KAIZEN

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It describes all the basics. kaizen Involves everyone in an organization working together to make improvements without large capital investments. 5 Elements of Kaizen 1.Suggestions for improvement 2.Teamwork 3.Personal Discipline 4.Improved Morale 5.Quality circles

KAIZEN Masaaki Imai born 1930, in Tokyo - is a consultant in the field of quality management. Known as the “Lean Guru” and the father of Continuous Improvement (CI)

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

KAIZEN Masaaki Imai is known as the developer of Kaizen Focuses on continuous improvement on eliminating waste in all systems Continuously improve people’s ability to meet expectations of high quality, low cost and on – time delivery It is a Japanese word meaning gradual & orderly, continuously improvement Kaizen transforms companies into superior global competitors

Involves everyone in an organization working together to make improvements without large capital investments 5 Elements of Kaizen

•Suggestions for improvement •Teamwork •Personal Discipline •Improved Morale •Quality circles

Out of these Foundation elements, 3 Key factors in Kaizen arise •Elimination of waste(muda) and inefficiency •Kaizen 5 – S framework for good housekeeping ? seiri sort ? seiton set in order ? seiso shine ? seiketsu standardize ? shitsuke sustain •Standardization

KAIZEN BASED MANUFACTURING Persistent Continuous Improvement Methodology •Process identified and owned •Waste is measured •Data gathered to identify causes •Changes the way work is done Operating Assumptions •People need to work together •Everyone has a customer Means of Accomplishment Knowledge & Understanding

KAIZEN Management

Requisites for success •Performance measurement •Continuous improvement •Proactive problem solving •Team empowerment •Management’s coaching role

KAIZEN Blitz or Event It is a focused, intense, short term project to improve a localized process Substantial resources like engineering, maintenance, operators are available for immediate deployment

An event usually includes training followed by analysis, design and rearrangement of a product line or area
The event normally takes 2-5 days and the results are immediate, dramatic and satisfying

KAIZEN TOOLS Productivity tools •Single Minute Exchange of Dir(SMED) •Total productive Maintenance •Demand flow technology •Kanban •5 S’s •Lean Manufacturing Quality tools : Poka yoke, Standardized work, Jidoka, value stream mapping, PDCA

Waste reduction tools: 7 types of wastes, visual management

KAIZEN at TOYOTA

Armand Vallin Feigenbaum (born 1922) is an American quality control expert and businessman. He devised the concept of Total Quality Control, later known as Total Quality Management

His Contributions to the quality body of knowledge includes, TQM is an effective system for integrating the quality development, quality maintenance and quality improvement efforts of the various groups in an organization so as to enable production and service at most economical levels – allows full customer satisfaction

The concept of a "hidden" plant—the idea that so much extra work is performed in correcting mistakes that there is effectively a hidden plant within any factory.
Accountability for quality: Because quality is everybody's job, it may become nobody's job—the idea that quality must be actively managed and have visibility at the highest levels of management

Armand Vallin Feigenbaum 3 step process – Improve Quality Quality Leadership Motivating force for quality improvement Quality Technology Statistics and machinery used to improve technology Organizational Commitment Includes everyone in the quality struggle

Armand Vallin Feigenbaum Deadly sins
Hot House Quality Quality programs that receive a lot of hoopla and no follow through Wishful thinking Those who would pursue protectionism to keep American firms from having to compete on quality Producing overseas Confining quality to the factor When quality is reviewed as a shop floor concern, verses the responsibility of everyone



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