Help..!!

If you have identified what needs to be done to gain the improvements, and all parties agree that this is the case – yet the constraints of the business prevent hiring of the necessary staff, then I would suggest that that is a business issue – not a 6S one, and is therefore outside the scope of your project. So close the project.
If it is a case of not wanting to move staff around, then it’s probably a cultural issue – always a knotty problem to change.
If it’s that the labour does not want to see the improvements realised, and is resisting change, then you will either need to challenge their assumptions and change their way of thinking, or move staff around until you have the team you need in that area.
Either way, you seem to have proved already that the improvements are achievable – so your job is now done – it’s up to others to get the necessary motivation going.
Does this help?
James A

That depends on the culture within your company – where I am it can can be recognised that improvements are there to be had, but they may have constraints imposed upon them – therefore we could close the project as the BB input was complete.
It may be different for you where you are – and I cannot tell you what to do as your company may well be very different to mine.  Certainly I would try to close the project off – what does your Champion suggest?
Sorry for delay in reply.
James A

This is one for lessons learned. The question you and your champion should be answering is how did you get so far in the project without realizing that you would not be able to implement the improvement measures you discovered?
Marc Richardson
Sr. Quality Assurance Eng.

Marc,
Great question.
I would have assumed that this might have come up during the reviews after D-M-A-I? Maybe you need to take a look at the review process? Something we usually ask called issues and barriers. This is assuming the Champion was involved at all.
Good luck.

Hi BB,
What exactly is the labor problem that is creating this barrier?
Does your project impact the company and union’s labor agreement? (Technical)
Will it impact future negotiations?
Your project doesn’t cut FTEs does it?
How does the percieved issue relate to wages, hours of work, or working conditions?
 
BD