Leading Kaizen (Quick Improvement Events)

Many organisations are reluctant to utilise Kaizen Events because such events take a team of employees away from their “real jobs” for three to five days at a time. Companies often choose to substitute Kaizen Events with projects assigned to one or two individuals. Because of a lack of perceived importance and a lack of substantial participation and buy-in, very rarely does this result in true improvement. In fact, it often results in organisations claiming that Lean 6 Sigma does not work for them.

The effects of a properly planned and executed Kaizen Event will pay for the perceived “lost time” of the participants many times over. In fact, their “real jobs” will become easier because they will include less “firefighting” and more productive activities since Kaizen Events will address many of the day-to-day problems with permanent solutions instead of Band-Aids.

In order to utilise Kaizen Events effectively, The Process Excellence Academy use their wealth of experience leading Kaizen Events and transferring these skills and knowledge to help you  understand the types of problems for which Kaizen Events should and should not be used. With proper planning, Kaizen Events can easily yield 50% improvement in performance levels to an organisation on its Lean 6 Sigma Journey.