{"id":136,"date":"2012-07-17T06:42:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T06:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hachiroku.ca\/dev\/project\/wordpress\/?p=136"},"modified":"2015-04-11T11:52:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T18:52:42","slug":"genchi-genbustu-go-and-see-for-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themercers.ca\/OrderOutOfChaos\/genchi-genbustu-go-and-see-for-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Genchi Genbustu &#8211; Go and see for yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genchi genbustu is a<strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Japanese term that means &#8220;go and see for yourself&#8221; and is an integral part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_Production_System\">Toyota Production System (TPS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no_border\" title=\"Genchi Genbutsu\" src=\"https:\/\/themercers.ca\/OrderOutOfChaos\/images\/genchi_genbutsu.png\" alt=\"Genchi Genbutsu\" width=\"400\" height=\"149\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>It refers to the fact that any information about a process will be simplified and abstracted from its context when reported. This has often been one of the key reasons why solutions designed away from the process seem inappropriate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Legend has it that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiichi_Ohno\">Taiichi Ohno<\/a> would draw a semi-circle in chalk beside the production line at Toyota and make engineers stand in the circle for an entire shift so that they would see for themselves what was really going on.The story has also been told that if an engineer wanted to make a change that they would have to stand in the semi-circle for one shift and if after that length of time they still thought their idea had merit then they would be allowed to implement it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always coached people to &#8220;get boots on the ground&#8221; and see what is really happening. It&#8217;s necessary to bring front line staff together to document processes &amp; workflows using documentation techniques such as flow charting, value stream mapping or patient journey mapping. However 100% of the picture will not be realized and that&#8217;s why it is not enough to end there. One needs to actually go into the field to verify what is really going on. If genchi genbutsu is neglected you can guarantee whatever is missed will show up on go-live day and the cost of that neglect can be very, very great indeed.<\/p>\n<p>For further reading I highly recommend this article: <a href=\"http:\/\/lssacademy.com\/2009\/02\/13\/genchi-genbutsu-do-you-really-understand-it\/\">http:\/\/lssacademy.com\/2009\/02\/13\/genchi-genbutsu-do-you-really-understand-it\/<\/a> from LSS Academy.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Can you afford not to go and see for yourself?<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genchi_Genbutsu\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genchi_Genbutsu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_Production_System\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toyota_Production_System<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiichi_Ohno\">http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taiichi_Ohno<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-136\" data-postid=\"136\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-136 themify_builder\">\n    <\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genchi genbustu is a\u00a0 Japanese term that means &#8220;go and see for yourself&#8221; and is an integral part of the Toyota Production System (TPS). It refers to the fact that any information about a process will be simplified and abstracted from its context when reported. 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