Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
And so on..
Individual Efficiency
Decreases
System Efficiency Increases
First Scenario: The impact of having every individual work to their highest efficiency
delayed the projects (nickels) so they all came out after a minute or so.
Second Scenario: When individuals gave up their own efficiency and focused on
moving the projects (nickels) the first project came out in 15 seconds and the last at
30 seconds (or so).
Ask the audience how many nickels were in the queue when they received them from
the first Scenario (ten).
Ask the audience how many unfinished tasks they have on their desk, in their file
cabinets, in their day planner, things they should be home doing right now? (much
more than 10).
Ask them if any one else is waiting for any of the tasks they should have already
performed? (of course).
Ask them if they understand the impact of their attempts at being efficient has on the
whole system they work in?
And so on..
Would they change the sequence of which coin they worked on?
Consider the situation were some of the five people in the Dollar Game is handicapped
when doing certain coins (can only flip with one hand).
The first Person is slow with Dollars
The second Person is slow with Quarters
The third person is slow with Dimes
The fourth person is slow with Nickels
The fifth person is slow with Everything!
How will you release work if the goal is to minimize flow time (start to complete) of each
project?