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AREIR
is the tool to help you upgrade your management practice from coping to proactively
managing through a defined process of anticipation, recognition,
evaluation, implementation and review.
The
Deming "Plan, Do, Check, Act Cycle" is useful for managing industrial
processes, but it is insufficient for broader management in today's
increasingly Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (VUCA)
world.
Planning
is not the same as anticipating, and after the fact planning is too late to
assure that you meet your plan without serious negative consequences.
The
AREIR Management Cycle provides a means to systematize the way that you guide
your firm through today's VUCA landscape. It consists of 5 steps
- Anticipate
- Recognize
- Evaluate
- Implement
- Review
Anticipate is more than just
planning. It is actively identifying vulnerabilities and opportunities that are
likely to emerge.
Recognize means that when a
change has occurred, you are aware of it.
Evaluate means to think
critically about the facts and their implications for your business. (How these
facts challenge your current plan and making the appropriate inferences will
take courage.)
Implement gets you and your
team safely back into Deming Land -it is the "Do" in the Plan Do Check
Act Cycle.
Review is where your
commitment to continuous improvement is demonstrated. Without continuous
improvement, companies lose their competitiveness and sustainability.
Continuous Improvement is always on the agenda.
PDCA
(Plan Do Check Act) is the perfect tool for nurturing an industrial process
where the inputs are known the people and processes are known, and the outputs
are known.
AREIR (Anticipate,
Recognize, Evaluate, Implement, Review) is the tool for managers facing a world
where inputs, people, processes, outputs, and regulations can change in an
instant and yet you still have to deliver results.
The
ability to anticipate is what sets apart the successful managers from those who
are just 'traffic cops' that react and respond to events.
Original
Article in Production Machining
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