 We all know how easy it is to get bogged down creating detailed guidelines, slavishly following stepped structures and learning new terminology. Over the years I have deployed many lean and Total Productive Maintenance techniques across a wide range of businesses. 我们都知道陷入制定详细指导方针的泥潭里是如何的容易，盲目地追随分步步骤和学习新的术语。多年来，我本人已经在多个行业推行了不少精益生产以及全员生产维护的方法。 Recently it occurred to me that instead of creating ever more complicated explanations it’s sometimes better to get back to basics. Can we describe what we want to do in very simple terms? 最近，我突然意识到，不要再做更复杂的解释了，而有时最好是能回到基础上来。我们可以用简单的词语描述我们所想要去做的事情吗？ Light bulb moment – all of our successful improvement methodologies are based on just 4 key principles! Understanding these allows us to move forward and ensure our lean implementation is successful. 顿悟时刻—我们的所有成功改进方法都是基于4个关键原则！了解这些原则，可以使我们向前迈进，并确保实施精益生产成功。 1.Think of the task you are improving as a process. 将正在改进的任务看作一个流程。 2.Eliminate what does NOT add value. 消除不增值的因素。 3.Pursue your implementation with unrelenting rigour and discipline. 坚持不懈地严格执行，并做到自律。 4.Involve everybody in the implementation programme. 在实施方案内，让所有人参与进来。 1. Think of the task you are improving as a process 将正在改进的任务看作一个流程。 It doesn’t matter if you are machining a piece of metal or writing code for a program. What you are doing is transforming something from one form into another. This could be metal pipe into an exhaust, ideas into a computer programme, or telephone enquiries into quotes. 你是正在加工一块金属，或写程序代码，这一点并不重要。你所要做的就是把某物从一种形式转变为另一种形式。可能是把金属管做排气管，把想法转化成电脑程序，或者电话查询转换成报价。 Once we can identify the inputs to our process then we can observe it, capture it and improve it. 一旦我们能够识别过程中的输入，之后，我们就能观察，捕捉，并对输入进行改进。 2. Eliminate what does NOT add value 消除不增值的因素。 When we observe our process, anything that doesn’t help convert our inputs closer to the required output does not add value to our process. 我们在观察流程时，任何不能使我们的输入更接近所需输出的东西，都不能为我们的流程增加价值。 I started by learning to identify and eliminate the 7 Wastes, then someone added an 8th waste. Later I learned about the 16 Losses in TPM and all the phrases we use to describe waste in transactional processes like disconnects, threats and back flows. 我开始通过识别和消除七大浪费来学习，之后，有人将七大浪费增加到了八大浪费。后来。我了解到TPM的十六大损失，和所有我们用来描述在业务流程中的浪费（比如，断开），威胁和回流。 It doesn’t matter what you call it, but it is vital that you eliminate it. 你怎么称呼它并不要紧，去消除它才是至关重要的。 3. Pursue elimination with unrelenting rigour and discipline 坚持不懈地严格执行，并做到自律。 Easy to say, much, much harder to do. 说起来很简单，做起来确实是非常难。 I don’t think there is any substitute for leading by example and personally ensuring that everybody is doing their bit. 我认为，没有任何可以取代以身作则，并亲自确保每个人都在做其本职的事情。 Always follow up the improvements your team make. Ensure physical changes are completed and behavioural changes become daily habits. This will prevent the hard won improvements fading away. 始终跟进团队的做的改善。确保物理上的变化完成，行为方面的变化成为日常的习惯。这将预防来之不易的改善日益衰弱。 Once you’ve embedded that improvement you need to do it all again. And again. Improvement is infinite and better is not good enough! 一旦植根于改善，你需要将需要做的一切重新来一遍。一次又一次。改善是没有止境的，好一些并不是足够好！ All of the well known improvement programmes, like the Toyota Production System, are an accumulation of small steps in learning built up over time. They started with simple waste elimination tools that gradually became more specialised as the waste became harder to eliminate. 所有改善的计划，比如，丰田生产体系，是建立在时间的积累上的学习的微小的步骤。他们开始使用简单的消除浪费的工具，伴随着浪费变得越发难以消除，这些消除浪费的工具逐渐变得更加专业化。 Dogged perseverance is the name of the game. 顽强的毅力是“游戏”的名称。 4. Involve everybody in the improvement programme 在实施方案内，让所有人参与进来 Not only do you get more ideas by involving more people but you spread the word more effectively. The benefits of working in teams is a subject in its own right, but this quote sums it up for me. 你不单单可以让更多的人员参与进来，得到更多的关注，还能更有效地宣传“改善”这个词。在团队中工作的好处本身就是一个主题，但这句话概括了我的意思。。 “A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle”. 单支箭容易折断，但不是捆在一起的十支。 My recommendation 我的推荐 If the technique you are using has become overcomplicated look back at these four basic principles. At least one of them will explain the aspect you are trying to understand. Start with the simple and then build on it as you learn. 如果你正在使用的方法变得越发复杂，回头看看这四个基本原则。至少有一个可以解释你试图去想了解的方面。从简单的开始，建立在你所学习的基础上。 Let me know about your experiences in mastering improvement techniques. 让我也来了解下你在掌握改善方法的经验。 【特别提醒】 |
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