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VoE was created to assist companies in the process of
implementing major organizational transformation. We believe that
future success will depend on a company's ability to act quickly and utilize
the full capability of all the human resources available to meet the demands
of customers in a global environment.
Vision without action is just a dream,
Action without vision is merely activity.
The ability to couple vision
with action to achieve results, not activity, is the key to organizational
transformation for World Class Manufacturing.... and Survival.
Visions of Excellence was established to assist management
in linking Business Strategy with Operations Systems.
TRANSFORMATION FROM A TRADITIONAL ORGANIZATION
TO HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK TEAMS
The transformation of a manufacturing
organization to High Performance Teams requires the tight coordination of
Operations and Human Resource professionals. Any change within an organization
can be traumatic; the change to work teams can be major trauma. This may
be the first time production associates have been asked to participate in
the day to day operations with more than just their hands and feet. It may
also be the first time that traditional supervisors have been asked to perform
a role that is closer to a coach than a dictator. It is important for a
company to set the stage and to execute each phase of the transformation
process successfully to insure success in the final outcome.
The key steps are:
- Determine the vision.
- Who will be the champions
of change?
- How much outside help will
be needed and what kind of help will be most effective.
- Establish the reason for
change.
- Show why a team based strategy
has been chosen to implement the change.
- Determine the key factors
for success.
- Prepare necessary measurement
and feedback systems to monitor progress.
- Prepare communications paths
to transmit the plan throughout the organization.
- Begin to expand the level
of ownership.
- Develop training plans to
support each new change activity.
- Allow associates involved
to develop detailed plans and schedules.
- Implement changes at a slightly
higher rate than the organization believes it can handle.
- Monitor change and make
course corrections based on objectives and performance.
VOE has the knowledge and
experience to assist your management team through the minefield of potential
problems in organizational change, provide guidance to individuals and teams,
and to help assess the progress along the way. Outlined below are some areas
that we feel we can serve you and your organization in your quest for manufacturing
excellence.
- Assist you in preparing
your vision and developing a strategy to achieve ownership in the vision
throughout the organization. This would include answering the key questions
of "Why do we need to change from the way we are doing things now?"
and "What is in it for me?"
- Assist in assessment of
current support systems and the identification, scheduling and implementation
of necessary changes.
- Review of operations processes
and recommendation of process changes to support a team based environment.
- Provide coaching, mentoring
and assistance for staff members who will experience dramatic changes in
job responsibilities.
- Assist in preparing strategies
that will link organizational strategies and objectives with operating
performance indicators. A well planned metrics system will ease the burden
of performance analysis a great deal. It will also sort out all of the
unnecessary "numbers" that most manufacturing companies have
developed over time.
- Assist in the development
of evaluation, compensation and reward systems that support the corporate
strategy.
- Develop and conduct training
programs that will support each level of transformation.
- Provide on-going feedback
to measure the success of the change process.
At VoE, we believe in following
basic Biblical guidelines in the transformation of organizations.
The character and integrity of leadership is instrumental in the success
of any transformational process. Check out some of the principles
we believe make this process successful at Wisdom. | 
