Kaizen definition has been Americanised to mean “Continual Improvement.” A closer definition of the Japanese meaning of Kaizen is “to take apart and put back together in a better way.”
According to Webster – blitz is short for blitzkrieg. And blitzkrieg is “Any sudden overpowering attack.” Therefore, a Kaizen Blitz could be defined as a sudden overpowering effort to take something apart and put it back together in a better way.
A Kaizen Blitz is a rapid improvement workshop designed to produce results/approaches to discrete process issues within a few days. It is a way for teams to carry out structured, but creative problem solving and process improvement, in a workshop environment, over a short timescale.
The Kaizen Blitz (or Kaizen Event) is a focused, short-term project to improve a process. It includes training followed by an analysis, design, and, often, re-arrangement of a product line or area. The usual Kaizen Event takes 2-10 days.
The kaizen process is based on several rules that may vary in detail from company to company. But the underlying concepts are the same:
The three stages of a Kaizen Blitz
Preparation:
The Blitz Event (5-day example):
Follow-up:
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