{"id":2145,"date":"2015-04-17T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2015-04-17T14:05:56","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T14:05:56","slug":"gemba-attitude-in-situational-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/17\/gemba-attitude-in-situational-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemba attitude in situational awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gemba Japanese term means &#8220;the real place&#8221;, in business\u00a0 &#8220;the place where value is created&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>To solve a problem, you have to go to the &#8220;Gemba&#8221; or to the workplace, the machine, the plant, &#8230; the place where the root cause of a problem is happening.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Kaizen &amp; Gemba are clear: continuous improvement in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>In large hierarchical organizations, when the data, situation are not coming from &#8220;<strong>the place where value is created<\/strong>&#8220;,the situational awareness is low. This provokes the decision making process is executed with the wrong data and\/or wrong situation, provoking wrong management and strategic decisions. When this happens in long term period, all decisions are &#8220;political&#8221; decisions instead of being data-driven decisions.<a href=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/17\/gemba-attitude-in-situational-awareness\/gemba-joke\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2149\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2149\" src=\"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/gemba-joke.jpg\" alt=\"gemba-joke\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemba Japanese term means &#8220;the real place&#8221;, in business\u00a0 &#8220;the place where value is created&#8221;. 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