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Genba Walk
Leadership

Gemba Walk

現場ウォークGenba Walk · Japanese

A structured visit by leaders to the Gemba to observe, ask questions, show respect and learn, not to blame.

Examples

  1. 01A production manager walks one value stream every Tuesday with a list of three open questions.
  2. 02A site leader asks operators what prevented them from hitting the hourly target yesterday.
  3. 03A head of logistics follows one pallet from receiving to shipping and notes every wait.

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