1. Simulation can help you:
• Obtain organizational and cultural buy-
in
• Overcome employee’s natural
resistance to change
• Communicate potential impact
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Lean Challenges
Culture and Communication

2. Based on this data, I think we
can eliminate the Boiler
Control Assembly plant’s 2nd
shift.
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Changing an organization’s culture is difficult. People are naturally
resistant to change.

3. If they get rid of 2nd shift, I
could lose my job!
3
This is primarily due to fear of the unknown. Will the change make
things better or worse for me, my job, my boss, my future, or my
company?

4. 4
Management wants to know how much the change will cost and what
the potential benefit will be.

5. I need that Boiler
NOW!
It seems
eliminating 2nd
shift may have
caused some
ANGRY
customers!
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With ProModel you will be able to accurately and realistically depict
how a change will impact people or an organization before you make
the change.

6. What if we try this?
Operator Current Task Future Eliminate
Groupings Groupings Steps
Subassembly 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 1, 5, 2
30
Main Ably 1 8-18, 28, 29 8-18, 28, 29
Main Ably 2 19, 20, 21 19, 20, 21, 30
Tester 22, 23 22, 23, 24, 25
Packer 24, 25, 26, 27 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
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Our predictive analytics allow you to show the changes ahead of
time.

7. As the saying goes:
Seeing is Believing
OR
A picture is worth a thousand words
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By using simulation, you are able to SEE how changes will impact the
organization and more easily obtain cultural buy-in. This ability to
visualize will help stem the natural resistance to change, as well.