KAIZEN Training

in house, 1 day
KAIZEN in Office, Services and Technical Environments
 
Training’s goal:
Through this training, EXEGENS® helps you to tackle improvements in the company. KAIZEN (Continuous Improvement) is the Lean Manufacturing word that was used initially as a key element in TPS (Toyota Production System). Subsequently, KAIZEN with other LEAN tools like TPM was developed by JIPM (Japanese Institute of Plant Maintenance). Usually KAIZEN describes business environments where companies and individual pro-active working groups work together to improve processes. KAIZEN is a Japanese word meaning continuous improvement (Continuous Improvement or Transforming Value). KAIZEN is complementary with other improvement techniques such as CEDAC (Cause and Effect Diagram with Addition of Cards) and 5Why Analysis.

As philosophy, the key of the KAIZEN technique is the involvement of all employees in the improvement projects. These improvements are sometimes results of the suggestions schemes (Suggestion Schemes / Kaizen Teian) or of the small groups work (Quality Circles). KAIZEN implementation in a business environment involves creating a culture to support continuous improvements to eliminate losses from business systems and processes in full compliance with the requirements of the customers. KAIZEN is achieved with the people. KAIZEN is not a technical approach. For example, KAIZEN  for the management is allocating 50% of time for improvements.

The essence of the KAIZEN projects is to understand the current situation and the next improvement level. If the next improvement level is considered to be a high level, required by the market, then the KAIZEN project becomes a KAIKAKU project. KAIKAKU is changing rapidly and radically. KAIKAKU is different from KAIZEN, that  is making small and secure changes, step by step. KAIKAKU is revolutionary while KAIZEN is evolutionary.

As a principle, KAIZEN has two key elements:
• change - improving for the better (improvement / change for the better) and
• continuity (ongoing / continuity).
 
EXEGENS® can help the management of your company to understand KAIZEN approach and to develop an implementation plan. Also we support facilitators, working groups and KAIZEN auditors.
 
EXEGENS® can provide, in addition to this training, a workshop for the practical implementation of the KAIZEN approach by starting the analyzes of the working areas and the improvements plan.
 
Summary of the training session:
1) Kaizen goals and objectives (Lean principles and Kaizen principles);
KAIZEN characteristics and principles (concepts, Gemba, Gembutsu, Genjitsu, Muda, Mura, Muri, etc.); what a Kaizen event supposes, necessary logistics, communication plan).
2) Structure of a KAIZEN event – 12 steps (improvement designing, testing and implementing – Deming Cycle (PDCA); 4M/6M, 5S, SMED, POKA YOKE, TPM.
3) Support Kaizen (internal suggestion system - KAIZEN TEIAN).
Creating Kaizen culture.
Free discutions.
Video example.
OBS: The training consists of Excel documents to help each step.
 
Who should attend: managers, engineers, production supervizors, facilitators, team leaders, technical leaders, operators.
 

Have your say about the Kaizen Training:

 
"(...) The consultancy program of EXEGENS® (FMEA / KAIZEN - training and workshop for a specific problem) was a good opportunity to increase the previous knowledge with the continuous process to improve the internal activities by combining the theory with practical applications taken from our production process. The consultancy program satisfied our expectations in initiation this way of working (FMEA / KAIZEN). " (Mircea ROTARU, Quality Manager WATTEEUW ROMANIA)

"The FMEA / KAIZEN training is well structured, organized and documented. It presents applicable techniques to obtain consistent improvements. It pulls the alarm signals about what we have now and what we might improve." (Iulian NISTOR, B.U. Manager CASE NEW HOLLAND)
 
Contact us to learn more about how we can help your organization with our consulting and our open/in house training services.