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Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Monitor and Share

Christoph Roser — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 11:00:22 +0000

This post of my series on Practical Problem Solving (PPS) looks at what to do after you have done the “Do” part of PDCA. Yes, that’s right, after implementing the solutions you are not done yet. You need to monitor the outcome to see whether it has actually achieved the target you set much earlier. ... Read more

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Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Countermeasures and Implement

Christoph Roser — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 11:00:20 +0000

In this post of my series on the Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS), we finally get to the part many were excitedly waiting for—the development of countermeasures and their implementation. Some people like this part of actually doing the improvement (and hence finally the “Do” part of PDCA) so much that they skip the “Plan” ... Read more

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Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Targets and Root Causes

Christoph Roser — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:00:18 +0000

In the previous posts on this series of the Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS) I went into detail on how to understand the problem by clarifying the problem and breaking it down to get the prioritized problem. In this post I will look at target setting and root-cause analysis. Setting the target and doing the ... Read more

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Toyota Practical Problem Solving (PPS)—Clarify

Christoph Roser — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:00:14 +0000

In my last post I introduced the Toyota Practical Problem Solving approach (PPS) and gave an overview how it is rooted in PDCA and often used in the form of an A3. Now let’s dig deeper and go into the details of the individual steps. The first is to clarify the problem. The second is ... Read more

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Standards Part 7: How to Write a Work Standard

Christoph Roser — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:00:51 +0000

In my last post I talked about the different steps on how to do standard work. In this post I will go into more detail on how to write the actual work standard that is put up at the workplace. This will include quite a few examples in different styles, before I will go into ... Read more

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Standards Part 3: How to Write a Standard

Christoph Roser — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 11:00:22 +0000

Standards are the result of problem solving. In this article I will talk more about how to write a standard, but this is the outcome or the last steps of the problem-solving process. From this post onward I will look more at work standards, although the following is applicable to a lesser extent to part ... Read more

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Hoshin Kanri and the Kanri Noryoku Program: Rejuvenating Toyota

Christoph Roser — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 11:00:23 +0000

In my previous posts I explained how Hoshin Kanri works. This post looks at how Toyota embeds Hoshin Kanri as part of their overall management structure. Toyota started this in 1979 when director Masao Nemoto started the Kanri Noryoku Program (管理能力プログラム), usually shortened to KanPro. Linguistics The term Hoshin Kanri comes from Japanese. It is written ... Read more

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Hoshin Kanri – Part 4: The X-Matrix?

Christoph Roser — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:00:21 +0000

When googling Hoshin Kanri, you will sooner or later come across an X-Matrix. It is a visually very impressive tool, but I am in serious doubt about its usefulness. It focuses on the creation of the Hoshin items, but to me this approach is overkill, and – even worse – may distract the user from ... Read more

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