Directions: Please review the Kaizen assignment: As Lead Facilitator, your responsibility is to host a Kaizen event that makes sense for the organization. Your role is to plan, verify implement and ensure follow-up is performed. In addition, complete the 3 questions quiz related to this assignment. The Goal of this Kaizen Event Assignment is to practice conducting […]
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We will utilize methods and tools in our Kaizen event. In this lecture we discuss brainstorming tools such as the following: Suppliers, Inputs, Outputs and Customers (SIPOC) Fishbone diagram Customer interview Survey Spaghetti diagram Process flow charts Value stream maps It’s important to analyze and demonstrate the problem so choose a few tools for your
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Lean means anything that does not add value is waste, so in this module we will review tools that will assist teams identify and eliminate non value add activities (wasteful activities that go unreimbursed). The tools include Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA), Six Sigma: Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and control and the A3 or scientific
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Planning the event includes development of a charter. This charter is important because it defines the agreement between the management and the team. The charter should be completed before or on the first day the team interacts. Consider your Kaizen Event and based on the issues in your laboratory, how would you complete the contract?
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This series includes the bundle of 3 courses: Kaizen in the Diagnostic Medical Laboratory, Value Stream Mapping and the Scientific Method of Problem Solving. The courses within this series will prepare the learner with the skill to achieve operational efficiency in the laboratory. The learner will understand the meaning, objective and process of a Kaizen
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In this module we will explain Kaizen as a philosophy meaning “change for the better” to assist employees “think differently and innovate.” We will explain definitions mentioned throughout the course, discuss the outline and explain the what and why of Kaizen. The Kaizen Event begins with an identified problem, based on data the root causes are identified and
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