Kaizen Blitz

Workshop Overview

This workshop is based upon "rapid cycles" or "bursts" of education/training followed by immediate application of the concepts learned.  The workshop will include:

Sessions of awareness-training to promote a change of thinking

Analysis and documentation of the current process

The learning and testing of "new" approaches

Development of a new vision for the work area

Rapid implementation

The measurement of results

Workshop Options

Focusing on one area of their business at a time, organizations may run a workshop

with one team working independently

A second option is for an organization to conduct a workshop for two, three or four

internal teams who will work together to Blitz one area at a time

Who participates in an Improvement Workshop?

Although representation may vary in organizations, participants selected for Blitz teams typically consist of:

Shop floor employees, generally the process owners

Internal or external customers

Internal or external suppliers

Supervisors, material planning, engineering and maintenance as support people