Modular kaizen : continuous and breakthrough improvement / Grace L. Duffy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffy, Grace L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Total quality management.

Quality control.

Organizational effectiveness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : ASQ Quality Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modular kaizen is a development of necessity in our rapidly changing world where improvement has to happen "on the fly". Modular kaizen is the counter point to kaizen blitz, where team members are locked in a room to hammer out a solution to some problem or opportunity. In the hectic, interrupt driven environment of many organizations, it is simply not possible to remove critical players from normal operations for any length of time.Modular kaizen is an improvement approach that integrates quality techniques into the busy schedule of everyday activities. All of the components of an effective kaizen event are planned; however, the activities are scheduled in small segments, or "modules" that fit the rapidly changing time demands of team members and subject matter experts. This approach is complementary to the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) and Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) models of quality improvement.The author of this book calls upon a 40 year career to incorporate techniques, innovations and lessons learned in the pursuit of effective continuous and breakthrough improvement and use the resources, people, and schedules already in place to get things done.If you are looking for proven approaches to integrating quality improvement into daily work, this is your book.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I What Is Modular Kaizen?

Chapter 1 Introduction to Modular Kaizen

Chapter 2 Continuous versus Breakthrough Improvement

Chapter 3 Alignment Using Top-Down and Bottom-Up Measures

Chapter 4 The Organization as a System

Chapter 5 Remove Disruptions to Improve Flow: Project Sequence for Modular Kaizen

Chapter 6 The Tools of Modular Kaizen

Chapter 7 A School of Fishbones Guides Quality Improvement

Chapter 8 Process and Outcome Measures in Modular Kaizen

Part II Modular Kaizen Applications

Chapter 9 Automotive Manufacturing Application of Modular Kaizen

Chapter 10 Meeting Effectiveness Evaluation Project

Chapter 11 A NASA Space Coast Kaizen Model

Appendix Personalized Case Study Worksheets: "Ready Healthcare" Example

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781953079787

1953079784

9781953079770

1953079776

9780873898645

0873898648

OCLC:

923571296