PDCA & Kaizen For Kaizen Teams
PDCA & Kaizen For Kaizen Teams
PDCA & Kaizen For Kaizen Teams
PDCA
Performance Policy
Kaizen Teams
Kaizen Formats
What is Kaizen?
Kaizen Event
Kaizen events are activities handled by Kaizen teams to address
single subject / area. They are usually one time only affairs.
Kaizen
Kaizen is word of Continuous Improvement incorporated as a
normal day by day approach to the improvement of the entire
value stream and in the mind of the people driving performance.
Chracterizing Kaizen Activity, Event or Blitz?
Flow Kaizen
Value Stream Improvement related to information and materials
flow “Pull”.
Point Kaizen
Incremental Improvement related to waste elimination that
impact resources utilization (people waiting, resources, excess
motions, space, unnecessary activities)
What might Kaizen Activities cover
Kaizen Activities
2. Covers Long term Kaizen costing and new core goals set by top
management
Kaizen Activities are achieved through
PDCA
Plan-Do-Check-Act
3 - Check 4 - Act
1. Ensure new solution is fully implemented as designed 1. Identify and Plan adjustments
2. Assess & compare the results using IE and diagnosis 2. Implement adjustments
tools 3. Follow Up & define effect on
3. Analyze what is blocking full achievement management systems
4. Repeat the steps listed under “DO” 4. Standardize the solution
Focus and Role of Problem Solving
Team members will select their own team leaders, which his role
is to plan the kaizen activities, to guide, develop, monitor and
implement the improvement.
Kaizen Team – Method of Work
DCG 23
Pareto Chart
DCG 24
Pie Chart
DCG 25