ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the fourth step in the systematic improvement planning (SIP) pattern: evaluate improvement ideas and select the best ones. Here the improvement ideas most suitable for the business will be selected. To do this, evaluate the alternative improvement ideas developed in the previous step for each corresponding problem or its individual leverages. In this step, potential improvements are evaluated according to their net potential quantitative and qualitative effects. Also, alternative improvement ideas should be evaluated according to the risk factors to which they may be susceptible with their probability of occurrence. Therefore, both by evaluating according to quantitative and qualitative factors and considering possible risk issues, the best improvement ideas are selected. If more than one improvement idea is implemented for the same problem, the ideas may affect each other in a negative way or eliminate their effects. The weighted-factor technique is the most effective way to make this type of selection.
