The word of “Kaizen" derived from Japanese dictionary, which means continuous improvement. In Japan continuous improvement techniques applied in Toyota and Canon companies to measures for implementing continuous improvement. Kaizen has been applied in various sectors such as healthcare, government, manufacturing and etc. The objective of implementing is reducing waste, improving productivity and safety of the company. All employees in organisation from upper management to lower level to work as a team and everyone involved with making improvement.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Understand the Philosophy of Kaizen
Define the 7 Types of Waste.
Principal in Identifying and Eliminating Waste.
The Usage of Waste Observation Tools in Kaizen
The Usage of “Ideas Generating" Tools in Kaizen
The usage of “Kaizen Form"
How to conduct Kaizen activity
Course Outline
DAY 1
Pre Test
Understand the Philosophy of Kaizen
Kaizen In TPS system
What is Kaizen
Innovation vs Kaizen
CI and Standardization
Benefits of Kaizen
Why Kaizen?
12 Kaizen Paradigms to follow
Kaizen format
Stages of Kaizen
Planning and Preparation
Event
Report out
Follow-up
DAY 2
Define the 7 Types of Waste.
Principal in Identifying and Eliminating Waste.
What is waste
Waste and NVA
Mr. COOWTIM
Exercise: Identifying Mr. COOWTIME
Waste walk Observation and Kaizen at your workplace
