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Operational Improvement Project

A dated improvement plan: agree the problem and target, measure a four-week baseline, find root causes with the frontline team, pilot at one site, then roll out and hold the gain for 90 days.

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Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.

Built for: Retail · Manufacturing · Healthcare · Logistics · Hospitality

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Risks

  • The pilot gain fades once attention moves on
  • Baseline data is incomplete or inconsistent
  • The frontline team resists the new process

Members

  • Improvement lead

    Runs the project and the rollout.

  • Executive sponsor

    Agrees the target and makes the pilot go / no-go call.

  • Pilot site lead

    Runs the pilot on shift and owns the new standard work.

  • Data analyst

    Baseline, root-cause data and the control plan.

Check ins

  • Weekly status update

Milestones

  • Charter approved
  • Baseline established
  • Pilot go / no-go

    Roll out only if the pilot beat the baseline and the site team wants to keep the new way of working.

  • Rollout starts
  • Gain held for 90 days

Task lists

  • Define
  • Measure and analyse
  • Pilot
  • Roll out and sustain

Custom fields

  • Phase
  • Metric affected

Common use cases

Reduce customer wait times
Cut overtime or waste
Lean or Six Sigma project
Process standardisation

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Rolled out to every employee at AutoZone (125,000), PetSmart (50,000+), A.S. Watson and Raley's (20,000) — and at larger retailers we are not permitted to name.