Reports arrive after the problem has already happened
Move from monthly reporting to signals you can act on today.
01 · What is usually happening?
The monthly report shows output was down and receivables went up. By the time you read it, the month is over.
Reports describe what happened. You need to know what is happening.
The question people usually ask“Why was last month bad?”
The more useful question“What should I look at every morning to catch it this month?”
02 · Common causes
- 01Reports built for accounts, not operations
- 02Data collected at month end
- 03Too many numbers, no exceptions
- 04Each department reports separately
03 · What to check now0 of 4 checked
04 · What good looks like
- 01A short daily list of exceptions.
- 02A weekly review of trends.
- 03A monthly review of decisions.
- 04Each number has an owner and an action.
05 · Where this connects
This rarely stays in one department
What it can lead to: You find out after it is too late to act.
Start from a problem
Work flows left to right, top to bottomKEYMost important for manufacturing
These support every part of the business
Problem
I don't know what needs attention today
Usually connected to
How it spreads
- Every team
- Exceptions
- You
What it can lead to: You spend the morning asking instead of deciding.
lamplamp can bring you one short list of exceptions every morning.
08 · lamp
lamp could keep this moving
lamp is not available yet. These are things it is being built to do.
- lamp could send you a short list of exceptions every morning.
- lamp could show trends without waiting for month end.
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