Learning launch

Challenge

As a member of Sourcing & supply chain in my organisation , I belongs from part development team.

I have got the challenge to improve the capability of some of my local suppliers to increase their  output as per desired level to feed our production line without any interruption & without any  quality issues.

We have taken this challenge within our sourcing team of particular domain and suppliers team.

This project was time bound since either we may have to loose production or to take decision to  induct new supplier nearby which involves cost & time both.

Selection

Our team has study several tools related to design thinking & tools Learning launch suits as one of  the best & optimum tools to get the desired outcome as it involved past learning experience &  failures to accommodate in next project & get benefits of previous learning to suit the local  environment.  With this tools we can quickly check our ideas and proto type methods to evaluate  the results in better way.

Application

In our learning launch, we have bifurcated the activities in following structured manner & indicate  the action progressively-

•  To collected the production trend of these supplier since last 3 years

•  Identified the maximum & minimum output month

•  Identified the good & bad things happened during maximum & minimum output month

•  Collect the future  projections of these suppliers

•  Get the ideas of good things happened earlier & planned to implement those things

•  Analysis the bad things & reason of happening the same

•  Pokayokas to avoid bad things to happen in design stage itself

•  Make small improvement project to make the good practice happen

•  Sustenance & monitoring of good projects & reviews & std frequency with the stakeholder

•  Identify the bottleneck activity at supplier area

•  Time study mapping to identify the bottleneck

•  work towards debottlenecking the same by implementing lean manufacturing  implementation at supplier end

•  Time study & lean manufacturing implementation at supplier end to identify the bottleneck

•  Check the results at fixed intervals

•  Standardise the improvement activities by updating necessary documents like Work  instructions, control plan, DFMEA, PFMEA etc.

•  Making the sign off with supplier to desired quantity & quality

We have conducted 3-4 workshops alongwith different supplier & make progress reports on each  criteria. These workshops occurred within a month time. We have modified various process flows &  SOPs at supplier end as per revised guidelines.

Insights

After 2 weeks we are expecting significant changes in performance of these suppliers.

Certain things may not go well as per our plan which will be taken as corrective action to improve  further efficiency. With help of Learning Launch, team will be quite open to demonstrate the  improvement to all the stakeholder with transparency. A sense of ownership will be develop within  team which boost the moral to next level & appreciations from Management.

Moving forward, team will review this insights & incorporate into our next projects.

Approach

Given the case , even though team has study the several design thinking tools , this suits the best  one to utilise the efficiency of team. Another tools used in this project was mind mapping which held  us to create a influencing environment which motivates team as well.


Learning launch Challenge As a member of Sourcing & supply chain in my organisation , I belongs from part development team . I have got the challenge to improve the capability of some of my local suppliers to increase their output as per desired level to feed our production line without any interruption & without any quality issues . We have taken this challenge within our sourcing team of particular domain and suppliers team . This project was time bound since either we may have to loose production or to take decision to induct new supplier nearby which involves cost & time both . Selection Our team has study several tools related to design thinking & tools Learning launch suits as one of the best & optimum tools to get the desired outcome as it involved past learning experience & failures to accommodate in next project & get benefits of previous learning to suit the local environment . With this tools we can quickly check our ideas and proto type methods to evaluate the results in better way . Application In our learning launch , we have bifurcated the activities in following structured manner & indicate the action progressively- • To collected the production trend of these supplier since last 3 years • Identified the maximum & minimum output month • Identified the good & bad things happened during maximum & minimum output month • Collect the future projections of these suppliers • Get the ideas of good things happened earlier & planned to implement those things • Analysis the bad things & reason of happening the same • Pokayokas to avoid bad things to happen in design stage itself • Make small improvement project to make the good practice happen • Sustenance & monitoring of good projects & reviews & std frequency with the stakeholder • Identify the bottleneck activity at supplier area • Time study mapping to identify the bottleneck • work towards debottlenecking the same by implementing lean manufacturing implementation at supplier end • Time study & lean manufacturing implementation at supplier end to identify the bottleneck • Check the results at fixed intervals • Standardise the improvement activities by updating necessary documents like Work instructions , control plan , DFMEA , PFMEA etc . • Making the sign off with supplier to desired quantity & quality We have conducted 3 - 4 workshops alongwith different supplier & make progress reports on each criteria . These workshops occurred within a month time . We have modified various process flows & SOPs at supplier end as per revised guidelines . Insights After 2 weeks we are expecting significant changes in performance of these suppliers . Certain things may not go well as per our plan which will be taken as corrective action to improve further efficiency . With help of Learning Launch , team will be quite open to demonstrate the improvement to all the stakeholder with transparency . A sense of ownership will be develop within team which boost the moral to next level & appreciations from Management . Moving forward , team will review this insights & incorporate into our next projects . Approach Given the case , even though team has study the several design thinking tools , this suits the best one to utilise the efficiency of team . Another tools used in this project was mind mapping which held us to create a influencing environment which motivates team as well .