Jidoka Checklist

• Company Name

• Registered Address
  Address

• Lead Assessor

• Assessment Date

  Date

Jidoka Readiness Assessment

• Is the Jidoka organization completing tasks effectively and efficiently?

  Yes

  No

• Does the organization adapt to a radically new framework such as Agile?

  Yes

  No

• Do innovations diffuse because the necessary supportive arrangements coalesce?

  Yes

  No

• Is it easy to shift the hearts and minds of the people working on projects?

  Yes

  No

• Are you allowing creative liberty and time for senior leaders to explore the radical transformative impact of technology?

  Yes

  No

• Do you have existing automation or deployment tools?

  Yes

  No

• Does the automation fit into Quality Assurance?

  Yes

  No

• Are internal and external communications done with a holistic, integrated solution?

  Yes

  No

• Does the solution handle core business processes?

  Yes

  No

• Are the records needed as inputs to the Jidoka process available?

  Yes

  No

• Is a management system used to leverage the Jidoka experience, ideas, and concerns of the people closest to the work to be done?

  Yes

  No

• Are people involved in developing and implementing Jidoka?

  Yes

  No

• Are needs in relation to Jidoka skills, labor, equipment, and markets met?

  Yes

  No

• Is someone responsible for documenting the Jidoka requirements in detail?

  Yes

  No

• Are cycle time, productivity, cost control, and other efficiency and effectiveness factors incorporated into Jidoka processes?

  Yes

  No

• Are there no other jobs or tasks that might affect the performance of the steps in the Jidoka process?

  Yes

  No

• Can you make sure that Jidoka is implemented safely?

  Yes

  No

• Are Jidoka standards set by trained individuals?

  Yes

  No

• Do you choose the right tools to use once a Jidoka strategy has been decided?

  Yes

  No

• Can value be added to the current Jidoka decision-making process (largely qualitative) by incorporating uncertainty modeling (more quantitative)?

  Yes

  No

• Is the value delivered by Jidoka being measured?

  Yes

  No

• Are key elements of your Jidoka performance improvement system, including your evaluation, organizational learning, and innovation processes established?

  Yes

  No

• Are indicators of the accomplishment of your Jidoka strategy and action plans, including building and strengthening core competencies identified?

  Yes

  No

• Are the success criteria that will indicate that Jidoka objectives have been met and the benefits have been delivered confirmed?

  Yes

  No

• Do you have the adequate capacity to deal with Jidoka-related changes throughout the organization?

  Yes

  No

Completion

• Additional Recommendations

• Lead Assessor Name & Signature

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Acknowledgement

Signatory

• Name, Position & Signature

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