Course Overview 

Every business strives for continuous improvement in order to satisfy customer demand and maintain competitiveness. Whilst some initiatives may bring about some instant success, momentum can soon lost if the continuous improvement activities are not embedded within the organisation and its culture. This course shows you one method of bringing about permanent productive change witihin your business.

What  is Kaizen?

One way in which permanent improvements can be brought about is by the use of small empowered group activities. These improvement activities are often referred to in a lean environment as Kaizens. Kaizen, originally a Buddhist word, loosely translates to describing all of the continuous improvement (CI) activities with an organisation.

Kaizen makes uses of small groups of people to make relatively small, positive changes within their own area of expertise. At Aster, we refer to this as "doing 1000 things 1% better".

This two day Kaizen training course focuses on both the mechanics of generating continuous improvement activities together with a proven management approach to ensure the right culture is created to bring about sustainable improvement.

Ideally suited to lean managers, continuous improvement facilitators, company executives, Six Sigma green/black belts and change managers.

What you will learn

At the conclusion of the course each delegate will be able to appreciate:-

• Where waste (non-value added activities) can be found in a business
• How to identify prioritised areas for improvement
• The kaizen approach to incremental improvement
• The soft managerial skills required by managers to both implement and sustain a continuous improvement culture
• How to get difficult people on board the programme
• Improvement metrics

 Course Content

The Kaizen Training Course covers the following topics:-

• Introduction
• Kaizen and Kaikaku (Kaizen Blitz)  - Definitions
• Understanding the origins of Kaizen
• 7 Wastes – the non value added activities in our organisation
• Examples of lean tools to be used for kaizen events
• 5S, Kanban, SMED, TPM, Value Stream Mapping, Zero Quality Control
• Basic Problem Solving – Ishikawa and 5 Whys
• How to implement Kaizen?
• How to structure a kaizen team?
• The Management Approach
• Company Structure
• Winning ‘Hearts & Minds’
• Sunrise & Sunset Meetings
• MBWA – The Gemba Walk
• The Task Board
• The CI Office
• Project Awareness & Reporting
• Summary & Review

Courses are limited to a maximum of twelve delegates. The Kaizen training course cost covers the training session, a comprehensive set of course notes, lunch and refreshments.

This is a non-residential training course. This course can be delivered in-house if required. For further information contact Aster Training on 01296 720281 for a Free Consultation to discuss your training requirements.

Costs are exclusive of VAT which is chargeable at the current rate. Prices are correct at the time of publishing, but may be varied in line with market conditions from time to time.