Safety Processes

Project Management

Employee Engagement

Loss Prevention

Sigma/Lean Principles

What is Kaizen (Ky 'zen)

• "Kai" means "change"
• "zen" means "good (for the better)"
• Gradual, orderly, and continuous improvement
• Ongoing improvement involving everyone

Kaizen events are:

• Highly focused, action oriented events lasting 3-5 days
• Also Know As: Rapid Improvement Events or Blitz Projects
• Empowering for the team
• Immediate action oriented
• Used to improve a specific process
• Waste removal events
• An improvement process that can improve ANY process
• Never ending improvement

Kaizen events use the DMAIC Model

Identify the objectives and scope of the event
Train the team
Analyze the current state (as-is)
Define the future state (to-be)
Define the gap between the two
Implement improvements during the event
Create a 30-45 day implementation plan & action plan
report out and create measurements

Types of Kaizen's:

-Shop Floor
quick change over
Defect Elimination
Safety Improvements
5-S

-Office or Business Process

-Six Sigma Kaizen Events

-Product Development