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Breakthrough Objectives

Last updated by Jeff Hajek on December 21, 2020

Breakthrough objectives are targets that can only be achieved with significant changes to the way the company operates. A company cannot achieve them by doing business as usual. Breakthrough objectives often cascade down from an aggressive strategic plan.

Sometimes a breakthrough objective is established based on an opportunity. For example, a new vice-president with previous Lean experience may be set an aggressive goal to dramatically reduce finished goods inventory and do more make-to-order production.

In other cases, breakthrough objectives are based on need. A marketing team may determine that a product line needs a dramatic reduction in lead time to remain competitive in a changing market. The manufacturing team might need to learn to reduce its batch sizes to get the required level of responsiveness.

In either case, the breakthrough objective should have a specific number associated with it. Breakthrough objectives frequently have a long timeline associated with them. In some cases, they may take a number of years to achieve.

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