Modular Kaizen
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Modular Kaizen

Continuous and Breakthrough Improvement

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Modular Kaizen

Continuous and Breakthrough Improvement

About this book

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.

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Information

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

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Figures and Tables
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Part I What Is Modular Kaizen?
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction to Modular Kaizen
  10. Chapter 2 Continuous versus Breakthrough Improvement
  11. Chapter 3 Alignment Using Top- Down and Bottom- Up Measures
  12. Chapter 4 The Organization as a System
  13. Chapter 5 Remove Disruptions to Improve Flow: Project Sequence for Modular Kaizen
  14. Chapter 6 The Tools of Modular Kaizen
  15. Chapter 7 A School of Fishbones Guides Quality Improvement
  16. Chapter 8 Process and Outcome Measures in Modular Kaizen
  17. Part II Modular Kaizen Applications
  18. Chapter 9 Automotive Manufacturing Application of Modular Kaizen
  19. Chapter 10 Meeting Effectiveness Evaluation Project
  20. Chapter 11 A NASA Space Coast Kaizen Model
  21. Appendix Personalized Case Study Worksheets: ā€œReady Healthcareā€ Example
  22. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 1 Core Priorities
  23. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 2 Your Involvement Strategy
  24. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 3 Team Charter
  25. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 4 High-Level SIPOC Collection Form
  26. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 5 Business Process SIPOC Feedback and Measurements Form
  27. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 6 Core Process Drill Down
  28. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 7 Develop the Initial Change Plan
  29. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 8 Focusing on Implementation
  30. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 9 Tools for Implementation Based on Model ā€œBaldrige Modifiedā€
  31. PERSONALIZED CASE STUDY WORKSHEET 10 Standards of Performance Excellence
  32. Index