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Notice the pink post-It notes on the right. Each note represents a process improvement implemented. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery03/32785fef.jpg Moving the board digital was necessary to support an increasingly hybrid workforce. Keeping it flexible and easy to update was a key requirement, which is something Trello is very good at. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery02/e669fc82.jpg Dozens of Access applications ran key engineering, production and shipping functions. These apps created a significant risk and needed to be replaced. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery02/597f20f0.jpg Using an A3 approach allowed us to navigate a complex migration in a way that the production team found easy to understand. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery02/2730edd4.jpg Taking a phased MVP approach helped us build trust with the team, deploy with minimal disruption and learn as we went along. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/image09.jpg https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/image05.jpg https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery04/d861c3fe.jpg Visualizing how technology supports your value-stream is a fantastic way to help make broad software decisions. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery04/efd88109.jpg Using post-it notes on a wall can be a low tech way to visualize your value-stream. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery04/baf2a880.jpg Inviting interaction with the VSM is a great way to engage the team. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery09/d3ea9c16.jpg We started by mapping out the Value Stream - this was the first time that several team members were exposed to how the business worked outside of their area. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery09/2ea4a252.jpg Doing a deep dive on a specific process allowed us to collaborate and expose known pain points. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery09/2049d46e.jpg Using FMEA helped us prioritize issues by business impact and risk. 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These apps created a significant risk and needed to be replaced. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery06/597f20f0.jpg Using an A3 approach allowed us to navigate a complex migration in a way that the production team found easy to understand. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery06/2730edd4.jpg Taking a phased MVP approach helped us build trust with the team, deploy with minimal disruption and learn as we went along. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/image11.jpg https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery10/4230c8cc.jpg Labels were generated by the customer, and included critical data that was not transmitted in any other way. This required the team to manually print and apply labels at a significant cost. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery10/ef75a2c9.jpg Once the hurdle of importing labels was cleared, ideas continue to emerge from the team including creating custom label "packets" with a header report that was easy for the line worker to manage. https://www.joelboyles.com/assets/images/gallery10/39a741c0.jpg An on demand, MES integrated label printing solution was the natural evolution of this capability and significantly reduced errors in the production process.