Five S of Kaizen - Management Study Guide

“Kaizen” refers to a Japanese word which means “improvement” or “change for the better”. Kaizen is defined as a continuous effort by each and every employee ...   Home Library Operations TotalQualityManagement WhatisKaizen?-FiveSofKaizen WhatisKaizen?-FiveSofKaizen “Kaizen”referstoaJapanesewordwhichmeans“improvement”or“changeforthebetter”.Kaizenisdefinedasacontinuouseffortbyeachandeveryemployee(fromtheCEOtofieldstaff)toensureimprovementofallprocessesandsystemsofaparticularorganization. WorkforaJapanesecompanyandyouwouldsoonrealizehowmuchimportancetheygivetotheprocessofKaizen.TheprocessofKaizenhelpsJapanesecompaniestooutshineallothercompetitorsbyadheringtocertainsetpoliciesandrulestoeliminatedefectsandensurelongtermsuperiorqualityandeventuallycustomersatisfaction. Kaizenworksonthefollowingbasicprinciple. “Changeisforgood”. Kaizenmeans“continuousimprovementofprocessesandfunctionsofanorganizationthroughchange”.Inalayman’slanguage,Kaizenbringscontinuoussmallimprovementsintheoverallprocessesandeventuallyaimstowardsorganization’ssuccess.Japanesefeelthatmanysmallcontinuouschangesinthesystemsandpoliciesbringeffectiveresultsthanfewmajorchanges. Kaizenprocessaimsatcontinuousimprovementofprocessesnotonlyinmanufacturingsectorbutallotherdepartmentsaswell.ImplementingKaizentoolsisnottheresponsibilityofasingleindividualbutinvolveseverymemberwhoisdirectlyassociatedwiththeorganization.Everyindividual,irrespectiveofhis/herdesignationorlevelinthehierarchyneedstocontributebyincorporatingsmallimprovementsandchangesinthesystem. FollowingarethemainelementsofSixSigma: Teamwork PersonalDiscipline ImprovedMorale QualityCircles SuggestionsforImprovement FiveSofKaizen “FiveS”ofKaizenisasystematicapproachwhichleadstofoolproofsystems,standardpolicies,rulesandregulationstogiverisetoahealthyworkcultureattheorganization.YouwouldhardlyfindanindividualrepresentingaJapanesecompanyunhappyordissatisfied.Japaneseemployeesneverspeakillabouttheirorganization.Yes,theprocessofKaizenplaysanimportantroleinemployeesatisfactionandcustomersatisfactionthroughsmallcontinuouschangesandeliminatingdefects.Kaizentoolsgiverisetoawellorganizedworkplacewhichresultsinbetterproductivityandyieldbetterresults.Italsoleadstoemployeeswhostronglyfeelattachedtowardstheorganization. LetusunderstandthefiveSinDetail: SEIRI-SEIRIstandsforSortOut.AccordingtoSeiri,employeesshouldsortoutandorganizethingswell.Labeltheitemsas“Necessary”,”Critical”,”MostImportant”,“Notneedednow”,“Uselessandsoon.Throwwhatallisuseless.Keepasidewhatallisnotneededatthemoment.Itemswhicharecriticalandmostimportantshouldbekeptatasafeplace. SEITION-SeitionmeanstoOrganize.Researchsaysthatemployeeswastehalfoftheirprecioustimesearchingforitemsandimportantdocuments.Everyitemshouldhaveitsownspaceandmustbekeptatitsplaceonly. SEISO-Theword“SEISO”meansshinetheworkplace.Theworkplaceoughttobekeptclean.De-clutteryourworkstation.Necessarydocumentsshouldbekeptinproperfoldersandfiles.Usecabinetsanddrawerstostoreyouritems. SEIKETSU-SEIKETSUreferstoStandardization.Everyorganizationneedstohavecertainstandardrulesandsetpoliciestoensuresuperiorquality. SHITSUKEorSelfDiscipline-Employeesneedtorespectorganization’spoliciesandadheretorulesandregulations.Selfdisciplineisessential.Donotattendofficeincasuals.Followworkproceduresanddonotforgettocarryyouridentitycardstowork.Itgivesyouasenseofprideandrespectfortheorganization. Kaizenfocusesoncontinuoussmallimprovementsandthusgivesimmediateresults. ❮❮   Previous Next   ❯❯  RelatedArticles TotalQualityManagementModels QualityManagementTools SixSigma-DefinitionanditsOrigin SixSigmaandQualityManagement RoleofManagersinTQM RoleofCustomersinTQM ViewAllArticles Authorship/Referencing-AbouttheAuthor(s) ThearticleisWrittenBy“PrachiJuneja”andReviewedByManagementStudyGuideContentTeam.MSGContentTeamcomprisesexperiencedFacultyMember,ProfessionalsandSubjectMatterExperts.WeareaISO2001:2015CertifiedEducationProvider.ToKnowmore,clickonAboutUs.Theuseofthismaterialisfreeforlearningandeducationpurpose.Pleasereferenceauthorshipofcontentused,includinglink(s)toManagementStudyGuide.comandthecontentpageurl. TotalQualityManagement TotalQualityManagement(TQM) ImportanceofQualityManagement ElementsofTotalQualityManagement TotalQualityManagementModels QualityManagementTools SixSigmaandQualityManagement WhatisKaizen? RoleofManagersinTQM RoleofCustomersinTQM ComparisonofSixSigmaandTQM SimilaritiesandDifferencesinImplementationofQualityFrameworksinManufacturingandServiceSector ThePDSA(Plan-Do-Study-Act)TechniqueforQualityImprovement                                           next