Right-sized Problem Solving

Exercise: Select the appropriate tool to solve the problem—Idea Card or Event—for the following:

Equipment is located unsafely under a chemical shelf

Documents are stacked so that we can’t see the oldest easily

We need to design a new system processing forms

The process does not follow the concept of 1-piece flow throughout the value stream

We don’t have the company name for the product on the order form, so we need to look it up every time

We clean restrooms on the 2^nd floor before the 3^rd floor, but the 3^rd floor has events sooner this quarter and so it is difficult to clean them by the time we get there

Our FAQ page has the old building address on it

Our software is no longer supported, we need to determine a new software option

We just implemented a new software system and one of the required fields for submitting info is missing

Our supply closets are completely unorganized

We need to change the min/max level on 1 of our products since we are always running out

We heard about a product another team is using that could help with this problem, but we’re not using it

The order we run our huddle is off, since we are ending with who’s out

We can’t see if we made progress on this graph

There’s no way to indicate that we need help with an idea on our board

Exercise: Fill out the simple idea card below, based on the following scenario:

Scenario: The warehouse team is trying to reduce their inventory and John from the team noticed that the quantity that they submit orders for a battery is six but that the supplier delivers in multiples of five, so the supplier always sends 10 batteries.

Problem:

Idea: