Shwetha

Shwetha
Nilamber
Nilamber
Murugeshkumar
Murugesh kumarDD
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 KAIZEN- AN INTRODUCTION
• Masaaki Imai is
known as the
developer of Kaizen.

• 改 ('kai') KAI
means 'change' or
'the action to
correct'.

• 善 ('zen') ZEN
means 'good'
CONTD…

• ‘Kaizen’ literally means improvement in

Japanese.
• From business management point of view
it is defined as the measures for
implementing continuous improvement.
• Continuous improvement is nothing but
continuous elimination of wastes.

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 DEFINITION:
Kaizen is primarily a reactive process where you "check" to
see if anything is wrong, then go about fixing it.

It is a daily activity and always under the control of a

supervisor.

Improves productivity by daily monitoring and elimination

of wastes.

Waste in the workplace is defined as activities that add cost

but do not add value.
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So basically kaizen is small incremental changes made for
improving productivity and minimizing waste.
Kaizen has three main principles:

• Consider the process and the results!

• The need to look at the entire process of the job at hand
and to evaluate the job as to the best way to get the job
done.
• Kaizen must be approached in such a way that no one is
blamed and that the best process is put into place.

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 metholodgy
• Finding out the pain area.
• Analyses the pain.
• 3Ms considered with 4ms.

3ms-Mura,Muri and Muda.

4ms-Man,Machine,Material,and Method.
• 5S is a method for organizing a workplace,
especially a shared workplace (like a shop
5 ‘S’ in KAIZEN
floor or an office space), and keeping it
organized.

• To take the concept of Kaizen performance

to its ultimate level of simplicity, it offered
the following "5S" steps
• Sorting keeping only
essential items
• Simplifying eliminates extra
motion.

• Sweeping keep the

workplace clean
• Standardizing standardized work
practices
• Sustaining maintaining and
reviewing standards
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 Varieties of Kaizen Methods

• Individual Versus Teamed

• Day-to-Day Versus Special Event

• Process Level Versus Sub process Level

Kaizen Elements

• Teamwork
• Personal discipline
• Improved morale
• Quality
• Suggestions for improvement

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How to implement kaizen?
To implement kaizen the following steps are followed:
•Create a work standard for your product.
•Identify what measure exists that tells how well the process
is currently operating.
•Learn about your target work process.
•Identify the various wastes involved.
•Design a strategic approach, after taking the suggestion of
every worker from the CEO to the cleaners, to avoid the
wastes in their respective fields.
•Document the scope of the kaizen applied.

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How to implement kaizen?
To implement kaizen the following steps are followed:
•Create a work standard for your product.
•Identify what measure exists that tells how well the process
is currently operating.
•Learn about your target work process.
•Identify the various wastes involved.
•Design a strategic approach, after taking the suggestion of
every worker from the CEO to the cleaners, to avoid the
wastes in their respective fields.
•Document the scope of the kaizen applied.

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Kaizen way of thinking

• Focuses on both maintenance and

improvement.
• Do not naturally occur in managers rather
comes with experience.
• Initially design a standard and then
continuously try to improve it.

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A visit to MADURA GARMENTS

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 About the company
 A Div of ADITYA BIRLA
NUVO LTD.

 Has 520 employees

Produces around 3500 shirts

every day

Situated at GKVK

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 PIT FALLS IN KAIZEN
• Resistance to change

• Lack of proper procedure

to implement

• Too much suggestion

may lead to confusion
and time wastage
ANY Q’S...?
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KAIZEN HELPS YOU TO…
SEE THE WASTE.
TURN PROBLEMS INTO PROFIT.
CONSTANTLY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

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