TRC-2019 Learning Zone (21:11 minutes) 

by Tom Leonard

Many managers lack equipment expertise, coming from another business segments, or those with maintenance backgrounds lack current direct experiences to be the subject matter expert. This presentation borrows a teachable, scientific approach to problem solving from the lean/continuous improvement realm and applies it to asset reliability. Using the Improvement Kata / Coaching Kata rigor presented in Toyota Kata by Mike Rother. The 50 minute presentation consists of two periods, a 30 minute round of Kata-In-the-Classroom followed by how the Improvement Kata’s Plan-Do-Check-Act routine relates to reliability improvement and Uptime Elements