1. The Manufacturing Council of IFMA Presents:
Aligning Lean Facilities Management with Lean Manufacturing Processes
Michael Rothmeier, P.E.
SimpleSolutionsConsulting.net

2. Speaker’s Background:
Facilities, Engineering, Design, and Operations
Northrop, Baxter, and Square D
California State Polytechnic University
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
Professional Industrial Engineer
25 years of Experience

3. ...New Facility Roles in Lean Transformations?
The Beginning & The End
1. Lean is transforming Facilities & Maintenance
2. Valued as Technical Problem Solvers
3. Integrating into Lean Process Teams
4. More than a “support organization”
“Rapid Response” & “Doing the Unthinkable”
...New Facility Roles in Lean Transformations?

4. The Past is the Past
Traditional facility roles in Lean Transformations
1. The Roots of Lean
2. Centralized Facility Organizations
3. Lean Transformations for better and worse
4. Kaizens: Process Improvement Projects

5. Lean Tool Deployments Firefighters & Superheroes
“We don’t make Model T’s”
“We never know what’s coming next…”
“We already know what needs to be done”
“Why don’t you just let us do our jobs”
“We don’t have time to i-m-p-r-o-v-e”

6. Everybody’s Getting Measured These Days !

7. Lean Tools for EVERYONE
Workplace Organization
Visual Management
Process Mapping
Setup Reduction
Equipment Reliability
Cell Process Teams
Point of Use
Kanban Systems
Pull Replenishment
Mistake Proofing
Standard Work
Matrix Training

8. Lean Principles for Facilities
Value Added
Customer Focus
Cycle Time
Lead Time
First Pass Yield
Scorecard Metrics
Skills Matrix
Cross-training
Technical Training
Flexible Schedules
Mistake-Proofing
Standard Work

9. … Any Ideas ?

10. Post Lean World: “Can’t we all just get along?”
Traditional facility roles in Lean Transformations
1. Model T’s to Stealth to Carriers to ISS
2. Cooperative Teamwork for 21st Century
3. Dispersing Facility Skills & Capabilities
4. Skill Deployment vs. Skill Evaporation

11. ...New Facility Roles in Lean Transformations?
The Beginning & The End
“Rapid Response” & “Doing the Unthinkable”
4. More than a “support organization”
3. Integrating into Lean Process Teams
2. Valued as Technical Problem Solvers
1. Lean is transforming Facilities & Maintenance
...New Facility Roles in Lean Transformations?

12. Rothmeier @ Comcast.Net SimpleSolutionsConsulting.net
Questions or Comments?
Michael Rothmeier, P.E.
Comcast.Net SimpleSolutionsConsulting.net