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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Concepts

  • The value of Kaizen
  • Kaizen and management
  • Kaizen and Total Quality Control (TQC)
  • Kaizen and suggestion systems
  • Kaizen and competition
  • Process-oriented management vs. result-oriented management

East-West comparison

  • Kaizen and innovation
  • Kaizen and measurement

From Total Quality Control to Kaizen

  • Quality control—Managing human quality
  • Quality control methods: A comparison of Japan and the West
  • Adhering to the PDCA cycle
  • Grassroots-level Kaizen

Practical application

  • Manager-led Kaizen
  • Implementing Kaizen
  • Team-led Kaizen
  • Individual-led Kaizen

Management

  • Cross-functional management
  • Policy deployment
  • Quality deployment
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

Problem-solving methods

  • Problems in management
  • Kaizen activities and labour relations
  • Labor and capital: Enemies or allies?
  • Commitments by senior management

Changing corporate culture

  • The customer: The ultimate arbiter of quality
  • Supplier relationships transforming corporate culture: A challenge facing the West

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