Kaizen

Kaizen is a Japanese word which means continuous improvement, this improvement can be big or small.

Kaizen is combination of two Japanese words “kai-” which means “change” and “-zen” which means “good.”

According to kaizen philosophy, each Industry has scope of improvement in each function or system of the industry and it is ongoing and continuous process.

In English Kaizen mean "Change for Good".

In many manufacturing industries there is misconception that Kaizen is only related to increase in production and decrease in rejection, where as it basically include PQCDSM, i.e. improvement in

Increase in Production
Improvement in Quality
Decrease in production Cost
Delivery of goods on time
Safety of manpower and equipment
Increase Moral of employees (it also include - reduce fatigue of employees).

To work on Kaizen project an individual or function can choose any of the above mention topic and follow PDCA cycle.

Here we are going to describe small concept about PDCA cycle, detail description will be done in our latter articles.

PDCA cycle is also known as Deming Cycle. PLAN is the first step in this team know about the problem and find all possible solutions for the problem. In second step i.e. is DO where team proceed to find the suitable solution and work according the plan decided in the first step, after this in CHECK step we check that what is result of solution that team implement for the problem. In last and final step team can ACT according to the result of the solution that wheather team should go with same solution or search for some other solution, if team go with same solution then team to check how stable and consistent implemented solution is. If team decided solution is not as per there desire result then team should start with step one and follow PDCA cycle. PDCA methodology can help team to solve problems and design changes to improve the overall profitability of the industry.

With Kaizen one also improve personal growth also as he or she is able to improve himself or herself also, as mind is set to focus on continuous improvement and thought for a better way to do this work this will sharpen the mind. This help a person to take a problem as task to solve not as a problem, person always think for a good solution.

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