The Lean Pocket Handbook for Kaizen Events - Any Industry - Any Time

by Don Tapping, Stephen Tapping (Editor)

A successful Kaizen Event can only occur if team members feel and have ownership of what is being improved. Even though the outcome of the event may improve their daily work activities, just by them being on the team does not guarantee ownership. However, standard information contained in this book will help to contribute a new sense of ownership - that necessary ingredient in any successful Kaizen Event. They will feel more part of the team. The Lean Pocket Handbook for Kaizen Events is your personal (i.e., individual) Lean planner for the 21st century. We have found individuals that use the standard information contained in this book feel more part of the Kaizen team. They also continue to contribute improvement ideas well past the formal team Kaizen Event. That is what Lean is all about - making those small, incremental, improvements daily (i.e., hour-by-hour and minute-by-minute) by those closest to the process. This handbook is designed to 1. A quick-reference guide. 2. Your individual (i.e., personal) log. 3. Your personal Kaizen planner using worksheets provided via Dropbox file links. 4. A tool to self-initiate Wiki (or Self/Idea) Kaizens. 5. A learning tool. Each topic will have the following three steps. Step 1-The first step will define the tool and provide a brief description. This step will also provide worksheets, examples, and templates to assist you with using that tool or concept. Dropbox file links to all the forms and worksheets demonstrated for you to use and customize. Step 2-The second step will provide a simple flowchart of how that tool can be used effectively. This flowchart is meant to serve as a catalyst (and guideline) to stimulate ideas for the possible use of that tool in your Kaizen Event. It will be a summary of the main points discussed in Step 1. Dropbox file links to Word document flowcharts for you to use and customize. Step 3-The third step will be your guide to action and which will be standard at the end of each section. This step is meant for you to document anything and everything that you must do in support of the Kaizen Event or in how that particular tool or concept can be utilized. The worksheets provided via Dropbox file links Waste Walk, Waste Audit, 5S Flowchart, Fishbone Analysis, 5 Why Analysis, Brainstorming Flowchart, Continuous Flow Flowchart, Data Check Sheet, Document Tagging Worksheet, Data Collection_Document Tagging Flowchart, Gantt Chart, Data Presentation_Pareto Flowchart, Impact Map, Impact Map Worksheet, Decision Making_Impact Map Flowchart, Just-In-Time Flowchart, Leveling Flowchart, Mapping_Value Stream Flowchart, Failure Prevention Analysis Worksheet, Mistake Proofing Flowchart, Pitch Flowchart, Standard Work Combination Table, Standard Work Chart, Standard Work Flowchart, Storyboard Worksheet, Storyboard Flowchart, Takt Time Flowchart, Visual Controls Flowchart, Work Load Balancing Flowchart, Rapid Improvement Event Preparation Schedule (3 weeks out), Rapid Improvement Event Preparation Schedule (2 weeks to 1 week out), Rapid Improvement Event Scoreboard, and Wiki Kaizen Event Determination Worksheet. Don't go Lean without this!

96 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 9, 2007