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Kaizen is a philosophy of continuous improvement of all the employees in an organization so that they
perform their task a little better each day with the new principle that methods can always improve.
KAIZEN TEIAN is a Japanese system for generating and implementing employee ideas. It helped
companies to improve quality and productivity, and reduce prices to increase market share.
PUBLICIZED ASPECTS OF THE JAPANESE APPROACH TO QUALITY (this qualities may be defined then as
a group of workers doing similar work who meet:
- VOLUNTARILY
- REGULARLY
- IN NORMAL WORKING TIME
- UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THEIR ‘ADVISER’
- TO IDENTIFY, ANALYSE, AND SOLVE WORK RELATED PROBLEMS
TO RECOMMENT SOLUTIONS TO MANAGEMENT
STRUCTURE OF A QUALITY CIRCLE OR KAIZEN ORGANIZATION – unique feature about quality circles or
Kaizen Teams is that, people are asked to join and not told to do so.
These are:
Managers should also be exposed to some training in the part they are required to play in the
Kaizen/quality circle philosophy.
Note that there are no formal rules governing the size of a quality circle/Kaizen Team.
When it comes to membership, it usually varies from 3-15 people with an average of 7-8.
When it comes to meetings, it can be held in the work area or away from it so that members are free
from interruption.
Kaizen methodologies have been developed and this should be tailored to focus on specific problem
needs, such as:
a. Asset Care and Total Productivity Maintenance
b. Changeover time and quality
TYPICAL ACHIEVEMENTS FROM SUCH KAIZEN BLITZ EVENTS INCLUDE: