Why Do A3 Problem Solving Efforts Fail?

Why Do A3 Problem Solving Efforts Fail?

Association for Supply Chain Management Northern Colorado and Wichita Association for Supply Chain Management Northern Colorado and Wichita

Association for Supply Chain Management Northern Colorado and Wichita

Administrator at ASCM Northern Colorado and Wichita

发布日期: 2025年1月26日
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Too Good To Be True?

The A3 problem solving methodology seems to be a favorite for many of our self-proclaimed Lean experts. They talk about this tool as something you can and should use for every problem you come across. And then close their sales pitch with a claim the A3 methodology is a simple process which only requires one piece of paper, one pencil, and one eraser.

They say the only challenge, for those of us in the United States, is how the name A3 comes from a special size of paper which is not common here. But, not a problem, we have 11 by 17 paper which should give us enough acreage to solve anything!

Discover what is happening in the rest of the article, by Mike Loughrin, at: Why Do A3 Problem Solving Efforts Fail?

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