The Kaizen Skills You Will Put to WorkTools You Apply on the Job
In this Kaizen course you will learn to plan, run and sustain continuous improvement events using the tools Lean teams rely on every day. By the end of the programme you can facilitate a Kaizen event, remove waste and hold the gains.
The Kaizen Mindset for Daily Improvement
Understand Kaizen as both a philosophy and a method, and how small, team-based changes made every day outperform large, infrequent transformations. Learn how the mindset differs from step-change innovation and why involving everyone makes gains stick.
Applying the PDCA Cycle
Use Plan-Do-Check-Act as the backbone of structured problem solving. Define a problem, trial a countermeasure, check the result against a target, then standardise what works and move to the next cycle of improvement.
Spotting the Eight Wastes of Lean
Identify and categorise the eight wastes using DOWNTIME: defects, overproduction, waiting, non-utilised talent, transport, inventory, motion and extra processing. Learn to see Muda, Mura and Muri at the Gemba where work actually happens.
Root Cause Analysis with 5 Whys and Fishbone
Move from symptoms to real causes using the 5 Whys and Ishikawa fishbone diagrams. Practise structured brainstorming and simple data collection so your team fixes problems at the source rather than treating the surface.
Planning a Kaizen Event
Select the right target using process and performance data, set specific measurable objectives, assemble a cross-functional team, and prepare baseline data and logistics so your improvement event starts with a clear, achievable scope.
Facilitating a Kaizen Event Gemba to Standard
Lead an event through its phases: observe the current state with a Gemba walk, analyse root causes, design and trial the future state, then implement and standardise. Practise the flow during hands-on workshop simulation.
5S and Standard Work
Apply Sort, Set in order, Shine, Standardise and Sustain to organise the workplace, and build simple standard work that captures the current best method. Learn why standardisation is essential to stop improvements from reverting.
Sustaining Gains with Daily Kaizen
Use the Kaizen newspaper, visual management and 30-60-90 day follow-up to hold gains, then embed daily Kaizen so improvement continues after the event. Learn the leadership behaviours that keep a continuous improvement culture alive.