Lean Management : How to do a Kaizen Workshop
Kaizen is the Philosophy of Continuous Improvement. Learn how to do it.
Minimalism
Principle 14 in Lean Management : Become a learning organisation
(English) Through relentless reflection (Hansei) and continuous improvement (Kaizen).
Principle 13 in Lean Management : Nemawashi
Make decisions slowly by consensus, thoroughly considering all options. Implement rapidly.
Principle 12 in Lean Management : Genchi Genbutsu
(English) Go and see for yourself to thoroughly understand the situation.
Principle 11 in Lean Management : Grow with the best partners
Respect your extended network of partners and suppliers by challenging them and helping them improve.
Principle 10 in Lean Management : Empower your people
(English) Develop exceptional people and teams who follow your company
Principle 9 in Lean Management : Choose the best leaders
(English) Grow leaders who thoroughly understand the work, live the philosophy, and teach it to the others.
Principle 6 in Lean Management : Standardised tasks
(English) Standardised tasks are the foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment.
Principle 5 in Lean Management : Jidoka
Stop it ! Build a culture of stopping to fix problems, to get quality high the first time. Jidoka is the term for stopping the process to build quality.
Principle 4 in Lean Management : Heijunka
Level out the workload The traditional build-to-order model of production is to make just what the customer want when they want it. Actually, it’s a strict system which creates piles of inventory, hidden problems, and poor quality.