Week 2 Assignment: Gemba Walk

Assignment Content

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.