Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement of processes in small incremental steps. It was developed by Masaaki Imai and means "change for better" with "Kai" meaning change and "Zen" meaning good. The main principles of Kaizen involve considering the entire process, evaluating how to best complete a job, and making improvements without blame. Kaizen aims to be widely applicable, effective, a learning experience, and team-based. It uses techniques like PDCA cycles and 5 whys to standardize, measure, innovate, and continuously improve processes over time. The goals of Kaizen are to reduce waste, improve quality and space utilization, and increase employee satisfaction and problem solving.

1. KAIZEN
PRESENTED BY-
11BIE002 KARAN
THAKKAR
11BIE015 MOHIL RADIA
11BIE025 RAJAT PATEL
11BIE027 YAGNIK
SAVALIYA
11BIE031 RUSHABH

2. Introduction
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 Masaaki Imai is known as the developer of
KAIZEN.
 ‘KAI’ means ‘Change or the action to correct’.
 ‘ZEN’ means ‘Good’.
 Kaizen is small incremental changes made for
improving productivity and minimizing wastes.

3. 3 Main Principles of KAIZEN
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1. Consider the process and the results.
2. The need to look at the entire process of the
job at hand and to evaluate the job as to the
best way to get the job done.
3. Kaizen must be approached in such a way that
no one is blamed and that best process is put
into place.

4. Features Of Kaizen
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 Widely applicable.
 Highly effective and result oriented.
 A learning experience.
 Team based and cross-functional.

5. Phases in Kaizen
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A. Select an event.
B. Plan an event.
C. Implement an event.
D. Follow-up an event.

6. Kaizen Elements
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7. 5’S’ in KAIZEN
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 Sorting.
 Simplifying.
 Sweeping.
 Standardizing
 Sustaining.

8. Benefits Of Kaizen
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 Kaizen reduces waste - like inventory waste,
time waste and workers motion.
 Kaizen improves space utilization and product
quality.
 Results in higher employee moral and job
satisfaction.
 Teaches workers how to solve everyday
problems.

9. Implementation
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The Toyota Production System is known for
kaizen, where all line personnel are expected to
stop their moving production line in case of any
abnormality and, along with their supervisor,
suggest an improvement to resolve the
abnormality which may initiate a kaizen.

10. The cycle of kaizen activity can be defined
as:
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 Standardize an operation and activities,
 Measure the operation (find cycle time and
amount of in-process inventory).
 Gauge measurements against requirements.
 Innovate to meet requirements and increase
productivity.
 Standardize the new, improved operations.
 Continue cycle ad infinitum.

11. This is also known as the Shewhart cycle,
Deming cycle, or PDCA.
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Another technique used in conjunction with
PDCA is the 5 Whys, which is a form of root
cause analysis in which the user asks a series of
5 "why" questions about a failure that has
occurred, basing each subsequent question on
the answer to the previous. There are normally a
series of causes stemming from one root
cause,and they can be visualized using fishbone
diagrams or tables.

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14. Pit Falls in Kaizen
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 Resistance to change.
 Lack of proper procedure to implement.
 Too much suggestion may lead to confusion and
time wastage.
 Difficult to implement in large scale process,
where analyzing requires a lot of time.

15. KAIZEN HELPS YOU TO ….
SEE THE WASTE.
TURN PROBLEMS INTO PROFIT.
CONSTANTLY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER..
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