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The Lean Post / Articles / Why You Should Link Your Hoshin Kanri and A3 Management Processes

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Why You Should Link Your Hoshin Kanri and A3 Management Processes

By Doug Cooper, Mark Reich and John Shook

August 20, 2020

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An organization that integrates a robust long-term-oriented strategy deployment process with a daily management process achieves greater performance gains than an organization with only one or the other, or when the two are not linked. The linkage between the two is crucial to optimize organizational effectiveness.

Learn how combining the Hoshin and A3 management processes improves how an organization:

  • Plans what it does.
  • Executes on those plans.
  • Continuously improves.
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During his extensive career, Mark has led lean transformations and coached executives in various companies and business sectors. Clients include GE Appliances and Ingersoll Rand (manufacturers); Michigan Medicine and Mt. Sinai (healthcare systems); Turner Construction; Kroger (retail); Legal Seafood (hospitality); and Microsoft (software).   As LEI’s chief engineer, strategy, Mark leads…

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About John Shook

John Shook learned about lean management while working for Toyota for 11 years in Japan and the U.S., helping it transfer production, engineering, and management systems from Japan to NUMMI and other operations around the world. While at Toyota’s headquarters, he became the company’s first American kacho (manager) in Japan.…

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