Exploring the Potency of Rich Pictures in a Systemic Lean Intervention Process

Daniel E. Ufua () and Angie O. I. Adebayo ()
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Daniel E. Ufua: Covenant University
Angie O. I. Adebayo: Covenant University

Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2019, vol. 32, issue 6, No 2, 615-627

Abstract: Abstract This paper explores the usefulness of rich pictures as a method in Systemic Lean Intervention (SLI) process. It combines Lean and Systems Thinking analytical tools. Lean emerged with the main objectives of waste identification and removal in an operational system - which is synonymous to cost reduction, and value maximization. The research focuses on the use of rich pictures alongside lean tools such as workshop and interviews in a participatory research process, involving the identified stakeholders who are affected by the operational process. The research applies these tools with the intent to recognise the impacts of the various parts that function together in the operational process. A single case study organisation of a commercial Livestock farm in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria was used. The research found out that the application of rich pictures could be influenced by certain factors like the participants’ interest, power and authority possession of some participants, familiarity with the issues considered, and the participants’ level of background knowledge on the usage of rich pictures. Rich pictures were also found to be time-consuming in its interpretation and application to addressing identified issues.

Keywords: Commercial farming; Operational waste identification; Application of rich pictures; Systemic lean intervention; Affected stakeholders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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