Modular Kaizen

Continuous and Breakthrough Improvement

Grace L. Duffy

• Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780873898645
• eBook ISBN:
  9781953079770
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Management
• Index: Business

Modular kaizen is a development of necessity in our rapidly changing world where improvement has to happen "on the fly". Modular kaizen is the counter point to kaizen blitz, where team members are locked in a room to hammer out a solution to some problem or opportunity. In the hectic, interrupt driven environment of many organizations, it is simply not possible to remove critical players from normal operations for any length of time. Modular kaizen is an improvement approach that integrates quality techniques into the busy schedule of everyday activities. All of the components of an effective kaizen event are planned; however, the activities are scheduled in small segments, or "modules" that fit the rapidly changing time demands of team members and subject matter experts. This approach is complementary to the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) and Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) models of quality improvement. The author of this book calls upon a 40 year career to incorporate techniques, innovations and lessons learned in the pursuit of effective continuous and breakthrough improvement and use the resources, people, and schedules already in place to get things done. If you are looking for proven approaches to integrating quality improvement into daily work, this is your book.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Part I What Is Modular Kaizen?
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Modular Kaizen
• Chapter 2 Continuous versus Breakthrough Improvement
• Chapter 3 Alignment Using Top- Down and Bottom- Up Measures
• Chapter 4 The Organization as a System
• Chapter 5 Remove Disruptions to Improve Flow: Project Sequence for Modular Kaizen
• Chapter 6 The Tools of Modular Kaizen
• Chapter 7 A School of Fishbones Guides Quality Improvement
• Chapter 8 Process and Outcome Measures in Modular Kaizen
• Part II Modular Kaizen Applications
• Chapter 9 Automotive Manufacturing Application of Modular Kaizen
• Chapter 10 Meeting Effectiveness Evaluation Project
• Chapter 11 A NASA Space Coast Kaizen Model
• Appendix Personalized Case Study Worksheets: “Ready Healthcare” Example
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 1 Core Priorities
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 2 Your Involvement Strategy
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 3 Team Charter
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 4 High-Level SIPOC Collection Form
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 5 Business Process SIPOC Feedback and Measurements Form
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 6 Core Process Drill Down
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 7 Develop the Initial Change Plan
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 8 Focusing on Implementation
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 9 Tools for Implementation Based on Model “Baldrige Modified”
• PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 10 Standards of Performance Excellence
• Index