Definition and application of Kaizen strategy
It is a Japanese term meaning continuous improvement. The term consists of two parts - Kai, which means change, and Zen, which means for the better. Administrative, regardless of their job positions from senior management to the cleaning agent in the company through the introduction of small and continuous training improvements on products, services and processes, working to reduce costs, reduce waste and waste of resources, increase the rate of productivity and activate the optimal use of financial resources without the need to allocate New investments and resources, a methodology created by the Japanese miracle that can be used in resource-limited conditions
Concept appeared KAIZEN
The KAIZEN concept of existence appeared in 1984 by the Japanese expert Masaki Imai, who published a book on Kaizen philosophy in 1986, and then a book on Low Approach to Management A Common Sense: Kaize Gemba: A Common Sense of Low-Cost Approach in Management, Which was issued in the year 1997. Kaizen is a philosophy pioneered by Taiichi Ohno, to lead organizations through rational management of space and time
Strategic application services Kaizen
principles Kaizen
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Operations review - The constant need for change
- Success comes from people
- Client or customer first
- There is always room for improvement
- Team work in quality circles
- A strong inner system for everyone to commit to improving
- Each person's opinion has value taken into consideration
- Staff are confident that their suggestions will be taken care of
Application results Kaizen
- Reduced operating time
- An increase in efficiency
- Cost saving
- Reducing errors
- Reduction in used space
- Significant improvement in employee content
- Empowering human resources
- Discover new capabilities and possibilities
- It helps create an interactive leadership environment
The seven types of waste (moda)
- Wasted running
- Wasted waiting
- Transport wasted
- Wasted storage
- Excess production waste
- Traffic wasted
- Waste repair (defective product)
A strategy for identifying the causes of the four problems
- Known problems, solutions of which require additional expertise
- Known problems that need innovative approaches to solve
- Known problems whose solutions require action
- Unknown issues need to be identified
Kaizen strategy in Japanese management
The work team shall determine the main causes of the concerned problem as well as the sub-causes, after which the quality team shall use the appropriate scientific methods and statistical means
- Machinery and machinery
- Materials
- Roads
- the system
The Five Questions (Why) strategy
This symbol indicates the Five Why Questions methodology method can help identify the root causes of a problem
- Why weren't we able to prevent it?
- Why did it happen now?
- Why did it happen like this?
- Why did the problem occur?
- Why were the workers and employees not able to solve it and then escalate it to the higher authority to solve it?