This document summarizes a presentation about implementing a Lean management system with an emphasis on the role of the CFO. It discusses designing the Lean system by understanding economics of Lean and measuring flow. It also covers building the system by measuring operational performance instead of profits, managing spending instead of costs, and valuing capacity measurement. Additionally, it addresses moving the system forward by focusing on decision making and a box score tool. Finally, it outlines tearing down the existing system by simplifying then eliminating standard costing and taming the ERP system.
What kind of behavior do we want as an organization to:Provide superior value to customersIdentify flow and improve itPursue perfection through CI – identifying & removing wasteEmpower your people to do this all the timeIn general, lean companies understandImprovements in quality lead to providing more value to your customersImproving productivity means waste is being eliminated – you can get more output out with existing resourcesImproving flow is essential to lean success - less inventoryProcesses should be stable to provide consistent & improved deliveryCustomers like shorter lead times
With a desire to control costs, most companies use some sort of cost management system , or a combination of various systems.There are many traditional cost management systems that are used (each picture needs to appear as it is introduced)Annual budgeting – is based on estimates but in reality it is difficult to predict business conditions in advance, the process also takes too long, is time consuming and is outdated quicklyEVA – focuses on boosting stock price. Cannot be understood by the average employeeActivity Based Costing – very complex to implement and very time consuming (Standard costing on steroids)Standard Costing Distorts profitability by inappropriate overhead application.Motivates non-lean behavior such as large batches, over-production & make-for-inventory.Requires significant detailed reporting of so-called “actual” information.Considers labor as a variable cost when for practical purposes labor is largely fixed.Long feedback loops prevent true identification of root causes of costsCommon themes of these systems are they are either complex or confusing or both
VSC provides relevant & actionable information which the value stream can act upon. VSC simplifies financial analysis for the value stream to 2 basic questions for analyzing profitability
The relentless elimination of waste ultimately makes lean companies low-cost producers in their industries