Mission/Vision Statement
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January 26, 2005 at 3:47 pm #38196
Does anyone use a Mission or Vision Statement as part of your company’s communication in regards to process improvement?
0January 26, 2005 at 3:49 pm #114025Yes
0January 26, 2005 at 6:47 pm #114031
Mike CarnellParticipant@Mike-CarnellInclude @Mike-Carnell in your post and this person will
be notified via email.Jack,
Dig up a copy of the little card all the Motorola people used to carry in the late 80’s and 90’s.
Good luck.0January 26, 2005 at 8:07 pm #114039
Adam L BowdenParticipant@Adam-L-BowdenInclude @Adam-L-Bowden in your post and this person will
be notified via email.That depends….. Most vision statements are a waste of time !!!!
but…. , from a Six Sigma perspective, getting the leaders to craft a vision statement that is meaningful (i.e where the company is heading) is usefull as this can be used to craft a “strategically” driven deployment. Once you have your vision (i.e 5yr) you can identify key strategic drivers, for each driver, identify tactics and for each tactic i/d actions. Once you have actions (benchmark & goal) then this delta is where you can focus your 6 Sigma in changing processes etc to meet the goal.
For me – linking your Six Sigma program “top down” provides stability & focus on the things that will make the business successfull.
Regards,
Adam
0January 26, 2005 at 8:17 pm #114042
Mike CarnellParticipant@Mike-CarnellInclude @Mike-Carnell in your post and this person will
be notified via email.Adam,
“Compliments of the season” – that is what they say here for Happy New Year. I like the way it sounds. Glad to see you made it out the other end.
I somewhat agree. I dont have access to my books but there is one called “The Power of Alignment” (close) where they talk about the difference between vertical and horizontal alignment. It seems to make a lot of sense. You line people up on the vision and strategy (vertical alignment) and the processes with the customer (horizontal alignment). I like it because it seems to make a clear separation between the company strategy and the process focus. That sounds pretty fluffy doesn’t it.
Regards0January 26, 2005 at 8:48 pm #114045
Adam L BowdenParticipant@Adam-L-BowdenInclude @Adam-L-Bowden in your post and this person will
be notified via email.Hi Mike,
Glad to see you’re posting proliferously still ! It sounds like what you’re saying is take the concept of the C&E matrix or QFD and put it on it’s side to link but keep seperate the people and process ?
Adam
0January 26, 2005 at 9:48 pm #114049
Mike CarnellParticipant@Mike-CarnellInclude @Mike-Carnell in your post and this person will
be notified via email.Adam,
I never visualized it that way but effectively that is what it is. We lined up the BB’s in Allied Turbochargers that way. The BB’s cut accross the product lines by process i.e. balancing belonged to a BB and they were responsible for projects in balancing regardless of the product type. The products aligned vertically. It helped with fanning out solutions and kept us from running redundant projects. At the time we hadn’t wrapped the fuzzy term horizontal alignment around it but when I read the book it was exactly the way they set the factory up.
It seemed like a very efficent way of doing business.
Regards.0January 26, 2005 at 10:24 pm #114054
Adam L BowdenParticipant@Adam-L-BowdenInclude @Adam-L-Bowden in your post and this person will
be notified via email.That makes alot of sense !
Thanks Mike
Speak to you soon.0May 13, 2007 at 6:42 pm #156016
Alberto ArandaParticipant@Alberto-ArandaInclude @Alberto-Aranda in your post and this person will
be notified via email.I would like to know the mission and vision of Motorola, I can’t find it in their own web page.
0May 14, 2007 at 3:02 am #156020Toyota is using a fairly short one.
TOYOTA GLOBAL VISION 2010
Innovation into the Future – A Passion to Create a Better SocietyThrough “Monozukuri – manufacturing of value – added products” and “technological innovation,” Toyota is helping to create a more prosperous society.
0May 14, 2007 at 2:55 pm #156032
Toyota fanMember@Toyota-fanInclude @Toyota-fan in your post and this person will
be notified via email.Good one EdG …
0November 17, 2009 at 9:22 am #186855
Ding dingParticipant@Ding-dingInclude @Ding-ding in your post and this person will
be notified via email.About the Motorola Foundation
The Motorola Foundation, as the company’s philanthropic arm, was formed in 1953. Today, the Foundation focuses its funding on education, especially programs that support math and science teacher-training programs and charitable organizations that excite young people about these subjects.
Our mission:Motorola seeks to benefit the communities where it operates around the world. The company achieves this by making strategic grants, forging strong community partnerships, fostering innovation and engaging stakeholders.
Our vision:To make a unique contribution to improving the world in which we live.
How we do it:We seek to fund best-in-class organizations around the world that support our strategic focus areas and work with them to improve communities. We leverage our resources, include key stakeholders in our decisions and work within community networks to maximize our funding. We conduct rigorous accounting and oversight practices to ensure impact of our grant making and funding.
We follow a thorough planning process that identifies community needs and opportunities where we can have the most impact. This strategic process is guided by the Motorola Foundation�s Corporate Giving Committee, which is comprised of a cross section of Motorola leaders from throughout the organization.0November 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm #186858That’s Motorola foundation dufus, not the same as the once great,
now mediocre company.0November 17, 2009 at 5:41 pm #186865Hey Adam! Long time, no see!
I use them, but only if the Sponsor will commit and pair up with rigorous and measureable goals down the road. If they don’t, I kill the projo.Some background. Giganto War-Machines & Microwave ovens, LLC. establishes “goals”, but usually around may of the Year in question…(if at all)these “goals” are really just a smattering of unmeasureable, touchy-feely wishlist info. Metrics? yeah, right.Come review time, mgmt puts out a new and totally different list of “goals” -also devoid of measures, that are to be put on our review documents. Then we are “encouraged” to write our own reviews, subject to +/- from our immediate Reviewer…exasperating.Ahh, my shop…0November 17, 2009 at 6:06 pm #186868I am getting worried about you. You may get today’s award.
0November 17, 2009 at 7:09 pm #186871
TaylorParticipant@Chad-VaderInclude @Chad-Vader in your post and this person will
be notified via email.I’m pretty sure we work for the same company
0November 17, 2009 at 9:02 pm #186875wouldn’t surprise me…
;-)0November 17, 2009 at 9:05 pm #186877What? Do you respond to almost 5 year old posts too?
0November 18, 2009 at 4:17 am #186888
MBBinWIParticipant@MBBinWIInclude @MBBinWI in your post and this person will
be notified via email.Deming must be spinning in his grave.
0November 18, 2009 at 4:12 pm #186904yep Stan…I figure, since everyone else is doing it, I’d join in on the fun…
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