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AME Excellence Award Survey - May 2020
1.
How long have you been a member of AME?
Not a member
< 1 year
1-5 years
6-10 years
>10 years
2.
What is your total company headcount?
<100
100-500
501-1,000
1,001-10,000
>10,000
3.
What title best fits your position?
CEO/Owner/President/COO
Vice President/Director of Operations/Director of Manufacturing
Vice President/Director of Continuous Improvement/Director of Lean or Lean/Sigma
Plant Manager
Other (please specify below)
4.
In what industry sector is your company?
Discrete Manufacturing
Process Manufacturing
Healthcare
Military
Services
Other (please specify below)
5.
How long has your company been pursuing a lean or operational/enterprise excellence journey?
Not pursuing lean at the moment
< 1 year
1-5 years
6-10 years
>10 years
6.
Do you conduct structured lean assessments?
Yes
No (If no, please go to Q11.)
7.
How have lean assessments helped? (Check all that apply.)
Identified waste or inefficiencies in the way work is done
Made it easier to engage senior leaders in the improvement process
Made it easier to engage middle managers in the improvement process
Made it easier to engage first-line supervisors in the improvement process
Made it easier to engage front-line employees in the improvement process
Identified actions for improving the way your organization goes about the business of improvement
Other (please specify below)
8.
To what degree do you feel the lean assessment results are helping your organization improve?
A great degree
A good degree
A moderate degree
A fair degree
A minimal degree
Comments
9.
Regarding your current lean assessment practices, what are the top 3 things you find
most
effective/helpful?
1
2
3
10.
Regarding your current lean assessment practices, what are the top 3 things you find
least
effective/helpful?
1
2
3
11.
What improvement challenges apply to your organization? (Check all that apply.)
Engaging front-line employees in improvement activities
Engaging middle managers in improvement activities
Engaging senior leadership in improvement activities
Inability to sustain gains
Inconsistently spending time on improvement endeavors
Lacking ability to measure your progress
Lacking agreed upon continuous improvement model
Lacking clear accountability
Lacking clear goals for improvement
Lacking clear linkages to business results
Lacking clear linkages to business strategies
Lacking cross functional process thinking and/or collaboration
Prioritizing time/resources for improvement activities
Other (please specify below)
12.
Have you used the AME Lean Sensei
(TM)
to do a lean self-assessment?
Yes
No (If no, please go to Q14.)
13.
Is the AME Lean Sensei
(TM)
your primary lean self-assessment tool?
Yes (If yes, please go to Q15.)
No
14.
Please tell us why you have not used the AME Lean Sensei
(TM)
tool. (Check all that apply.)
Did not know about this tool
Do not understand how to use it
Prefer other assessment tools
Don’t see AME Lean Sensei™ adding much value
Don’t have the time
Don’t have any interest
Other (please specify below)
15.
Please share your thoughts/opinions regarding the AME Excellence Award. (Check all that apply.)
I am not aware of the AME Excellence Award
I have no interest in the AME Excellence Award degree
I’m interested, but my organization would not support applying for an award
The award process is too expensive
The award process is too time consuming to apply
My organization is not ready to apply
Applying for the AME Excellence Award would help my organization do a better job of improving
Feedback from the AME Excellence Award assessors would provide meaningful input to help my organization do a better job of improving
Comments
16.
How much would your organization value getting a feedback report from other senior improvement practitioners on opportunities to elevate the maturity of your improvement program/process?
A great degree
A good degree
A moderate degree
A fair degree
A minimal degree
Comments
17.
Do you think your organization might apply for the AME Excellence Award in the future?
Yes
Maybe
No
If maybe or no, why not? (Please specify below)
18.
Do you follow AME on social media? (If yes, please check all that apply.)
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Twitter
YouTube
19.
Thank you for your time and feedback!
Please provide us your contact information if you would like to receive more information regarding Lean Sensei™, having practitioners visit your site, and/or the AME Excellence Award.
Name
Company
Email Address
Phone Number