Gemba Walk

Assignment Content

1. Complete your Gemba Walk and document your observations.
   
   
   Write a 4- to 6-page report on your observations of your Gemba. Include the following in your report:
   
   • Provide a summary of your organization.
   • Provide context regarding the events and any industry.
   • Note your Gemba observations.
   • What was the goal of the Gemba?
   • What did you observe during your Gemba?
   • Provide a preliminary analysis of your observations.
   • Did you observe any opportunities?
   • Decrease inefficiencies
   • Reduce waste
   • Improve a product
   • Streamline a process
   • What were the key takeaways?
   • Who were the individuals you spoke with?
   • Who are they and what are their responsibilities?
   • What did you learn from the people who work in the environment you observed?
   • Detail the composition of your evaluation/interview sheet.
   • Attach copies of completed evaluation/interview sheets.
   • List two short-term and one long-term executable project ideas.
   • How is your employer responding to your project?

• Cite any resources you may have used in the Gemba.
  
  
  Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.