QDIP Sheets

Assess process status in seconds with this Lean tool

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Great for management walk-around reviews!

QDIP is a daily process management tool to quickly provide a visual assessment of how a process is operating using 5 criteria: Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory, and Productivity. With this tool, anyone can quickly assess the status of a process or cell in a matter of seconds. The diagrams allow you to track up to 25 working days (assume max of 5 working days a week for a 5-week month). Sheets are 8.5 x 11 in size with one criteria per sheet (see image graphic)

To Use:

Display new QDIP diagrams at the beginning of each month. Laminate each sheet and reuse each month (clean off previous month), or print out a new sheet each month to retain the history. Specific instructions on how to use are included.

Purpose:

At the end of the month, a manager can quickly assess when the problems occurred, and determine what the emphasis should be in the upcoming month to resolve these issues. If the entire diagram for a given criteria is green, then the key metric should be modified to make it more of a challenge. If the entire diagram is red, then either the metric is too difficult, or there are additional resources or prioritization that is needed to help address those issues.

Example metrics include:

Safety
-no missed days
-no injuries

Quality
-less than 5 defects per day
-DPMO less than 50
-Test Yield greater than 95%

Delivery
-100% on-time to customers, schedule, next process, etc
-Complete 10 units per day

Inventory
-WIP less than 10 units
-No more than 3 pieces at each station
-WIP less than $10,000

Productivity
-$/hr greater than $150
-Less than 10 minutes of downtime
-Team met daily takt time goals