduct a Lean Diagnostic

Discover the current performance and true potential

Quick Overview
A prac7cal and comprehensive workshop to guide you through the crucial steps of understanding your current
business, recognising opportunity, and ul7mately raising the compe77ve ability of your organisa7on.
We begin with an evalua7on of your North Star incorpora7ng the Voice of the Business, Customer and Employee,
and how to set clear direc7on for the assessments that follow. ThereaIer, we take you through a thorough Best
Prac7ce Evalua7on, to dene the current state and target condi7on for each of the 4P People Prac7ces. Best Prac7ce is
as important as achieving results, and you will learn to dene the changes in habit that will create the right culture for
change.
Understanding your key business processes follows, using the Value Stream Evalua7on. You will map and visualise your
current state of ow and develop a future state condi7on to meet speed, exibility and ow requirements.
Linking improvements to the boRom line is cri7cal for leadership buy-in and to ensure posi7ve impact on the
protability of the business. We present the Basic Cash Loss Evalua7on to help you assess the cost drivers in the
business and leverage points to tackle in the roll-out.
The nal phase is Consolida7on. Results from each of the evalua7ons are merged to create a holis7c Road Map for
change. The objec7ve is to develop an integrated and clear Future State Road Map with metrics to track performance.
Armed with the rst steps needed to realise the true poten7al in the business, your team will be in a posi7on to set the
wheels in mo7on for a well-designed business change.

Business Outcomes
A diagnos7c that meets the needs of the stakeholders and addresses where the business is prospering towards
Strong focus on the true business levers and boRom line improvement
Four powerful techniques of analysis create a holis7c approach and balance to the business needs
The Diagnos7c is summarised into Key Improvement Ini7a7ves to support the Business Strategy, and provide clarity
for the Future State Vision and Change Plan
The right tools for the job are determined, to assure no waste of resources on non-value adding ac7vi7es and
improvement noise
Typical Improvement Ini7a7ves include Cost Reduc7on, Lead Time Reduc7on, Increased Throughput, Quality and
Yield Improvement, Improved Customer Service, Responsiveness to Market Changes, Improved Employee
Involvement

Target Audience
Managers & Execu7ves
Change Agents & Con7nuous Improvement Facilitators
Individuals seeking knowledge on how to conduct a business diagnos7c

Dura8on

Included

This workshop is run over a 5-day period, 0800 to 1700

Relevant course material and cer7cate of aRendance

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