I was recently working in Indonesia at one of the largest pulp and paper mills in the world. One evening we were invited to the company's continuous improvement awards ceremony.
On a quarterly basis they recognize kaizen teams that have excelled.
Last month, I teamed up with Gemba Academy's Ron Pereira and presented a two-part webinar on the subject of
I recently conducted a free one hour webinar on the subject of kaizen event malpractice, its causes, effects and how to avoid them.
Business travel is a drag. One of the painfully few benefits, if you're flying (and waiting), is that you can catch up on some reading.
Joe Dager, an expert in lean marketing and founder of the Business901 blog
Strange name, "bowling chart," but it's a simple and powerful tool. It forces critical thinking around breakthrough objectives and facilitates typically monthly checkpoints that help drive accountability, PDCA and ultimately execution.
The kaizen pre-event planning phase is critical to event effectiveness. It includes the obvious - event definition from the perspective of scope and targets, team selection, communication and certain acceptable pre-work, but sometimes the simple stuff gets missed.
The KPO, short for kaizen promotion office or officer (a.k.a.
Recently, I added a new step to my kaizen event standard work.
Kaizen event team selection is a critical driver of event effectiveness. Selection criteria includes team representation (to promote diversity, perspective, ownership, and development opportunities), size, chemistry, kaizen experience, and behavioral and technical skills.
