AI at the Gemba · lesson 6 · worksheet

Mark up the map

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DateThe process (no names, no customers)Name

Part 1. List the steps of one process you know, with the number for each. Beside it write where the number came from: M measured (by whom, how many cycles, when), O an operator said it, A an assistant supplied it. Write [NEEDS GEMBA] for every gap, and do not fill it.

#	Step	Number	M · O · A	Who, how many cycles, when (or [NEEDS GEMBA])
1			M O A
2			M O A
3			M O A
4			M O A
5			M O A
6			M O A

Part 2. Turn each gap into a threshold, then into a go-time list.

The gap	What would it have to be to change my conclusion?	Who times it, how many cycles, which shift	When

Part 3. Automate or augment? Pick one step and answer the three questions.

Is it mapped, timed and stable?
What stops it, and who responds, when something is abnormal?
Who checks the output, and who decides what the freed time is for?

If any answer is "nobody", I will augment. How will the assistant help the person on this step?

The first thing I will go and time, before I open an assistant:

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