Keeping Continuous Improvement Alive - Kaizen BTCW 0186

Are you looking to achieve quick and effective resolution to a process problem in your business? A Kaizen event may be just the thing for you. Kaizen Events, or Kaizen Blitzes, are growing in popularity as a successful approach to accelerated process improvements. These types of events are being applied in manufacturing, healthcare, government services and software development. The goal of a Kaizen Event is to develop solutions to important problems and implement them, all within a few days. Some applications would reduce cycle time, increase throughput, reduce error rates, shorten lead times and redesign processes. Participants in a Kaizen Event start out with training in the basic tools of Quality and Lean techniques. Then a problem is tackled and solutions are developed. The team implements improvements to the problem/process area and assesses the impact. Kaizen Events form a part of your continuous improvement strategy. They complement Lean implementations and help speed up the problem solving process.