One Point Lessons are a simple yet powerful learning and operating tool. When applied consistently throughout the workplace, one-point lessons provide many benefits. They can help implement just-in-time knowledge and skills throughout an organization. They also positively affect the ability of employees to perform daily tasks and improve an organization’s profitability and product quality.
By helping to spread best practices throughout the company, one-point lessons can support and enhance improvement efforts such as lean management, just-in-time (JIT) production, total quality management (TQM), and total productive maintenance (TPM).
one point lessons
One Point Lessons are short visual presentations on a single point. One Point Lessons have three purposes:
o Enhance job-related knowledge and skills by communicating information about specific problems and improvements.
o Easily share important information just in time.
o Improve team performance.
Characteristics of one point lessons
The one point lessons are:
o Short visual presentations on a single point
o Detailed in one or two pages
o Supported by diagrams, photographs or drawings
o Generated and used at the point of need
A one-point lesson is a learning tool for communicating standards, issues, and improvements about work processes and equipment. Workers and supervisors use one-point lessons to provide key information about daily work and opportunities for improvement. Therefore, one-point lessons can contain information on a wide range of topics.
Types of One Point Lessons
There are three types of one point lessons; each type has a different purpose:
or basic knowledge
o Problem case study
o Improvement case study
basic knowledge
Lessons from a basic knowledge point fill a knowledge gap. This ensures that team members have the knowledge they need to do their jobs or participate in improvement activities.
problem case study
Problem case studies use real examples of breakdowns, defects and other anomalies to illustrate how to identify and/or avoid a problem in the workplace.
Problem case studies are most effective when presented immediately after a problem occurs, while the problem is still fresh in everyone’s mind.
Improvement case study
Improvement case studies summarize the concepts, content, and results of improvements that result from team activities. This helps teams in other areas to make similar improvements.
Where we are Lessons from a point
Examples where one-point lessons can be applied are:
Quality
o Defective incoming material or products
o Causes and prevention of defects
o Specifications of materials or products
o Methods to find and discover anomalies in equipment and materials.
Inventory
o Material inventory control specifications
o Product inventory control specifications
equipment operation
or Change operation
o Boot sequence
o Monitoring and inspection methods
o Shutdown and lockout/tagout sequence
o Cleaning and maintenance protocols
Security
o Emergency stop methods
o Safety regulations for the use of tools and equipment
o Reliable methods to prevent accidents
Maintenance
o Cleaning procedures
o Adjustment procedures
o Inspection procedures
o Lubrication procedures
Inspection
o Inspection methods
o Acceptance inspection specifications
o Product inspection specifications
improvement tools
o Checklists
o Cause and effect diagrams
o Control charts
or red tags
In other words, whenever workers need key information to perform their jobs, one-point lessons can be an effective tool for providing that information.
Sharing knowledge among the team
Team leaders and members who have acquired special skills or knowledge need a way to share their knowledge with their teammates. Instead of simply repeating what they have learned, they should put it in a form that suits their workplace. One-point lessons translate knowledge into actionable information that teammates can use to do their jobs effectively.
Additionally, one-point lessons are an effective training tool because:
o Are short and focus on a topic that team members need to know about.
o Information can be presented in bite-sized chunks, when and where it is needed.
o Provide a simple vehicle for reviewing the material until everyone has mastered it.
o Offer a flexible way to deliver training on the floor, during meetings, during production activities, as well as during formal training.
o The act of teaching develops communication and leadership skills in the team.
o They are good tools for training new employees or transfers.
Conclusion
We’ve discussed how companies use one-point lessons to eliminate waste and improve operations by providing just-in-time information. We have described the type of information contained in a one point lesson and how this information can be used as a training tool to improve the knowledge and skills of the entire team. We’ve discussed the three types of one-point lessons: basic knowledge, problem case study, and improvement case study, and we’ve reviewed examples of each. Finally, we have briefly discussed the steps involved in developing one-point lessons.