The Lean Post / Articles / Example A3: Acme Stamping – Project Status Review (from Managing to Learn)
Problem Solving
By Art Smalley and Durward Sobek
July 19, 2010
An example of an A3 from the book Understanding A3 Thinking by Durward K. Sobek II and Art Smalley, included as a sample in some printings of Managing to Learn.
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About Art Smalley
Art is the author of the LEI workbook Creating Level Pull: a lean production-system improvement guide for production control, operations, and engineering professionals, which received a 2005 Shingo Research Award. He was inducted into the Shingo Prize Academy in 2006. Art learned about lean manufacturing while living, studying, and working in Japan…
Read more about Art SmalleyAbout Durward Sobek
Durward K. Sobek II is a Professor in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering at Montana State University. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan, and an A.B. degree in Engineering Sciences from Dartmouth College.
Dr. Sobek has been researching lean product development and lean healthcare for nearly two decades, focusing on how organizations can increase their performance capacity through the application of lean principles. He is co-founder of the not-for-profit Lean Product and Process Development Exchange, Inc. whose mission is to share and expand the body of knowledge around lean product and process development. He is a frequent presenter and has published numerous articles in publications such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. He is co-author of Lean Product and Process Development, 2nd edition; and is co-author of the Shingo Prize-winning book Understanding A3 Thinking: A Critical Component of Toyota’s PDCA Management System.
