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3. Introduction to Kaizen Philosophy and Concepts - Lesson Summary

Kaizen is a philosophy of continuous improvement that involves all employees in an organization to achieve small, consistent enhancements in business processes. It emphasizes cultural change, problem-solving, and a customer-oriented approach, while following principles such as involving everyone, using the 5 why method, and never stopping improvement efforts. The Kaizen Cycle includes steps like employee involvement, problem identification, solution testing, and standardization to enhance productivity and efficiency.

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3. Introduction to Kaizen Philosophy and Concepts - Lesson Summary

Kaizen is a philosophy of continuous improvement that involves all employees in an organization to achieve small, consistent enhancements in business processes. It emphasizes cultural change, problem-solving, and a customer-oriented approach, while following principles such as involving everyone, using the 5 why method, and never stopping improvement efforts. The Kaizen Cycle includes steps like employee involvement, problem identification, solution testing, and standardization to enhance productivity and efficiency.

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Introduction to

Kaizen Philosophy
and Concepts -
Lesson Summary
Introduction to Kaizen Philosophy and Concepts - Lesson Summary

The key points from this module are:


What is Kaizen?
• Kaizen is known as Continuous Improvement. It is often
referred to as an organizational tool where employees at all
levels of a company work cohesively and proactively to gain
consistent, small improvements to the business process.

Kaizen as philosophy for organization


Kaizen, philosophically, is about building a cultural change in a company.
Kaizen, as an action plan
Kaizen, as part of the action plan, is about planning events emphasized on
improving targeted areas in a company
Lateral meaning of kaizen
• " 改 " the Japanese word is transliterated as “kai-” which means “change.”
• " 善 " the Japanese word is transliterated as “-zen” which means “good.”
The key points from this module are:
1 to 5 Kaizen Principles
• Improve every issue continuously.
• Repeal old and traditional concepts.
• Acknowledge no excuses and make things happen.
• Deny the status quo. Implement new methods and hope that it will work.
• If something comes out to be wrong, rectify it.
6 to 11 Kaizen Principles
• Involve everyone to play part in problem-solving.
• Acquire information and accept opinions from multiple people.
• Before making decisions, use 5 why method by asking “why” five times to get to the
root cause.
• Think economical. Save money through little improvements and spend the use of
money on further improvements.
• Always remember improvement has no limits.
• Never stop trying to improve
PDCA/SDCA
PDCA means plan-do-check-act (PDCA) and SDCA means Standardize-do-check-
act
The key points from this module are:
policy statement
The policy statement related to Kaizen from management is an important
endeavor for Kaizen culture. Top management must issue a well thought
and a clear-cut policy statement to induce Kaizen in an organization.
customer-oriented approach
The customer-oriented approach in Kaizen philosophy is that
every process has customers and suppliers. For a process, the
preceding process is the supplier and the processes following it
are the customers.
The key points from this module are:
Flow Kaizen The flow Kaizen is focused on the flow of
• Flow Kaizen information and materials. It is also identified
• Individual Process with the reorganization of a production work-
Kaizen space, or a whole site or factory
• Kaizen Cycle
The process Kaizen means the improvement of
• Core Ideas of Kaizen
Individual Process the individual work stand. Therefore, improving
the way production workers do their job is a
Kaizen

part of Process kaizen. It can also be


Cycle

summarized as "Adapting work to workers".

Kaizen Cycle is based on following steps:


• Employee Involvement
• Search Problems Core Ideas of Kaizen
• Solve it!
• Identify and know your Customer
• Solution testing
• Let processes and material Flow without any
• Study the results
waste
• Standardize
• Gemba walk to resolve problems at the floor
• Repeat the Cycle
• Enhance and empower people
• Be Open and Transparent

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