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- 1. IdeasCount IDEASCOUNT We all want our organizations to be strong, so they can keep V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 J A N U A R Y us all em- ployed. We also want to be part of some- thing good and worth- Ideas = Improvement while. A single implemented Boardroom Inc., a twenty ideas per em- We all want to improvement idea, Connecticut publisher, ployee per year. be appreciated from just one of your averaged 104 ideas Milliken, a global fab- employees, can save per employee in 2002. ric and specialty A solid and well thought out over 8,500 dollars* Its sales per employee chemicals company, method for let- were more than seven averages 110 ideas ting people US Synthetic, John times greater than the per employee per share their ideas Deere, Lycoming En- average publisher. year. Milliken is one of for improvement gines, Metalworks, can help create Richer Sounds has only two companies in that strong, Rexam Beverage Can, been listed a number the world that has won worthwhile and Ethicon Inc., Goodyear of times in the Guin- both the Malcolm appreciative do Brasil Produtos de place to work. ness Book of World Baldrige National Borracha Ltda** and records as having the Quality Award and the many other high per- greatest sales per European Quality INSIDE THIS ISSUE: forming organizations square foot of any re- Award. The other is credit much of their tailer in the world. It the French Italian Idea Systems 2 success to employee also has one of the company ST Microe- ideas for improve- best idea systems in lectronics, which has IdeasCount 2 ments. the United Kingdom, one of the better idea which brings in some systems in Europe. *$8,757 average savings per implemented idea, source: The Nutshell 3 Employee Involvement Association **Winners of the Shingo prize for Operational Excellence See page 2 Fast, Easy, 4 Continuous Improvement 4 Toyota, the gold standard Toyota has about Toyota Creative Idea 1974 Total improve- 67,000 employees. Suggestion System ment ideas pass 1 mil- Together they contrib- timeline and results: lion ute over 700,000 ideas a year and over 90% 1951 First improve- 1981 Total improve- get implemented. ment ideas imple- ment ideas pass 5 mil- mented lion See page 2
- 2. PAGE 2 The rest of the story Ideas are found Toyota, continued: Results, continued: cent. Two of the com- everywhere, just ask. 1984 Total improve- panys divisions have ment ideas pass 10 Dana Corporation, won the Malcolm million a global company Baldrige National 1988 Total improve- with over sixty thou- Quality Award ment ideas pass 20 sand people, expects million every employee to 1995 Total improve- submit two ideas ment ideas pass 30 each month, and in million some facilities it ex- ceeds twice this 2011 Total improve- number, with a ment ideas pass 40 worldwide implemen- With million tation rate of 80 per- IdeasCount, for as little as 2 dollars a month per Idea Systems user, people To really work, an The old suggestion can idea system must: box systems are contribute Be easy to use hard to set up, diffi- an unlimited Be transparent cult to manage and number of Benefit the or- end up working like a ideas to ganization black hole Benefit the em- I put my idea in, make their ployees dont know where it work faster, Show an ROI went or what hap- better, pens next cheaper, safer. Get results Now! IdeasCount IdeasCount is easy encrypted website. audited results and to set up, easy to more. All sorted by manage and easy to When you want to organization, depart- use. Plus you can know if the system is ments, individuals, see the status of really working; supervisors, loca- ideas at your per- IdeasCount provides tions, managers, sonal account page, reports on participa- business areas... from any computer, tion rates, idea im- anywhere at the SSL plementations, ROI, IDEASCOUNT
- 3. VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 PAGE 3 IdeasCount System, in a Nutshell Anyone who super- Supervisors use the Recognition milestones (name vises gets an account programs evaluation in a newsletter, postings, certificate, automatically during tool to decide if the letter home) the program setup, idea is viable: and all non- YES = accept the Good for milestones (stuff like hats, supervisory users set idea and work with jackets, shirts) up their own ac- the submitter to get counts on the SSL it implemented encrypted server. NO = Return the idea for further de- IdeasCount users velopment, with sug- (supervisors, non- gestions to make the supervisors and man- idea better. agers) submit their ideas, describing the Accepted ideas gain problem, what will fix recognition points for it and how fixing it will the submitter, Imple- help. mented ideas gain even more points. Ideas go electroni- cally to the users The value or use of supervisor (no com- the points is custom- mittee, no Black ized by the organiza- Hole) who has a tion during program fixed window of time setup. (determined at pro- Cash (a set point gram setup) to re- value, i.e. 1 cent view the idea. per point) Tell me more? Free Demo: Contact us to be Whitepapers: Want to learn Webinar: Like to have a guided tour? Need to have able to sign on and explore more about Idea Systems? your questions answered while exploring the sys- the system as both a user Curious what is involved in tem? Schedule a one on one webinar and explore and a supervisor. See for setting up IdeasCount? Just the system with a real idea evangelist. yourself if IdeasCount is right ask and we will provide the for you information to satisfy your curiosity. Demo@IdeasCount.com Whitepapers@IdeasCount.com Webinar@IdeasCount.com
- 4. IdeasCount is Fast, Easy and Secure IdeasCount Because IdeasCount is a web based system there is no hardware to buy, no software to install, no complicated procedures to learn. Using the program is easy and intuitive. And no one with a brainstorm will ever have to wait to air their ideas, users can access IdeasCount their accounts 24/7. 13938 Martville Road Martville, New York 13111 Fully understanding the need for a secure system, IdeasCount protects the integrity of Phone: 315-564-6908 your data with advanced SSL encryption and other safeguards. For example requests from E-mail: Contact@IdeasCount.com an employee to create an account require an access code, as well as activation by the su- pervisor. Fast, Easy and Secure www.IdeasCount.com Continuous Improvement IdeasCount is a component of a true system of Continuous Improve- ment. IdeasCountCatch the thousands of base hit improvements that otherwise may be overlooked. Rapid Improvement Workshops Engage the subject matter experts in analyzing their work and changing it for the better. Lean LeadershipThere is no im- People rise to expectations. provement without change.Lean leaders must be able to create and maintain posi- tive change in the workplace. IdeasCount is offered by Hawthorne Consulting Internal Resources Creating internal resources to reduce the need for exter- nal experts. Visit us at www.Hawthornecs.com