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Kaizen Point Lessons

001: Kaizen Team Make-up

Description: Follow these simple guidelines to build an effective improvement team that will base their improvements on the reality of the current situation, but dare to be bold and strive for breakthrough achievements!

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson001.pdf

002: Kaizen Team Invite

Description: Follow these simple guidelines to build an effective improvement team that will base their improvements on the reality of the current situation, but dare to be bold and strive for breakthrough achievements!

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson002.pdf

003: Scoping a Kaizen Event

Description: We all want as much improvement as possible for each kaizen deployed. And this may be the basis of scope creep, a powerful urge to increase the breadth of area covered by a kaizen, or add a few more objectives.

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson003.pdf

004: Deploying Continuous Improvement Resources

Description: Allocating where and when to deploy Continuous Improvement Resources is one of the key activities performed by the Steering Committee. These resources are considerable when you consider your full-time internal C.I. off ice, plus external help, plus the kaizen team members. We want to deploy these resources as effectively as possible to maximize benefit to the corporation.

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson004.pdf

005: Point Kaizen Event

Description: Point kaizens are supposed to be implementation focused activities where the solution is already fairly well known. We use a small team of people to accomplish a series of tasks quickly, with the benefit of multiple perspectives provided by various team members.

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson005.pdf

005: Point Kaizen Event

Description: Point kaizens are supposed to be implementation focused activities where the solution is already fairly well known. We use a small team of people to accomplish a series of tasks quickly, with the benefit of multiple perspectives provided by various team members.

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson005.pdf

006: Point Events - A good place to start 5S

Description: The foundation of work space productivity starts with first 2 S’s of the 5S process.

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson006.pdf

007: Standard Work Audit

Description: Do you have a structured audit process of standard work? We have found the audit process to be just as valuable and necessary as the standard work itself.

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson007.pdf

008: Tracking Event Results

Description: Your event is wrapping up and your team is excited about the process improvements they have implemented. You have completed the standard work (i.e. the most important tool for sustainment) and now it is time to develop a process tracker. Trackers are a close second in importance when it comes to sustaining results. Here are some key points to consider when creating a process tracker:

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson008.pdf

009: Understanding Phase I of the 5S Process

Description: Creating Workspace Efficiency (S1 & S2)

Document Link: KaizenPointLesson009.pdf

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