EPA LEAN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ELMS)
FACT SHEET
What is ELMS?
EPA's Lean Management System (ELMS) is a means to promote continuous improvement It
consists of Lean tools and behaviors that assist organizations with sustaining lean activities and
ultimately leads to an efficient organization. ELMS consists of six elements: (1) Problem Solving,
(2) Leader Behaviors, (3) Standard Work:,(4) Business Reviews, (5) Cascading Measures, (6)
Visual Management. Our Lean Management System is a complement to Lean activities and is
seen as a constant driver towards excellence.
How Can ELMS HelpVou?
Track process-level metrics to help
determine if your organization will
meet long-term strategic goals
Save time in meetings by using
brief discussions (huddles) with
colleagues to talk about the work -
promote teambuilding
Determine who needs help. What
issues require management
intervention
Manager engagement in routine
activities such as huddles, routine
staff check-ins, and personalized
one-on-ones allows managers to
gain insights needed to meet
challenges immediately
Name 1 Thing You Want to Get Better at:
Do you want your office to be more reliable? Faster? Producing higher quality work? Less frustrating? Just better?
Visual
Management
Leader
Behaviors
Standard
Process
Cascading
Performance
Measures
Business
Reviews &
Huddles
Problem
Solving
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Solving
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Identify small problems before they
become big problems
Generate solutions to fix problems that
cause you pain
Use flow boards to display the status
ofyourworkon the walls
Use performance boards to identify
and monitor progress toward set
targets and manage workload
distribution
Create a more transparent and
accountable workplace
Ensures the products and services
produced by the process are
delivered in a timely manner and are
of consistent quality
Create and improve predictability
for staff and customers
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Performance
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ELMS TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION
TRAINING FOR SENIOR LEADERS AND MANAGERS
•	Senior Leaders, mid-level managers and front-line managers will be provided with training on their
role in ELMS.
•	Topics include: Leader Standard Work, Gemba Walk, Huddles, Business Reviews, Continuous Learning,
and Mentoring/Coaching.
TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION WEEK FOR STAFF
•	The 5-day ELMS deployment is composed of a 1 -day train the trainer day for ELMS Champions
followed by four days where the trained ELMS Champions will partner with OCI staff to co-deliver the
training modules to an initial set of work units from your organization.
•	Each work unit must pick one process they want to get better at; at the end of the training you will
have the key components of a visual management system completed for that process.
ELMS DEPLOYMENT WEEK SCHEDULE
Train-the-Trainer: ELMS champions learn all the content
SIPOC
Output: High-level map of the Suppliers, Inputs, Process steps,
Outputs and Customers (SIPOC) for your process.
CASCADING MEASURES
Output: Measures to assess the operational health of the unit's
process and the achievement of the organization's goals.
VISUAL MANAGEMENT (Flow Boards and Performance Boards
and Huddles)
Output: Unit level performance boards and process-level flow boards.
BASIC PROBLEM SOLVING (5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram)
Output: Identification of a simple process-related problem and
solutions to address the issue via an action registry.
Published: 04-05-2019
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