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repeated or ongoing erosion: a sign of something that needs continuous improvement
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Overall: Yellow. JEDI read 10 lines and gave 10 of them a color: 0 red, 3 yellow, 2 green, 5 black. It also found 2 repeat patterns across the record, each listed as one more Black item. Most of the active erosion traces to Flow and People. Start with Y1: Capper starved twice, caps ran out of the hopper. Material handler was covering two lines. Suggested owner: Area supervisor. 7 Black: repeated or ongoing erosion (2 repeat patterns).
Overall: Yellow. JEDI read 10 lines and gave 10 of them a color: 0 red, 3 yellow, 2 green, 5 black. It also found 2 repeat patterns across the record, each listed as one more Black item. Most of the active erosion traces to Flow and People. Start with Y1: Capper starved twice, caps ran out of the hopper. Material handler was covering two lines. Suggested owner: Area supervisor. 7 Black: repeated or ongoing erosion (2 repeat patterns).
| Red | Red: erosion stopping value production at the time of the report. JEDI rates a line Red when it shows erosion stopping value production at the time of the report: down, stopped, shut down, won't run, out of service, idle or held. |
| Yellow | Yellow: erosion slowing or limiting value production at the time of the report. JEDI rates a line Yellow when it shows erosion slowing or limiting value production at the time of the report: slow, reduced speed, short staffed, starved, backed up, behind, scrap or rework. |
| Green | Green: erosion restored at the time of the report. JEDI rates a line Green when it shows the erosion restored at the time of the report, from any of the five sources (Machine, Flow, Information, People, Organization): equipment back running, material arrived, a staffing gap filled, a hold released or information received. Each restored line stays Green even when it has happened before. If the notes don't say the root cause was verified (for example "Root cause verified: worn seal"), it says "Root cause still to be determined." Restored only on assumption ("should be fine", "I think it's fixed") is not Green. |
| Black | Black: repeated or ongoing erosion: a sign of something that needs continuous improvement. JEDI rates a line Black when it shows repeated or ongoing erosion, a sign of something that needs continuous improvement. Repeated similar erosion across the record (a line says it happened again, the same asset has more than one similar occurrence in this run, or it was restored in a run saved earlier on this computer) goes under Black as one more continuous improvement item, even when each case was restored; each line keeps its own color. Ongoing erosion is a gap in information, training, ownership, standards or approvals while value production goes on. A planned or avoided stop, or any other line that shows no stop, slowdown or restore, is also listed under Black so no line is left out. |
| Red | Red: erosion stopping value production at the time of the report. JEDI rates a line Red when it shows erosion stopping value production at the time of the report: down, stopped, shut down, won't run, out of service, idle or held. |
| Yellow | Yellow: erosion slowing or limiting value production at the time of the report. JEDI rates a line Yellow when it shows erosion slowing or limiting value production at the time of the report: slow, reduced speed, short staffed, starved, backed up, behind, scrap or rework. |
| Green | Green: erosion restored at the time of the report. JEDI rates a line Green when it shows the erosion restored at the time of the report, from any of the five sources (Machine, Flow, Information, People, Organization): equipment back running, material arrived, a staffing gap filled, a hold released or information received. Each restored line stays Green even when it has happened before. If the notes don't say the root cause was verified (for example "Root cause verified: worn seal"), it says "Root cause still to be determined." Restored only on assumption ("should be fine", "I think it's fixed") is not Green. |
| Black | Black: repeated or ongoing erosion: a sign of something that needs continuous improvement. JEDI rates a line Black when it shows repeated or ongoing erosion, a sign of something that needs continuous improvement. Repeated similar erosion across the record (a line says it happened again, the same asset has more than one similar occurrence in this run, or it was restored in a run saved earlier on this computer) goes under Black as one more continuous improvement item, even when each case was restored; each line keeps its own color. Ongoing erosion is a gap in information, training, ownership, standards or approvals while value production goes on. A planned or avoided stop, or any other line that shows no stop, slowdown or restore, is also listed under Black so no line is left out. |
| Source of value erosion | Red | Yellow | Green | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine The equipment itself fails or underperforms: breakdowns, drift, slow cycles, tooling wear, anything keeping a station from running at standard. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Flow Work doesn't move cleanly between steps: starved or blocked stations, batching, queues, bottlenecks, material not where it's needed when it's needed. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Information The right information doesn't reach the right person or people in a timely manner: unclear specs, holds nobody owns, handoffs lost between shifts, data that never reaches the person who could act on it. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| People The person at the step lacks the skill, standard work, staffing or support to do it right. Never blame; it asks whether they're equipped and empowered. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Organization The structure around the work causes the loss: unclear ownership, conflicting goals, approval layers, policies or incentives that pull against value. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Source of value erosion | Red | Yellow | Green | Black |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machine The equipment itself fails or underperforms: breakdowns, drift, slow cycles, tooling wear, anything keeping a station from running at standard. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Flow Work doesn't move cleanly between steps: starved or blocked stations, batching, queues, bottlenecks, material not where it's needed when it's needed. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Information The right information doesn't reach the right person or people in a timely manner: unclear specs, holds nobody owns, handoffs lost between shifts, data that never reaches the person who could act on it. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| People The person at the step lacks the skill, standard work, staffing or support to do it right. Never blame; it asks whether they're equipped and empowered. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Organization The structure around the work causes the loss: unclear ownership, conflicting goals, approval layers, policies or incentives that pull against value. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
No earlier saved run for this plant or area on this computer yet. Trends appear from the second saved run. Trends compare this run with earlier runs saved on this computer for the same plant or area. They show only what the saved notes show. JEDI does not predict downtime or the future.
No earlier saved run for this plant or area on this computer yet. Trends appear from the second saved run. Trends compare this run with earlier runs saved on this computer for the same plant or area. They show only what the saved notes show. JEDI does not predict downtime or the future.