Daily Management And Self Directed Teams

Kaizen means Continual Improvements. No one can dispute value of the improvement. Kaizen philosophy is based on the fact that our life - be it working-life social-life or home life - needs to be constantly improved. This means whether you are in a manufacturing industry or service industry (associated with Quality field or not) you must enlighten yourself on Kaizen and apply in all walks of life. For an organisation this book offers a complete introduction to Kaizen approach including practical step-by-step instructions for starting and managing change of work-culture for the better. Even if you already have a Kaizen or TQM program in place youll find useful strategies and tactics to diagnose current capabilities and improve them especially in the context of work-culture in developing countries. The legendary Mr. Peter Drucker has strongly advocated Kaizen Culture in his article ‘The New Society of Organisations’ in Harvard Business Review. Gaby Mendoza in February’92 World Executive Digest wrote on the Secret of Toyota’s success where he refers to Kaizen as the Driver and Which must be installed first. Once Kaizen is installed JIT TQM Kanban Five-S TPM Pokayoke SMED Quality Circle Taguchi Techniques and procedure oriented systems such as ISO 9000 ISO 14000 can be introduced easily. The Kaizen approach is equally applicable both in manufacturing as well as in high-tech service industries.