Kaizen, Japanese Ways of Managing Business

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22364882130769214092011-04-22T09:25:11.305+09:00Kaizen, Japanese Ways of Managing Businesswithin your imaginationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997885403098824599noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236488213076921409.post-14072196183555108492007-10-30T01:42:00.000+09:002007-10-30T01:51:24.934+09:00Kaizen’s Steps, Step Three, Change

The last step to implement Kaizen is changes. See the previous steps here and here. This step is required when the previous two cannot be done, or not effective anymore to be done. There are several components that can be changed in kaizen. A good example as described by picture below.What makes this umbrella different from others? As we can see here, it doesn’t require any “help” to stand up. So

within your imaginationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997885403098824599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236488213076921409.post-76524606352372548942007-10-30T00:44:00.000+09:002007-10-30T00:48:01.053+09:00Kaizen’s Steps, Step Two, Reduce

After discussing first step, now we move on the next. The second step is reduce. Basically, the focus of this step, as its name, is to reduce. What can be reduced. Many. Here are some of them.* Part/component of the tool or anything (object of kaizen) * Feature, that is not effective if it is still attached to the object * Size, since it will not reduce the function * Volume,

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Let's continue discussion about Kaizen's steps. At the previous post, I wrote a bit about the first step. Elimination. We all know that we want to be as efficient as possible, without reducing the level of effective. Tools we use everyday, sometimes consist of unneeded features. Can you imagine examples. Well, you might forget it or even never think about it. Nowadays, computer does not have

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Hmm.. what is relationship between them? Well it is quite difficult to see the clear relationship between them. But, have you ever been in position where you are difficult to express your opinion? Or none listen your comment on something that you might important or you were interested in? Or you have to closely-linked to the employer from whom you get your salary? Your boss that you have to see

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Kaizen is a proven performance improvement tool. Adopted from modern Japanese manufacturers, like Toyota, Kaizen generates breakthrough improvements quickly, without huge capital investments and/or extensive commitments of employ time. Kaizen is an efficient, effective technique for producing change in manufacturing operations.Kaizen improves performance in non-manufacturing situations as well.

within your imaginationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997885403098824599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236488213076921409.post-82677017139723405842007-05-26T14:13:00.000+09:002007-05-27T00:21:15.999+09:00Kaizen Presentation Files and Forms

These files came from many resources. Intellectual right is belong to each party which is said in property of each file.Presentation 1Kaizen FormsKaizen Presentation 2Kaizen Forms 2Gemba Kaizen Presentation

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You might hear kaizen often or you might also notice kaizen jargon in many places. But I, myself, concern more on how to implement it rather than what or who created it. It is important to know what kaizen is, or who created it, but it is more more important to know how to do it. Many management speakers, and of course they are all expert on management, speak or give advices about best management

within your imaginationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997885403098824599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236488213076921409.post-84998487303114570382007-05-26T04:02:00.000+09:002007-05-26T04:21:04.188+09:00Kaizen’s game 1

After we came across to many sites or blogs about kaizen, it is a good time for relaxing your mind. What do you do when you take a rest at home? Some of us might sleep, or play game. Well, let others sleep. If you can sleep for some reasons, why don’t you play kaizen’s game to sharpen your thought? Here is a kaizen’s game. I got this from my professor who introduced me to kaizen. Thanks to him.

within your imaginationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10997885403098824599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236488213076921409.post-86223759809697040152007-05-25T19:27:00.000+09:002007-05-25T20:12:28.862+09:00Kaizen's example

Okey, let's stop discussing about the theory of kaizen for a while. A theory won’t give anything for the achievement of kaizen, except for speakers or teachers. The most important thing of a theory is implementation. I think everybody agree that GM has many good managers, world-class-managers indeed. But, what happens to GM recently is part of the miss-implementation of their excellence theory.

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Since its definition is a change to make existing methods give better results, kaizen is a feedback. As a feedback, kaizen appears after people involved in an existing method thought that they can provide better if they change the method. In management knowledge, we know Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM), which is an integrated approach to the management of all forms of feedback available to

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One of characteristics of Japanese production system compared with others is the implementation of Kaizen. Kaizen, or 改善in kanji, is a wonderful concept of improving productivity. Literally, kaizen comprises of kai (改), means “change”, and 善 meaning “better”. Change refers to current method(s). So, kaizen means change(s) of current method to make it produces better result. There are plenty of

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