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Why do Kaizen?
The Kaizen method is quite simply the fastest, most field-proven way to:
What is a Kaizen Event?
An intensive burst of business process improvement, usually involving...
1) Preparation by the Event Leaders
2) Anywhere from a half day to a 5-day "Kaizen Event" - where representatives from every group of stakeholders devote undivided attention to improving one business process with clearly defined boundaries.
Examples of clearly-defined improvement objectives might include:
(Little 5% improvements are usually not worth the attention of a kaizen event. You are looking for BIG improvements!)
3) The day after the Lean Kaizen Event...
Key Characteristics
Suggested Reading
The Systems2win templates support the Kaizen philosophy and Lean Manufacturing concepts taught in
Creating Continuous Flow
by Rother and Harris, and
The Kaizen
Event Planner
by Martin and Osterling
Features & Benefits of Kaizen Software
Kaizen software, tools, templates, and training
for continuous improvement
(Sometimes misspelled as "kaisen",
"kaisan", or "kaizan")
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Lean Kaizen Training Presentation Editable Kaizen PowerPoint that you can quickly personalize to provide (only) the Lean concepts that are needed for your next Event Get a free preview of this 130+ PowerPoint when
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Kaizen Checklist Event planning to thoroughly prepare to get the best results from your team's intensive time spent together. When the "big wigs" are coming in from out of town to participate in your next Event - you are going to REALLY appreciated having a thorough checklist containing all of the learning lessons of hundreds of other kaizen event leaders. The Kaizen Event Checklist will help you avoid thoughtless oversights that have tarnished the careers of so many of your predecessors. |
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| Mandate For top management to provide clear direction to the team - in a format that is easily copied to PowerPoint |
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| Agenda More detailed planning template. Who will do what, where, and when. And who needs to do what preparation and homework? And when? |
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Team Roles Maybe YOU know every detail of every Team Role, but does everyone else know what they're supposed to be doing? Clear responsibilities for every role needed for a successful event: Facilitator, Coordinator, Co-Leader, Value Stream Manager, Process Owner, Process Experts, Process Outsiders, Continuous Improvement Leadership Team, Executive Team, and Change Agent. (6 pages) |
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| Ground Rules for Working Together Covenants for mutual respect and productive work habits. How many teams have you been part of that could have benefited enormously from taking a few moments to lay some ground rules - BEFORE someone became a problem? |
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| Empowerment Boundaries Top management's clear communication of what a Team can and must do. Clearly communicated in writing and framed on a wall - so that people don't have to constantly interrupt high level managers to clarify what their team is and is not empowered to do. |
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| Presentation of Results Editable PowerPoint for presenting results to senior management,
Can also be used for A3 Reporting for ANY type of continuous improvement project |
 PowerPoint A3 Report |
| Kaizen Action List template To collect Issues & Ideas that arise before, during, and in the days
immediately following an Event, |
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| Audit To ensure the sustainability of process improvements Download free trial of this template |
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Results Metrics To establish lean process design objectives and
compare to projected and actual results - managing
the ∆ Delta Change gap analysis. Download free trial of this template |
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| Event Evaluation Form After each Continuous Improvement Event, it is customary for every participant to provide valuable insights |
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| Lessons Learned And what do you do with all of those insights gathered from the Event Evaluation forms? A savvy Lean company organizes them into a Lessons Learned repository for Operational Excellence. "To improve the ways that we improve" |
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| Potential Future Improvements When people come up with ideas - you don't want to lose those ideas for lack of a means of collecting and organizing them. Kaizen event planning: What might we do next? |
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| Priorities Worksheet "The Leader is the one that climbs the tallest tree, surveys the entire situation, and yells, 'wrong jungle'!" (Stephen Covey - 7 Habits of Highly Successful People) The Priorities Consensus Worksheet provides a proven way for your leadership team to make sure that you choose the processes that are most worth improving. |
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| Schedule Schedule of upcoming improvement events. Once your leaders have agreed upon what do do next, you need a simple way to communicate those decisions. |
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