kaizen lecture Flashcards
1
Q
Kaizen is what?
A
continuous improvement
2
Q
goal for kaizen
A
maintain and improve upon standards
3
Q
industry goals:
A
increase revenue, decrease cost, boost morale
4
Q
3M experience
A
increase yield and decrease lead time
5
Q
every company’s procedure for kaizen is different
A
- Plan-do-check-act
- 3M holds a kaizen event run by the lean six sigma division
- smaller companies allocate fewer resources to kaizen. it might be as limited to suggestion boxes
6
Q
tenants of TPS
A
- continuous improvement
- respect for humanity
7
Q
capital investments will need to be…
A
approved by upper management
8
Q
Kaizen basic info
A
- no limitations on an improvement - everything adds up over time
- gradually improving, not sudden shifts and rapid changes
9
Q
steps of kaizen
A
- creative brainstorming
- issue generation
- compile master issue list
- assign/classify issues into SQDCM (probably 2 groupings: quality and throughput)
- divide into classification groups and generate assignable corrective actions
- compile and prioritize master corrective action list
- assign action items to individuals
- complete kaizen
10
Q
Bystander Effect
A
no commitment and accountability
11
Q
Complete Kaizen (steps)
A
- fill in columns with previous info
- set open, target, and close dates
- generate status colors
12
Q
open date
A
date of kaizen
13
Q
target date
A
target date for corrective action completion
14
Q
close date
A
latest date action can be complete
15
Q
yellow
A
corrective action incomplete and it is within time period between open and close date
