Office Kaizen Event Facilitation
Description:
Kaizen is a key Lean tool and works on the principle of bringing process stakeholders together with the right tools and facilitation for 4-5 days to strip down a business process. Kaizen differs from Work Out™ in that after the Kaizen event, the change has been implemented, as opposed to just being planned. Kaizen will yield upwards of $50k or more annualized from a single event and so becomes a key part of generating quick returns and excitement for subsequent events and Lean activity.
A typical Kaizen roadmap includes a 2-3 week pre-event preparation period, the 4-5 day event, and a post-event summary and audit. The pre-event preparation gives the organization an opportunity to communicate the event throughout the house, establish expectations and get preliminary feedback from the people who “live the process.” The post-event summary and audit assures that the control plan is in place and that actions that were scheduled for after the event do occur.
Benefits:
- Rapid, Measurable improvements to target business functions
- High employee involvement and ownership
- Very few external actions following the event
- Continuous calibration with Process Owners to assure complete hand-over
Key Topics:
- The 8 Wastes
- Value Added vs. Non-value Added
- Many mapping options
- Standard Work & 5S
- Change Management and Control concepts
- Additional Lean Tools as needed
Duration:
Two (2) planning days if not part of an Office LEAN LEADER™ or Office Lean Kaizen Leader™ program plus typically four and a half (4.5) days of facilitation and execution
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