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- Cover Page
- Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to a Continuous Improvement Strategy, Second Edition
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About Kaizen Institute
- Chapter 1 An Introduction to Kaizen
- Major Kaizen Concepts
- Kaizen and Management
- Process versus Result
- Following the PDCA/SDCA Cycles
- Putting Quality First
- Speak with Data
- The Next Process Is the Customer
- Major Kaizen Systems
- Total Quality Control/Total Quality Management
- The Just-in-Time Production System
- Total Productive Maintenance
- Policy Deployment
- The Suggestion System
- Small-Group Activities
- The Ultimate Goal of Kaizen Strategy
- Chapter 2 Gemba Kaizen
- Gemba and Management
- The House of Gemba
- Standardization
- The Five S (5S) of Good Housekeeping
- Muda Elimination
- The Golden Rules of Gemba Management
- Go to the Gemba First
- Check the Gembutsu
- Take Temporary Countermeasures on the Spot
- Find the Root Cause
- Standardize to Prevent Recurrence
- Application of the Golden Rules
- Chapter 3 Quality, Cost, and Delivery at the Gemba
- Quality: More Than Just a Result
- Quality Management at the Gemba
- Cost Reduction at the Gemba
- Improve Quality
- Improving Productivity to Lower Costs
- Reduce Inventory
- Shorten the Production Line
- Reduce Machine Downtime
- Reduce Space
- Reduce Lead Time (Throughput Time)
- Role of the Gemba in Overall Cost Reduction
- Delivery
- Quality Improvement and Cost Reduction Are Compatible
- Chapter 4 Standards
- Maintain and Improve Standards
- Operational Standards
- Key Features of Standards
- Toyoda Machine Works
- The Kaizen Story
- The Toyota Business Practice: The Standard Problem-Solving Story at Toyota
- Kaizen and International Quality Standards
- Chapter 5 The 5S: The Five Steps of Workplace Organization
- Good Housekeeping in Five Steps
- 5S for the City: Civic Pride in Romania
- A Detailed Look at the Five Steps of 5S
- Seiri (Sort)
- Seiton (Straighten)
- Seiso (Scrub)
- Seiketsu (Systematize)
- Shitsuke (Standardize)
- Introducing 5S
- Chapter 6 Muda
- Muda of Overproduction
- Muda of Inventory
- Muda of Defects
- Muda of Motion
- Muda of Processing
- Muda of Waiting
- Muda of Transport
- Muda of Time
- Categorizing Muda in the Service Sector
- Muda, Mura, Muri
- Mura (Variation)
- Muri (Overburden)
- Removing Muda from Public-Sector Organizations
- Chapter 7 The Foundation of the House of Gemba
- A Learning Enterprise
- Suggestion System and Quality Circles
- Building Self-Discipline
- Chapter 8 Visual Management
- Making Problems Visible
- Staying in Touch with Reality
- Visual Management in the Five Ms (5M)
- Manpower (Operators)
- Machines
- Materials
- Methods
- Measurements
- Visual Management to Manage Complexity
- Visual Management with 5S
- Posting Standards
- Setting Targets
- Chapter 9 The Supervisors’ Roles in the Gemba
- Training Within Industries
- Managing Input (Manpower, Materials, and Machines)
- A Day in the Life of a Supervisor at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky
- Morning Market (Asaichi)
- Best-Line Quality-Assurance Certification
- Defining Challenges
- Pseudomanagerial Functions of Supervisors in the Gemba
- Chapter 10 Gemba Managers’ Roles and Accountability Kaizen at Toyota Astra Motor Company
- Role Manuals at TAM
- TAM Group Leaders’ Responsibilities
- TAM Foremen’s Responsibilities
- TAM Supervisors’ Responsibilities
- Items That Need to Be Managed in the Gemba
- Group Leaders’ Daily Schedule of Activities: Examples from the TAM Manual
- Group Leaders’ Activities: Production, Cost, and Quality Examples from the TAM Manual
- Foremen’s Activities: Cost-Reduction Examples from the TAM Manual.
- Supervisors’ Activities: Personnel and Training Examples from the TAM Manual
- Section Managers’ Roles and Accountabilities: Examples from the TAM Manual
- The Conditions Necessary for Successfully Defining Roles and Accountability at TAM
- Staff Development
- On-the-Job Training
- Formal Classroom Training
- Voluntary Activities
- The Identification of Potential Problems
- Hiyari Reports
- Training in the Anticipation of Problems
- The Benefits of Kaizen at Toyota Astra Motor Company
- Chapter 11 From Just-In-Time to Total Flow Management.
- Just-In-Time at Aisin Seiki’s Anjo Plant
- Takt Time versus Cycle Time
- Push Production versus Pull Production
- Establishing Production Flow
- The Introduction of JIT at Aisin Seiki
- The First Step of Kaizen at Aisin Seiki
- The Second Step of Kaizen at Aisin Seiki
- Spreading the Benefits of JIT to Other Industries
- Total Flow Management
- TFM Transformation in Company A
- Chapter 12 Just-In-Time at Wiremold
- Chapter 13 The CEO’s Role in Kaizen
- Chapter 14 Going to the Gemba Gemba Kaizen and Overall Corporate Kaizen
- Two-Day Kaizen
- Checklists as a Kaizen Tool
- Gemba Kaizen Workshops
- Case Studies
- Lessons from a 20-Year Kaizen Journey
- Changing the IT Culture at Achmea
- Daily Kaizen at Tork Ledervin
- Kaizen in Public Spaces: Transforming Rome’s Airports
- Sonae MC: The Silent Revolution
- Surpassing Expectations through Kaizen at Embraco
- Kaizen at Oporto Hospital Centre: Making Patient-Centric Care A Reality
- Kaizen Enables Innovation and Customer Intimacy at Densho Engineering
- Kaizen Enables Innovation and Customer Intimacy
- Cutting Red Tape at a Public Utility: Enexis
- People Power: Participation Makes the Difference for Electrical Manufacturer in China
- Rossimoda: Kaizen and Creative Product Development
- Finsa Uses Kaizen to Emerge Stronger from a Crisis
- Innovating with Kaizen at Group Health
- Kaizen Helps Caetano Bus Deliver on Schedule
- Kenyan Flour Producer Uses Kaizen to Increase Capacity, Improve Efficiency
- Kaizen as the Foundation for Innovation at Medlog
- Growing with Kaizen at Supremia
- Exceeding Customer Expectations at Walt Disney World
- Kaizen Experience at Alpargatas
- Transforming a Corporate Culture: Excel’s Organization for Employee Empowerment
- Quality in a Medical Context: Inoue Hospital
- The Journey to Kaizen at Leyland Trucks
- Tightening Logistics at Matarazzo
- Stamping Out Muda at Sunclipse
- Housekeeping, Self-Discipline, and Standards: Tokai Shinei Electronics
- Solving Quality Problems in the Gemba: Safety at Tres Cruces
- Glossary
- Index
- Worldwide Contact Information for Kaizen Institute Consulting Group
- Footnotes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
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