How do I use the idea case study form?

TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION SITUATIONAL TRAINING DOCUMENTS

We developed this case study template for use by supervisors to record ideas their team produced and implemented. The template’s purpose is to provide recognition to the individual(s) who generated the idea, and to assist others in motivating their team to do the same. Using the template helps educate and inspire new ideas from employees by demonstrating what other teams have achieved. We added icons that may be copied and pasted from the KEY TO ICONS sheet to help illustrate the idea and beneficiary.

Templates may be put on display in break room bulletin boards, in an employee’s file, and shortly posted on the CCM web site.

If you would like assistance using the template - please call or email Idea Generation Team Member, Mary Schenker, at: mary.schenker@hpanels.com or x6324.

Idea Activators are short training or education modules that teach people new techniques or give them perspectives on their work that will trigger more ideas. Depending on the nature of the information to be imparted, these modules can be anything from a ten minute talk to a formal classroom training session.EX Reducing waste is a corporate goal, asking employees for their green ideas would result in limited ideas. So, to increase people’s ability to spot green improvement opportunities conduct training seminars or educational programs to heighten their awareness and knowledge on the subject. It serves as a stimulus to generating new ideas

Lean Tools May Be Activators As Well5S - Good housekeepingPoka yoke – error proofProcess chartingValue stream mappingIdea activators do not need to only address goals of top management, they can address smaller targets of opportunity, and example of this would be to Issue a Challenge to the group – if your department has a strategic goal – work on that subject for ideasEX Safety, Cost Cutting initiatives, Quality, Waste Identify a current work around, or current problem in your department and issue a challenge on ideas to fix it. Problem solving is historically where most organizations start their focus and a lot of idea generation comes from that.Idea Mining – Many ideas have novel perspectives embedded in them. These perspectives are usually implicit but if drawn out – they have the potential to trigger more ideas. EX Customers call the wrong phone number and get mad and confused, reason – the way the ad is designed the phone number is confusing. If you looked at this problem – one might think the solution is to fix the ad, but idea mining would say yes, do that but also every time a customer calls and is confused – write it down. There might be more issues at hand than just the ad phone number mix up.

Ask Questions Of The Group - probe, dig deeperWhat other ideas does this suggest?What other areas for improvement does this idea suggest?What fresh perspectives about how the organization can be improved does this idea suggest?

OFI – Opportunities For Improvement, Ideas, ProblemsIt is important that people offer up problems as well as ideas. They may not have any idea how to solve it, but a team member may. Problems do not need to be viewed as negative but instead as opportunities. Because every idea begins with a problem, teams must learn to see out and embrace problems instead of avoiding them. Opening up the process to problems will significantly increase both the quality and quantity of the team’s ideas.

Key TakeawaysProblems – ideasIdea activatorsIssue a ChallengeIdea Mining

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DATE March 20, 2016

SYNOPSIS For cut polyiso jobs use color stretch wrap when wrapping com-pleted units. It makes it easier to identify from the current jobs running on line when hooding.

SUBMITTED BY Rick Ruble

IDEA ORIGINATOR Kareem Assem - Production

LOCATION CCM Polyiso plant - Smithfi eld, PA

DEPARTMENT Production

T U R N I N G I D E A S I N T O A C T I O N

The Idea Generation Ticket is for “Color Stretch Wrap for Cut Jobs” submitted by Kareem Asseem, a Production Employee in Smithfi eld. His supervisor Rick Ruble was a supportive role for the Idea Genera-tion project. The issue started with cut job units getting mixed in with production units and this caused a major inventory and production issue. The new process makes iden-tifi cation of units mistake proof and eliminates issues with both

production and shipping. This idea was very benefi cial and was imple-mented very quickly. Great job to the team.

Added Benefi tThe new colored stretch wrap makes it easy for customers to identify it on the job site!

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T U R N I N G I D E A S I N T O A C T I O N

DATE: April 27, 2016

SUBMITTED BY: Jim Whitton

IDEA ORIGINATOR: Mary Schenker, Manager, Marketing and Advertising

LOCATION: Hunter Panels, Portland, Maine

DEPARTMENT: Marketing

IDEA:

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Without color stretch wrap.

With color stretch wrap.

TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION