A rapid week-long, learn / do, rigorous and disciplined workshop activity that combines training, planning and implementation to make rapid, breakthrough improvement. During a KAIZEN Event managers empower employees to make significant changes to work procedures, work rules, equipment and work flow.

Purpose of a KAIZEN Event

Provide a Breakthrough event where efforts are focused on identifying and eliminating waste. The week-long event provides examples of the effectiveness of working together, viewing and analyzing processes from a different perspective, many small changes make great difference, and the effect changes have on how to satisfy the customer demands. Many of the goals are designed to achieve major improvements in 5 S, cycle time, cost, defects, and customer satisfaction by envisioning possibilities, energetically pursuing opportunities, and rapidly implementing process changes.

How Does A KAIZEN Event Work?

- An area is selected
- Detailed preplanning
- All work together to implement improvements
- Waste is identified and eliminated during the workshop
- Little or no money is spent
- A series of hits, not a home run

Why Would Your Area Need A KAIZEN Event?

 - Customer concerns; such as a high defect rate, excessive cycle time
 - A need for rapid improvement

Where Have KAIZEN Events Been Used?

 - Automotive Utility Box
 - Employment Center - Employee Placement - Resource Generation
 - Telecommunications
- Banking
 - Assessment Center: Manager Selection Process