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The Lean Post / Articles / Why You Should Link Your Hoshin Kanri and A3 Management Processes

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Why You Should Link Your Hoshin Kanri and A3 Management Processes

By Doug Cooper, Mark Reich and John Shook

August 20, 2020

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An organization that integrates a robust long-term-oriented strategy deployment process with a daily management process achieves greater performance gains than an organization with only one or the other, or when the two are not linked. The linkage between the two is crucial to optimize organizational effectiveness.

Learn how combining the Hoshin and A3 management processes improves how an organization:

  • Plans what it does.
  • Executes on those plans.
  • Continuously improves.
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About Mark Reich

Mark Reich spent 23 years working for Toyota, starting in 1988 with six years in Japan in the Overseas Planning Division, where he was responsible for Product Planning and worked with Chief Engineers to define vehicle specifications for overseas markets. This was at a critical time when Toyota was introducing…

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About John Shook

John Shook learned about lean management while working for Toyota for 11 years in Japan and the U.S., helping it transfer production, engineering, and management systems from Japan to NUMMI and other operations around the world. While at Toyota’s headquarters, he became the company’s first American kacho (manager) in Japan.…

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