Introduction to High Performance Teams (HPTs)

Summary of Main Concepts

What is an HPT?
An HPT is a group of people from a production and/or support department
within a natural or logical boundary of a plant.
Team members can control their process to ensure that they and the plant meet their goals.

Star Points

HPT System Success Factors

Introduction to High Performance Teams (HPTs) - Summary of Main Concepts

Traditional High Performance

Manufacturing Environment Manufacturing Environment
Individual work Team work

Individual thinking Collective thinking

Workers depend on the Supervisor Team members depend on each other

Workers do not have problem solving Team members execute problem solving and
authority propose actions

Supervisor makes decisions Team members are empowered

The organization dictates how to achieve Team defines how to achieve goals
goals

Workers focus primarily on production Team members understand the value of a

metrics balanced Scorecard

Training means cost Training is an investment

Short term approach Long term approach

Plant organization is top-down Plant organization is aligned to support the

teams

Plant organization is responsible for worker Each team is accountable for its own
performance, training, certification, safety, performance, training, certification, safety,
quality, and attendance quality, and attendance

Empowered People Principle

(High Performance Teams Objective)

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