Kaizen Events

House of Lean

• Increase productivity
• Improve work flow
• Significant cost reduction
• Dramatic, permanent improvements achieved in one week or less
• Creativity enhanced due to interaction of cross-functional team members
• Foundation for ongoing continuous imrovement

Kaizen Events are a proven methodology for improving a process, a functional area, or implementing alternate methods and systems in organizations. During a kaizen event, a small cross-functional team is assigned specific goals to achieve within a set period of time, typically one to five days. Compared to traditional part-time teams, Kaizen Teams typically spend half as many man-hours and complete their projects in 1/20th of the lead-time. Also, Kaizen Teams develop more creative and effective solutions.

• Prior to the event, management creates an Event Mandate which establishes goals, boundaries, team members and schedule.
• During the event, the team reviews applicable techniques, analyzes the existing situation, develops and selects appropriate changes.
• Based on the above review, the selected changes are implemented immediately and resources are subsequently assigned to any open action items.
• At the end of each day, the team presents to management what has been accomplished and what remains to be done. Management provides support, feedback and any help the team needs to achieve the goals in the mandate.
• Using this process, a dedicated team will typically accomplish more over several days than part-time individuals or teams will accomplish over several months or years. Also, the skills and teamwork developed during this period will help create a team-oriented, continuous improvement environment after the event.

Insyte Consulting has Western New York's largest and most diverse staff of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) manufacturing experts—all with extensive hands-on, industry experience. We have helped WNY companies improve operations using lean manufacturing methodologies for over 25 years. Insyte has worked successfully with more WNY companies using these techniques than any other consulting organization. We wecome the opportunity to discuss your specific situation and how we may contribute to your improved competitiveness and profitability using proven lean manufacturing tools.

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