KAIZEN: A PRACTICE TO BE

ADOPTED OR FORGOTTEN ?

BY
Akash singh kushwah
Mahendra.k.BANSODE
 INTRODUCTION
 KAIZEN - WHAT IT MEANS?

KAIZEN is a Japanese word meaning gradual and orderly,
continuous improvement. The KAIZEN business strategy
involves everyone in an organization working together to
make improvements 'without large capital investments'.

KAIZEN is a culture of sustained continuous improvement

focusing on eliminating waste in all systems and processes of
an organization. The KAIZEN strategy begins and ends with
people. With KAIZEN, an involved leadership guides people
to continuously improve their ability to meet expectations of
high quality, low cost, and on-time delivery. KAIZEN
transforms companies into 'Superior Global Competitors'.
TWO ELEMENTS OF KAIZEN

There are two elements that construct KAIZEN

 Improvement/change for the better and
ongoing/continuity.
 Lacking one of those elements would not be
considered KAIZEN.
For instance, the expression of "business as
usual" contains the element of continuity without
improvement.
On the other hand, the expression
"breakthrough" contains the element of change
or improvement without continuity.
 KAIZEN should contain both elements.
DEFINITION:

A system of continuous improvement in

quality, technology, processes, company
culture, productivity, safety and leadership.
KAIZEN
 What does it mean?

> Japanese term - pursuit of continuous

improvement through identifying and
eliminating waste

 > KAIZEN Must-haves

 INNOVATIVE THINKERS:
 Motivation : not necessary a lot of money
KAIZEN AND QUALITY
 KAIZEN clears away the clouds and gives you
a brand new perspective on quality…
 Brings ideas together for an out-of-the box
approach
 Helps to reach quality goals by forcing people to
think about improvements
 Impacts quality in the work environment, the
product, and the process
KAIZEN AND QUALITY
 Quality in the Work Environment
 Increased Safety Precautions
 Greater Awareness of Quality Expectations
 Job Ownership
 Quality in the Product
 Fewer opportunities for flaws/mistakes because of built
in preventative measures (Work instructions, work
balance, standard procedures…)
 Quality in the Process
 Improved Flow
 Greater Visual Control
 Shorter Lead Times
 KAIZEN AND MANAGEMENT
 Management has two major components:
 maintenance, and
 improvement.
 Under the maintenance function, the management must first
establish policies, rules, directives and standard operating
procedures (SOPs) and then work towards ensuring that
everybody follows SOP. The latter is achieved through a
combination of discipline and human resource development
measures.
 Under the improvement function, management works
continuously towards revising the current standards, once they
have been mastered, and establishing higher ones. Improvement
can be broken down between innovation and Kaizen. Innovation
involves a drastic improvement in the existing process and
requires large investments. Kaizen signifies small improvements
as a result of coordinated continuous efforts by all employees.
 FEATURES OF KAIZEN

 Improvements are based on many, small

changes rather than the radical changes that
might arise from Research and Development
 As the ideas come from the workers
themselves, they are less likely to be
radically different, and therefore easier to
implement
 Small improvements are less likely to require
major capital investment than major process
changes
 SUMMARY
 KAIZEN
 Helps us to identify and eliminate the eight types
of waste
 Applies to many levels of Quality
 Helps us to effectively solve Quality-related
problems
THANK YOU