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- Lean workplace (Gemba).5S & Visual Management
- Skip 5S and problems hide in clutter
- Decide what belongs
- A red tag must close within its deadline
- Make absence visible
- Wiping is not shining: trace the source
- Read the workplace
- Give signals a response
- Prove sustainment
- Two rulers measure two different things
- Roll out together
- Connect the workflow
- The system scores, people decide what stays
- GrowthAccelerated Product Development
- Pushing without the critical path finishes no sooner
- Screen out the weak; start only after the charter is approved
- The longest chain sets the finish; an upstream change voids what follows
- Pass gates on evidence; approval is not release of resources
- Freeze the TG2 column and deviation means something
- We verify the design; only the customer can validate it
- Freeze the configuration first; every later change goes through an ECO
- The system checks the gates; people decide and approve
- Business processesAccounts Receivable Benchmarking
- Benchmark without layers and the gap cannot be assigned
- Check the base, clean aging, declare the algorithm: then benchmark
- Split the days into layers you can assign, then fix the noise as constants
- Put the gate at the source: no PO, no start; terms have a cost
- Gains rebound, so set three review points after closure
- The system checks sums and gates; people choose the benchmark
- GrowthBreakthrough Product Development
- Skip prevention in design and correction costs keep growing
- Tear it down to see the cost; prevent at design time
- Sort what customers say first, then decide where to shine
- Yourself first, then rivals; ideas count after three questions
- Start from physical principles and borrow from other industries
- Look for risks and counter-evidence before deciding; give each action one owner
- The system ranks and screens; people tear down and decide
- Lean workplace (Gemba).Cause-and-Effect Diagram with the Addition of Cards
- A filed fishbone shows no improvement
- Lose one mechanism and it is an ordinary fishbone
- Cards and curve on one board make improvement visible
- A white card records what was seen, not a judgment
- Pair every fact with action
- The board hangs on the pre-shift meeting, not a new one
- Give cards an exit
- Watch the traces of action, not a full wall
- At shift change, hand over what is still open
- The system watches health; people write and remove cards
- Logistics pullCommodity Management
- Buy scattered, and only price pressure is left
- Pool the volume first, then bargaining has weight
- Risk sets the effort; potential sets the order
- Pick suppliers through four lenses
- RFx and auction: judge total cost, not the quote
- Keep capability, then set the count and write commitments into the contract
- Turn an 18-month strategy into milestones
- After signing: cut cost together, earn the seat
- Service sourcing starts with a clear SOW
- Criteria are in the rule pack; decisions stay with people
- Change Management & D.R.E.C.DBS with Compliance & Import/Export (IMEX) Compliance
- Cut compliance steps as waste and improvement ends in a warning letter
- Before cutting a step, ask whether a regulation rests on it
- On a suspected breach, notify first and do not investigate alone
- Actions done are not closed; proof they work closes them
- An inspector arrives: split front and back rooms, answer each 483 item
- Check every change against the last approved version
- Sent is not received: check the three receipts one by one
- Qualification is an evidence chain; renew six weeks before expiry
- The system holds criteria and deadlines; people countersign and investigate
- Leadership TransformationCrucial Conversations
- Left unsaid, the derailment still happens
- Split fact from story so both sides’ information reaches the pool
- When safety is lost, pause the content, repair it, then talk
- Speak tentatively and listen well to pick an option both can own
- A decision needs a named owner, and only a checked actual counts as done
- Define the agreement together in person, then keep it alive
- Talk stays out of the system; speaking up and keeping promises stay with people
- Staff developmentDBS Curriculum & Tool Selection by Function
- Management systemCore Value Drivers
- If everyone defines it their own way, the numbers cannot be compared
- Eight measures, three perspectives
- PPM: keep the two windows distinct
- OTD: lines and customer dates
- Two people measures, two different denominators
- Core growth: bridge on a comparable basis
- Separate margin from profit amount
- How long cash stays in the business
- Which months each Quick measure uses
- ROIC: reconcile invested capital
- GMROI: do not multiply turnover twice
- Forecast updates do not rewrite closed months
- Return the numbers to business action
- The system does the arithmetic; people choose the improvement
- Staff developmentDBS Boot Camp System
- One course for everyone teaches no one
- Base first; growth and variation reduction later
- The site pulls the camp; reflect before reporting
- Passing is judged by what happens after camp
- Funnel every kaizen; measure back at 7, 30 and 90 days
- Ask whether it is the right person before developing them
- Practice the criteria here; grading, selection and coaching stay with people
- Leadership TransformationDBS Orientation
- Deploying strategy without daily management leaves breakthroughs unheld
- The market sets the price; profit can only come from removing waste
- A posted board is not running; updates and closure are
- Hitting the target is not the end; the standard returns to daily management
- Every deliverable has a deadline; done must be shown by evidence
- Gates and benchmarks to the system; deployment trade-offs stay with people