The Just Don't Get It!

We've seen brilliant and well-intentioned managers deliver PowerPoint decks loaded with charts and graphs but miss the mark. Why? Because the data didn't tell a story that connected with the audience. Elephant Hunting: Spotting and Slaying the Hidden High-Impact Opportunities On the shop floor, the primary goal can be summed up in a simple mantra: "Get it in run, keep it in run, at target speed." That phrase captures the heartbeat of manufacturing. It's not about fancy strategy or abstract objectives; it's about keeping the machines running and meeting commitments. The site leader's job is to find and fix the problems that get in the way. That means using the data to find the stories and rally the troops. Some problems are obvious: a long changeover, a broken machine, a yield crash. You see them, you react, you fix them. But others hide in plain sight, and you can't see them until you can measure them.

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