Comments on: Checklists at a Hotel Front Desk http://www.leanblog.org/2008/07/checklists-at-hospital-front-desk/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org, Lean Manufacturing, Lean Healthcare, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:01:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Chelsie http://www.leanblog.org/2008/07/checklists-at-hospital-front-desk/#comment-12277 Chelsie Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:02:51 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/07/checklists-at-a-hotel-front-desk/#comment-12277 i worked for Quality Suites in College station texas. Checklist we have one for every shift and it is very helpfull, everyone is always busy and never sitting around i highly reccomend a check list for every shift. but now i work for comfort suites in the woodlands and i was told we are not ready for a checklist. i think honestly every hotel should be using one.. instead of just sitting around they will have things that should be getting done... let me know how you feel and if you have any good check list that i could use feel free to e-mail it to me chelsie732000@yahoo.com i worked for Quality Suites in College station texas.
Checklist we have one for every shift and it is very helpfull, everyone is always busy and never sitting around i highly reccomend a check list for every shift.
but now i work for comfort suites in the woodlands and i was told we are not ready for a checklist. i think honestly every hotel should be using one.. instead of just sitting around they will have things that should be getting done…
let me know how you feel and if you have any good check list that i could use feel free to e-mail it to me
chelsie732000@yahoo.com

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.leanblog.org/2008/07/checklists-at-hospital-front-desk/#comment-3777 Anonymous Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:53:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/07/checklists-at-a-hotel-front-desk/#comment-3777 Hmm...Checklist. Check-List. A list of checks...<br/><br/>Isn't this just a simple embodiment of Deming's PDCA process? In the broader sense, we are simply checking the outcome of something we did, thereby ensuring we got the expected result. I almost used "insure" because really a check list is an insurance policy to make sure standards are met. <br/><br/>So I wouldn't call the check list standard work. The work is what we DO. The CHECK-list is simply a mechanism to make sure we did it and got the expected result.<br/><br/>This is an important destinction. If we call the checklist the standard work, they we loose sight of the skill needed to actually do the job. If we call the checklist the standard work, they we just train people to use the checklist, but leave the actual work content up to the person to figure out. The reality is we need a process to train the actual work and the check process. Both comprise the job, along with the Act/Adjust piece which is improvement work. Hmm…Checklist. Check-List. A list of checks…

Isn’t this just a simple embodiment of Deming’s PDCA process? In the broader sense, we are simply checking the outcome of something we did, thereby ensuring we got the expected result. I almost used “insure” because really a check list is an insurance policy to make sure standards are met.

So I wouldn’t call the check list standard work. The work is what we DO. The CHECK-list is simply a mechanism to make sure we did it and got the expected result.

This is an important destinction. If we call the checklist the standard work, they we loose sight of the skill needed to actually do the job. If we call the checklist the standard work, they we just train people to use the checklist, but leave the actual work content up to the person to figure out. The reality is we need a process to train the actual work and the check process. Both comprise the job, along with the Act/Adjust piece which is improvement work.

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