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Kaizen
Events or Workshops
For
many years we have been developing Kaizen Workshops or Kaizen Events. We
could say they are the bread and butter of the Lean Manufacturing World.
What is
a Kaizen Event?
It
is a very exciting process open to some eight to twenty of the most
valuable people in a company. The "team" is comprised of
managers, operators, maintenance technicians, supervisors from all the
areas. They all get together for a few days, usually 4 to 5 days is
enough, and focus in some particular area or operation of the plant to be improved.
Using
our expertise, we convey these
people to share and discuss their ideas and experiences as well as their
knowledge. We then help them come up with simple, but very creative
solutions related to the subject and explain to them the techniques to
take advantage of their creativity. The encouraging aspect of this is the
fact that...
We
Take All The Ideas Into Account!
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They
may create new arrangements for a particular area.
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Perhaps
they will develop a new process to save time while doing setup.
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Some
teams will start autonomous maintenance in a particular machine.
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A
quality issue may be resolved as well.
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Paperwork
simplification is often accomplished.
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JIT
Just in Time implementation can also be a matter to deal with.
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Improvement,
improvement and more improvement, that is what it all is about!
Of
course there is a disciplined process behind it. We have some rules and
learn some theories as well. The most important part is... We All Learn
and Have Fun!
The
dynamics of the workshop is a continuous interaction in the classroom as
well as on the floor. All the activities and processes are carefully
documented so that they can be re-improved or adapted to other similar
areas. We recommend the use of photography and video for this purpose.
Kaizen
is also a culture, it implies a new way of seeing things, a different
approach with a very clear objective:
To
Make The Operation More Productive!
This
is achieved through one of the most commonly wasted abilities of the human
being:
Creative
and Objective Thinking.
Our
Kaizen events are very successful because all the participants see in each
project a very
important professional growth opportunity. The savings and increased
productivity during and after the event pay back in a short period of time the effort of
your company and each member in the team.
The
main characteristic in Kaizen events is the Low Cost and the Big
Return.
In four words...
It
Is Worth It!
As
an additional revenue, all the people involved in the team will start seeing
things differently. They start seeing more opportunities for improvements
than ever before. They also become more assertive, cooperative and
confident in the support of the organization. The benefits are perceived
in a better attitude and performance at work and in all the other aspects
of their lives. We have also seen personnel turn-over decrease
drastically.
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