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Hello everybody.
Who can tell me how to do Kaizen Blitz? Thanks a lot.
Who can tell me how to do Kaizen Blitz? Thanks a lot.
Hello everybody.
Who can tell me how to do Kaizen Blitz? Thanks a lot.
It's interesting. I agree it seems like an oxymoron, but I suppose it's okay to carefully make a targeted little Kaizen project called "blitz" meaning "event".
Here is a web site that quickly describes it.
This site offers a helpful-looking little timeline. This one applies a project focus on the subject and describes the management aspect.
I am not affiliated with any of these companies.
The “kaizen” in correct Japanese language is “improvement”. In my definition, improvement is to make good (or at least not bad) things better. I know many people in the world are confused in interpretation of “improvement”, “correction”, and “corrective action”. In Japan, it is much worse recently. Most Japanese companies do not know its correct meaning in their own language, and have been using this term in the wrong sense in the past 30 years. - Akio Miura
In some ASQ books, “kaizen” is defined as “incremental change”, instead of improvement. I guess it is the result of their observing the actual status of kaizen usage by such Japanese companies. Many Lean kaizen people claim that they made improvement when they made some change, regardless of whether the result is good or bad. It looks to be improvement only from appearance, or just by misconception. So the definition of “kaizen” as “incremental change” is appropriate for such kaizen, reflecting their actual practice. - Akio Miura
Thanks Jennifer for the links.
" Blitz " does not mean " event " as you indicate.
It means " Lightning " or " flash " - So Kaizen blitz means " a quick Kaizen event " as opposed to the normal " several weeks event of Kaizen ".
For the OP : the explanations on the links provided by Jennifer are a good starting point. If you have more specific questions afterwards, I am sure you will get help here.
Best regards,
Antoine