Introduction

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:

1. Understand the Philosophy of Kaizen
2. Define the 7 Types of Waste.
3. Principal in Identifying and Eliminating Waste.
4. The Usage of Waste Observation Tools in Kaizen
5. The Usage of “Ideas Generating" Tools in Kaizen
6. The usage of “Kaizen Form"
7. How to conduct Kaizen activity