Kaizen & Lean Training

for fast, dramatic, and simultaneous...
   a) Reduction of costs and lead times
   b) Improvements in quality and employee morale

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Kaizen and Lean Defined

Kaizen is a term from the Toyota Production System that literally means to take apart and study, but has become synonymous with the term "kaizen event", which is when a team performs an intense burst of improvement.

Lean Production methods are used to identify and eliminate waste.
(Lean production methods can be used with or without Kaizen, and are effective to identify and eliminate waste in ANY process. This is not just lean manufacturing training.)

Lean video Introduction to Lean Kaizen DMAIC Six Sigma (14 min kaizen video)

Kaizen PowerPoint presentation:
Introduction to Lean Teachings - 100+ pages

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Getting started with Kaizen

Essence of Lean Teachings
        (single-page handout of Lean Manufacturing principles)
Criteria for selecting first Kaizen
Initial education & training
The Kaizen transition from top-down to bottom-up
Why job promises are essential to continuous improvement
Kaizen vs. Business Process Reengineering
 

How to identify waste

The Seven Deadly Types of Waste

Steps to reduce or eliminate waste

1. Organize the workplace
2. Arrange everything to "flow"
3. Standardize work
4. Make small batches
5. Introduce pull systems
   (Make only what the customer orders)
6. Never stop continuous improvement

Types of production environments that embrace Lean flow
Flow requires (& produces) higher quality than batch & queue
Dedicated Product Teams

Level schedule
What if our demand isn't level?
Level selling
Locate near customers
Supplier partnerships

Ideas for what to do with free time and spare cash created by systems improvement
Financial effects of running down inventories

Kaizen tools
Lean tools
Process Engineering tools
Six Sigma quality tools
Strategic Planning tools
Software Project tools & training
Project Management tools
Training Program design tools
Resources for additional learning
DMAIC
What is Lean Six Sigma