The purpose of the Visioneering exercise is to provide an open dialogue between all parties so that the Team Members from your organization and ours can raise issues, questions and concepts in as non-threatening or non-judgmental environment for creative planning purposes.  This non-judgmental Visioneering atmosphere  in which no idea is a bad idea can produce amazing results in terms of creating synergy, defining problem statements and identifying potential solutions or concepts.

Visioneering is the overriding goal of this process.  In order to achieve Visioneering, Gaming Cards will be generated and  organized on an Information Matrix.  This matrix incorporates the following steps:

• Establish the GOALS for the Project Objective 
• Collect and analyze the FACTS about . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
• Uncover and test CONCEPTS for all processes, support functions and Customer/Supplier interface activities 
• Determine the NEEDS by analyzing and resolving inherent “Conflicts” between the GOALS, FACTS and CONCEPTS  
• Identify “target ranges” of PROBLEM statements by synthesizing the constraints and opportunities presented.

The steps of the Information Matrix cover both qualitative (GOALS & CONCEPTS) and quantitative (FACTS & NEEDS) information.  The information is further categorized by the following  modifiers:

• FUNCTION - defines the process, people, activities and relationships 
• FORM - includes the facility layout, site, building design, site, quality and environmental issues
• ECONOMY - addresses capital costs, operating costs and life cycle costs 
• TIME - includes the historical, existing and projected conditions of the facility and its operations 

Together, the steps and  their modifiers  create the matrix with a “structured”  framework which organizes the  planning activities in order to:

• Collect, Organize and Evaluate the planning information 
• Record Visioneering Goals, Facts, Concepts, Needs and Problem Statements 
• Build a consensus regarding current and future requirements 
• Help develop and clarify overall design & operational philosophies 
• Prepare a Visioneering Book that will define the basis for the new  material process flow  design, plant operations and plant layout design, construction or modification, and implementation 

The framework is then directed toward the process of “CHANGE” that your organization will encounter as it creates new  visionary concepts for the future.  This process of change evolution will have an impact on the organization in the three primary areas of:

• Value Changes 
• Process Changes 
• Culture Changes

Values will drive the process to physically change which in turn will cause the culture of the organization to change as it adapts to the newly changed physical environment.  All of these aspects of  the Visioneering exercise must then be prioritized to some level of importance

The Gaming Cards and Worksheets  from the Visioneering session will be included in the final report and are offered as documentation for future planning, design, construction and implementation.