(or Kaizen Blitz) - A kaizen event occurs when an operation team works together to improve a specific operation. It typically involves a detailed description of the current state of the selected operation, developing the kaizen plan for improvement, implementing the plan, following-up to confirm that the plan was carried out fully and correctly, and reporting to management on the event and its accomplishments.
The application of kaizen techniques in an accelerated manner that focuses on a specific improvement area and is tracked as an event, rather than an ongoing process. (syn: kaizen blitz)
a continuous improvement process in which employees focus on eliminating waste
a cross-functional team of your employees focus on improving
a fast-paced activity involving process owners applying Lean concepts to drive rapid change and deliver quantifiable improvement
a focused effort over a short period of time to improve quality, cost, or speed of delivery
a focused, intense, team effort aimed at improving a process
a highly focused, action-oriented, improvement workshop where an improvement team takes immediate action to improve a specific process
a rapid improvement activity that last one week
a series of continuous improvement (Kaizen) exercises based on a Lean Manufacturing tool
a way to accelerate the lean implementation process by using a focused group of people on a team to improve on cost, time and space for a particular product or process, with a one-week deadline
a way to gain knowledge of Lean Manufacturing while rapidly improving an area of your plant
A focused, short-term event to make immediate improvements. A concentrated effort, typically spanning three to five days, in which a team plans and implements a major process change or changes to quickly achieve a quantum improvement in performance. Participants generally represent various functions and perspectives and may include non-plant personnel.
Any action who's output is intended to be an improvement to an existing process. In the US this is sometimes misconstrued to be a method of implementing change. The true intent of a kaizen event is to hold small events attended by the owners and operators of a process to make improvements to that process, which are within the scope of the process participants.
A time-boxed set of activities carried out by the cell team during the week of cell implementation. The kaizen event is an implementation arm of a lean manufacturing program. See: kaizen blitz.