KAIZEN

INTRODUCTION• Masaaki Imai is known as the developer of

KAIZEN.

• ‘KAI’ means ‘Change or the action to correct’.• ‘ZEN’ means ‘Good’.

• Kaizen is small incremental changes made for improving productivity and minimizing wastes

1 SEIRI sorting out

2 SELTON

Simplifying

3 SEISO Sweeping

4 SEIKETSU

Standardizing

5 SHITSUKE Sustaining

5’S’ IN KAIZEN

• Sorting• Simplifying• Sweeping• Standardizing• Sustaining

5’S’

BENEFITS OF KAIZEN• Kaizen reduces waste - like inventory waste, time

waste and workers motion.

• Kaizen improves space utilization and product quality.

• Results in higher employee moral and job satisfaction.

• Teaches workers how to solve everyday problems.

TOYOTA

1. Reduced Setup Times

2.  Small-Lot Production

3. Employee Involvement and

Empowerment

7 PRINCIPLES IN PRODUCTION SYSTEM

4. Quality at the Source

5. Equipment Maintenance

6. Pull Production

7. Supplier Involvement

CONCLUSION

• Kaizen or continuous improvement should be a part of everyday life.• The concept is simple but if properly applied can lead to

significant efficiency improvements for organizations.• Kaizen and its associated concepts like Kanban and quality

circles have been critical to the success of large organizations like Toyota, Bajaj, Herman millers Biocon and LMW.

KAIZEN HELPS YOU TO …. SEE THE WASTE. TURN PROBLEMS INTO PROFIT. CONSTANTLY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER..