Element 2: Kaizen Events - the heart of the improvement process

The Kaizen Events are planned and performed according to a uniform procedure, the 7-week cycle.

The fundamental procedure of the 7-week cycle

Possible Event-Topics

Production

• Development of a Kanban-Control for a components group
• Installation of a cyclic material transport (milk run) for the improvement of the material provisioning
• Reduction of the set up time on the machine xy
• Development of a cycled single-piece flow cell for a product family

Administration

• Reorganisation of the filing of information
• Layout design of the team area
• Introduction of Visual Management for a process section
• Installation of a check-list based project management