Kaizen

1 Day | 0.7 CEUs

Overview:

This one day seminar is a lean implementation event that involves a series of activities that follow a structured ten-step process enabling a team to achieve rapid, action-oriented improvements identified during a Value Stream Mapping event. The kaizen event addresses individual problem areas identified by process mapping, using the industry-standard Plan-Do-Check-Act problem-solving model.

What You Will Learn:

  • Create a value stream map of an existing process
  • Identify opportunities for improvement
  • Apply those improvements
  • Validate the improvements 

Course Content

  • Introduction and getting started
  • Define Kaizen
  • Identify a specific value stream problem
  • Clearly develop a problem statement
  • Analyze the problem
  • Observe the affected area and / or process
  • Gather critical data, information and observations
  • Team exercise to identify and select possible solutions
  • Review problem, possible solutions
  • Team select best solution
  • Team develop implementation plan
  • Complete implementation plan
  • Implement
  • Complete Implementation
  • Document changes
CLASS CANCELLATION:

IISE reserves the right to cancel a class up to 15 business days prior to the scheduled start date

Registration Fee

Member: $395 Non-Member: $475

Course Schedule

No courses scheduled, contact James Swisher for availability