Kaizen
What
is Kaizen?
Kaizen
Literally Translated means: Kai=Change and
Zen=Good
One of the
most powerful tools in the Lean Toolbox
is the Lean Kaizen. Kaizen events target major problem areas based on
value to the customer and to the business. The Kaizen Event is a
well-defined improvement effort that occurs over 4.5 days of intensive
teamwork. A tightly focused Charter is written with clear and
challenging goals that will stretch your team to achieve amazing
results. An SBTI expert facilitator or a trained Lean Leader®
guides the team
through the Kaizen event from the selection of the tools, process
mapping, through the stages of process improvement to final control
plans and key deliverables. When the event is completed your company
will have a better process with improved quality, higher speed, and no
waste. SBTI's successful history of Kaizen deployments guarantee
dramatic bottom line results.
Kaizen
Target Examples:
| Sales
& Marketing |
Procurement
/ material management |
| Order taking and
scheduling |
Logistics |
| Product or service
development |
Administrative systems |
| Manufacturing |
Human Resources |
| Engineering |
Maintenance |
| "In my 25
years with the company, this was the best 'applied' training
opportunity I've experienced". |
|
-Jeff
Sheetz, Six Sigma Black Belt & Lean Leader
Tyco Electronics
|
Empowered
Work Teams
Business
process improvements via Kaizen is a
fast, exciting, breakthrough way of attacking sub-optimal processes.
Kaizen is a conduit for both Lean and Six
Sigma improvement as seen in
SBTI K-Sigma™.
Nothing speaks more
clearly about the direction of your business, or motivates people
better, than clear results. As your staff plays a hands-on role in the
intensive 4.5 day Kaizen event, they will understand that they are
integral to improving business processes, directly impacting the bottom
line and imparting value added services to customers. Kaizen events
generate excitement among your staff and stimulate ideas for future
improvement possibilities. Get the best from your people, enhance your
bottom line, answer the voice of the customer!
SBTI
Kaizen Will:
Find the
solution that best suits your business
Empower your staff to see the possibilities
Deliver clear results in just 4.5 days
Accelerate the integration of continuous improvement in your business
Lean
Kaizen Event
Duration:
Baselining - 1 day
Opportunity Mapping - .5 days
Implementation - 1.5 day
Stabilizing - 1 day
Control Plan & Repair - .5 days
Kaizen
Team Members:
Typical Kaizen Teams
Consist of:
1/3 - Key Process Content Experts
1/3 - Process Suppliers/Customers
1/3 - Fresh Eyes from Outside the Process
| "It was
not until my participation in a Kaizen event at the OSI St. Mary's
facility before I truly 'got it' ....The Kaizen methodology to
continuous improvement is a truly remarkable method for visible change
at high velocity". |
|
-Andrew
Edwards, Cost Reductions Project Manager
OSRAM Sylvania, Inc., Automotive Lighting Division
|
Kaizen
Tools
Lean Kaizen Event
(1.08MB  )
Kaizen
Links
K-Sigma™
Lean
Lean
Offerings
Lean Leader™
White
Papers
Wikipedia - Kaizen
Relevant
Organizations
U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
Society
of Manufacturing
Engineers (SME)
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