Synopsis
The remarkable new strategy to implement lean manufacturing and improve quality, cost, and delivery. Understand why traditional improvement strategies don't work, and why Kaizen Events are the ideal tool to achieve breakthrough results. How to grow your own internal Kaizen Event leaders even if you start with outside consultants. Review a checklist of preparatory steps you must take to lead your kaizen team to success. Understand the results your Kaizen Events should deliver, and how to set achievable breakthrough goals. How to chose team members for your Kaizen Events, and why asking for volunteers is not the best answer. How to teach your team to identify and eliminate non-value-added steps, and how doing so will improve your quality, productivity, and delivery. Learn what to do each day of the Kaizen Event, and how to stay on track. How to avoid a long list of lingering action items after your Kaizen Events. How to sustain the results attained during kaizen events over the long-term. Learn the similarities and differences among lean manufacturing, JIT, demand flow, and cellular manufacturing. Gain a solid understanding of pull scheduling, one-piece continuous flow, work cells, set-up reduction, preventive maintenance, kanban, 5S and standard work. Understand the limits of Kaizen Events and how to accelerate improvement after the first two years. How to use kaizen events to improve non-manufacturing areas like product development, receiving, MIS, and accounting. And more!
About the Author
Michael D. Regan is president of Everest Consulting Group, Inc., and the author of The Journey To Teams: The New Approach to Breakthrough Business Performance. His firm specializes in using kaizen events to implement lean manufacturing and in transforming supervisors into professional coaches. His clients include GlaxoWellcome, Borg-Warner Automotive, Nortel, Cape Canaveral Air Station, and numerous automotive and aerospace suppliers. Previously he was a manager of experimental film manufacturing at Eastman Kodak Company, and he holds an MBA in Financial Economics from the University of Rochester. Michael lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife Stacey and son Jackson.
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