Kaizen system

1st Day

KAIZEN AND PROBLEM SOLVING

- 7 steps problem solving process
- Problem analysis tools
- Problem solving tools
- 7 QC tools
- Before KAIZEN, after KAIZEN
- Presentation of the KAIZEN results
- Further KAIZEN tools
- Affinity diagram (KJ diagram)
- 7 steps check list
- Flowchart
- Performance measurement
- Value chain analysis
- 5W 1H method
- 7 MUDA – loss reduction

2nd Day

PROBLEM SOLVING

- Problem solving tools
- 7 QC tools
- Data collection sheets
- Standard deviation diagram
- Histogram
- Pareto diagram
- Ishikawa diagram
- Flowchart
- Control diagram
- Before KAIZEN, after KAIZEN
- Kaizen diary, action plan
- Problem solving in group
- Brain storming, Affinity diagram
- 7 steps check list
- Loss reduction
- Cycle time balancing
- TPM, SMED
- Material flow optimization
- 0 defect conception
- FMEA, ’good at first’ quality
- JIDOKA, POKA-YOKE
- Kaizen Story Board
- Presentation of the KAIZEN results

3rd Day

KAIZEN SYSTEM

- Kaizen actions, Kaizen sheets
- Kaizen organization, Kaizen levels
- KAIZEN manager’s role and tasks
- Involving people to KAIZEN activity, motivation
- Suggestion system
- Evaluation of KAIZEN ideas
- Quality circles (QCC)
- Cost-benefit analasys
- Kaizen workshops leading
- Effective teamworks, meeting
- KAIZEN in product development
- QFD, quality planning
- KAIZEN in the office
- Lean Office, loss reduction in administrative area
- Office 5S, process development

Pilot project:
The participants accomplish a Kaizen action as a pilot project at their own working environment, document the results and this will be presented for the other participants.