• Waste Reduction

 To improve and optimize the process, removing the waste is an important step. The wastage can include resources or manpower.

• Productivity

 Reducing waste is directly proportional to productivity. As the waste is reduced, productivity increases.

• Results Orientation

 Kaizen is a result-oriented process. There is a clear demarcation of where the company is operating and what goal it wants to accomplish.

• Quality

 With a strategic plan and improvement in mind, the managers always aim to yield optimum quality. Kaizen focuses on boosting the quality of products and processes at every step.

• Accuracy

As the business focuses on continuously getting high-quality results, processes are found which are accurate and effective.

• Cost Advantage

As every process in the workplace is functioning at high efficiency and productivity, it results in more output at lesser input. There is a huge cost advantage due to such practice.

• Competitive Advantage

Firms that consistently follow Kaizen’s philosophy gain a competitive edge because they diligently work on improving themselves, setting a new benchmark, taking new competitors as their benchmarks, and learning new things along the way.

• Safety

Kaizen recently introduced 6s which stands for safety that ensures the process is safe and the manpower is away from any kind of harm. The 6s includes

1. Sort  2.  Straighten  3.  Sweep  4.  Standardize  5.  Sustain &  6. Safety

• Empowerment

Despite the different levels of hierarchy involved in Kaizen, everyone has the freedom to share opinions, suggestions, or any expressions, which gives them a sense of empowerment and helps the workplace to flourish.

• Happy Workplace

Following all the above practices result in a positive working environment where every employee knows that they have the power to create a difference in the organization.

• Satisfaction Level

With positive morale, the performance always matches the satisfaction level. It reaches the customers through the product and services they receive, in turn making them satisfied.

• Continuous Improvement

As Kaizen is not a one-time process, there is a continuous scope of improvement, providing many opportunities for the firm to improve.

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DEFINE/PLAN

• Reviewing of existing processes of the company to understand “AS-IS” level

• Conducting various “Kaizen Events

• Goal setting (Top management)

• Capacity Building (Middle management)

• Factory floor level”

• Providing various training on a need basis to support the implementation of Kaizen. Such training includes 7QC Tools, Root cause analysis, etc.

• Kaizen Coach – development and training

ANALYSIS

• Kaizen theme selection and generation of various kaizen (Kaizen tree)

• Selection of Kaizen

KAIZEN IMPLEMENTATION

• Build Kaizen Board / Display

• Daily Management Meetings / etc.

• “Kaizen Story

• Plan the Kaizen implementation schedule

• Analyse present situation

• Establish the target

• Root Cause analysis and identification of corrective actions

• Evaluate the results

• Standardise and follow-up”

SUSTAIN

• Kaizen Training

• Kaizen Audits

• Kaizen Standardisation

The Kaizen methodology is beneficial for diverse business models and operational philosophies.

At present, most businesses have the constant urge to upscale the quality and profit margin and reduce waste. If implemented properly, Kaizen methodology can be helpful beyond the scope of reducing waste and increasing quality. It can introduce positive results at overall business results. Let’s look at some crucial out of the many advantages of implementing Kaizen.

• Improvement & Utilization of Resources

The Japanese method focuses on enhancing the products through utilizing the present resources that encompass the people, to achieve constant incremental improvement. Kaizen is based on leveraging upon small changes rather than depending on monument changes or expensive equipment investments to gain improvement.

• Increased Workplace Efficiency

 Efficiency is an imperative part of almost every business. Kaizen enables businesses to realize the importance of improving productivity by providing a systematic workplace, avoiding unnecessary movements and operations, and appropriately training all the employees.

•  Avoids Information Gap

 Quite a few working places experience a communication gap. Information is not communicated properly between different departments or across different managerial positions leading to confusion in the work process. Kaizen encourages open communication channels by promoting productive interactions among all the levels of the teams. Sharing ideas, collaborating thus becomes a normal part of the daily work routine.

•  Employee Satisfaction

Kaizen focussed on Improving the company culture that increases employee engagement and encourages them to put more quality into their work. The team members are always kept in the loop and asked to examine the process and give inputs for improvement.

• Safety Improvements

Creating a safe work environment is another important criteria of Kaizen. Safety improvement idea is developed and implemented to make the workplace surrounding safe, clean and organized.