Improve submission pack

Learning objectives

• Assemble an Improve submission pack with tested solutions.
• Screen solutions against CTQ, safety and compliance gates.
• Predefine pilot success, stop rules and rollback.

Required evidence

• Idea log traced to vital Xs
• CTQ, safety and compliance gates
• Decision / Pugh / AHP as suitable
• Solution FMEA
• DOE or pilot protocol and results
• Effect size and confidence interval
• Guardrails and cost-benefit
• Future-state map
• Implementation and rollback plan

Copy-friendly Improve pack checklist

• Ideas linked to a specific X
• Mandatory gates applied before ranking
• Pilot success and stop criteria pre-set
• Rollback plan defined and rehearsed
• Cost-benefit refreshed after pilot

Garment-factory example

For seam-damage, method change, needle-life SOP and an automation option are compared; the top combination is piloted on two representative styles across two shifts with predefined stop rules for output loss.

Method

1. Screen with mandatory criteria before scoring preferences.
2. Pre-register pilot rules to prevent post-hoc reinterpretation.
3. Document deviations and learning, not only successes.

Common mistakes

• Selecting the favourite idea without screening.
• Scaling a short favourable trial.
• Ignoring output or ergonomic guardrails.