KAIZEN for Continuous Improvement and Boosting Efficiency at Work (Online Training)

Course Objectives

The Kaizen journey begins down the road to improvement, a road that is sometimes bumpy and sometimes a superhighway. It is a road that never ends. It is never dull or unchallenging. It is exciting, enlightening and most of all fun! It’s a chance to do things in ways that are new to many people. It’s a chance for everyone to be recognized, to contribute and to excel.

KAIZEN Benefits:

• Reducing costs—by offering little rewards
• Increase & Boost quality—by reducing mistakes
• Managing different kinds of people, from tough bosses and listless workers to stubborn clients and fussy customers.
• Boost staff morale and productivity
  Implement big ideas through small but steady actions

Participants will learn how to:

• Understand the concepts and implementation of Kaizen

• Have a working knowledge of the 3 legs supporting continuous improvement

• Enhance their awareness of wastes reduction

• Increase employee participation in problem solving

• Implement the many step-by-step measures in various Kaizen activities

• Use Kaizen to support tangible improvement and link to Value Stream Mapping

Target Audience

Operation Managers, HR Managers, Productivity Practitioners, New Managers, Managers, Process Owners, Heads of Department, Project Leaders, Project Team Members  and anybody who will like to gain awareness on the pursuit of Kaizen as a corporate culture and to provide an overall understanding of the Kaizen concepts and methodologies

Methodology

This Live Online / Virtual Training session will be conducted via a Live Streaming Platform in which the trainer will use interactive lecture and slide presentation to cover the modules stated below.

Course Modules

• Module 1: Introduction to Kaizen
  – A look at Kaizen : introduction and concept
  – 2 elements of Kaizen
  – implementation benefits
  – the 3 supporting “legs” of Kaizen: Waste reduction, 5S, Standardization

• Module 2: LEG 1: Waste Reduction and the Just In Time System
  – Introduction
  – How do you practise JIT
  – The 7 wastes
  – Visible control
  – The application in organization

• Module 3: LEG 2: 5S
  – why 5S and what is it
  – the benefits of 5S implementation
  – the 5 elements of 5S
  – tools for managing 5S

• Module 4: LEG 3: Standardization
  – Introduction : What is Standardization?
  – Key Features
  – Case Study

• Module 5: Employee Involvement: improvement and problem solving
  – Types of involvement
  – Suggestion programs & QCC
  – What is QCC?
  – QCC & 7 QC Tools
  – What is Stopping Employees from participating actively
  – Concept of Empowerment