Learning Launch

Challenge

I was a member of my organization’s supply chain management department and my team’s challenge  was to improve the workflow (activities and projects) within the department in order to improve the   communication between the different teams like logistics, procurement, planning, quality and sales.  As far as supply chain management is considered, information flow is vital for efficient working. The  project is limited to internal resources. The project should not exceed 30 business days and the  solution should include even distribution of work and must solve the communication gap between  different departments. We focused on what each team member’s strength and weakness was and  find out the main reason for the inefficiency in the workflow.

Selection

This was the first time we thought of design thinking and learnt to use the tool. Broadly speaking, the  learning launch is an experiment meant to quickly test an idea and prototype.

Application

At first, we focused on the direction of the information flow. Along with that, the daily tasks and  processes were observed. To make sure that everything was structured, a scrum project management  method was adapted. The timelines of each process were observed. The team was then exposed to 5- day workshops. This helped in understanding that the process which were followed were not efficient.  After this, a document was produced with clear scrum workflow. This helped the employees in the  organisation to understand the whole workflow with timelines. Along with this, a new scheduling and  project management department was inaugurated and given the task of internal project management.  The team would manage the communication between the different departments and make sure that  that the internal supply chain was working transparently.

Insight

By applying the tool, the team identified the gaps and inefficiency in the workflows and thought about  potential solutions and tested it. The actual results attainted were the ones we anticipated. There was  communication gap between the teams and timeline variations along with poor workflow. This was  discussed with the stakeholders and the change was brought. The result of the above-mentioned  change improved the efficiency of the supply chain in a huge way.

Approach

the learning launch was the appropriate tool as we wanted to test out different ideas considering the  problem we were having. Our team reviewed the insight gained from our launch and implemented  the new workflow idea. The change could be seen the performance of the supply chain as our response  time which was one of our KPI, improved by a good margin.


Learning Launch Challenge I was a member of my organization ’s supply chain management department and my team ’s challenge was to improve the workflow ( activities and projects ) within the department in order to improve the communication between the different teams like logistics , procurement , planning , quality and sales . As far as supply chain management is considered , information flow is vital for efficient working . The project is limited to internal resources . The project should not exceed 30 business days and the solution should include even distribution of work and must solve the communication gap between different departments . We focused on what each team member ’s strength and weakness was and find out the main reason for the inefficiency in the workflow . Selection This was the first time we thought of design thinking and learnt to use the tool . Broadly speaking , the learning launch is an experiment meant to quickly test an idea and prototype . Application At first , we focused on the direction of the information flow . Along with that , the daily tasks and processes were observed . To make sure that everything was structured , a scrum project management method was adapted . The timelines of each process were observed . The team was then exposed to 5- day workshops . This helped in understanding that the process which were followed were not efficient . After this , a document was produced with clear scrum workflow . This helped the employees in the organisation to understand the whole workflow with timelines . Along with this , a new scheduling and project management department was inaugurated and given the task of internal project management . The team would manage the communication between the different departments and make sure that that the internal supply chain was working transparently . Insight By applying the tool , the team identified the gaps and inefficiency in the workflows and thought about potential solutions and tested it . The actual results attainted were the ones we anticipated . There was communication gap between the teams and timeline variations along with poor workflow . This was discussed with the stakeholders and the change was brought . The result of the above - mentioned change improved the efficiency of the supply chain in a huge way . Approach the learning launch was the appropriate tool as we wanted to test out different ideas considering the problem we were having . Our team reviewed the insight gained from our launch and implemented the new workflow idea . The change could be seen the performance of the supply chain as our response time which was one of our KPI , improved by a good margin .