What is a Kaizen Event
September 9, 2022
What is a Kaizen Event
A cross functional team is pulled together for between 3 and 5 days to rapidly solve a problem
Lean tools are applied to reduce waste to improve cost, quality, delivery, speed, flexibility and responsiveness to internal and external customer needs
It is focused on incremental change and is a continuous improvement vehicle
It drives quick-hit value by implementing “do-now” solutions by the people involved in the process
Keep a lookout for our next post on When to use a Kaizen Event and click the link to see some Kaizen Event case Studies https://lnkd.in/dJQxmXY
INTERNAL CAPABILITY
Communication & Collaboration
The Kaizen Event approach can be applied to any problem or process and it always follows the same key steps 1. Project charter - Summary of currently situation 2. Find a Sponsor - Authorise, Legitimise and demonstrate ownership of the change 3. Build a Value Stream Map - Highlights sources of waste, barriers and opportunities 4. Affinitisation - Group issues and barriers into themes 5. Root Cause Analysis - Solve the real problem 6. Kaizen Implementation Center - Prioritise and schedule actions 7. Kaizen Event - 3 to 5 day facilitated event 8. Report Out - Team present to management what has been achieved 9. Metrics - Define how success is measured 10. 21 Day Follow Up - Close out any remaining actions 11. Success Story - Publish, share and celebrate success Over the next few weeks we will go over all of these in detail Keep a lookout for our next post on Change Readiness and General Rules and click the link to see some Kaizen Event case Studies https://lnkd.in/dJQxmXY
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