Kaizen Group

Lean Six Sigma: Lily Angelocci Saved $4 Million. She completed a year long analysis of operations and determined the saving potential to be at least $4M.

Learn what is six sigma?, key principles of six sigma and the six sigma methodology. Read on to know more if you're interested to know more on lean six sigma.

You don't need a charter for every improvement, but there are some prerequisites that are necessary to make even simple improvements possible.

Industry 4.0 and its digitalization aligns with the methodologies of Lean Six Sigma to help accelerate continuous improvement.

Healthcare – Creating Value for Patients “Imagine walking into a restaurant and being seated. Sometime after your meal, you receive the check and find an additional charge that was not indicated on the menu or previously mentioned by your waiter.

Today, I'd like to celebrate my friends at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Iowa for being one of six healthcare organizations to receive the 2019 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Read more in this news story or this press release.

Improving your work culture includes the type of tools at your disposal. Explore the different Kanban tools intended specially for product and project managers. Read on!

Improvement Learning, Improved.

It's no wonder that when thinking of a restaurant name that communicates the desire to achieve perfection, kaizen comes to mind.

Monday was my first day for my fifth Lean study trip to Japan. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to once again visit a Toyota plant, the Tsutsumi Plant. Here are two blog posts from 2015, as the plant tour was very much the same… but the visitor center / museum has changed.

Underlying the Kaizen approach is a dedication to improving effectiveness, satisfaction, and waste.

Summary of Position: Deliver measurable business process improvements as a result of company continuous improvement activity. Lead Lean initiatives, continuous improvement training and metric management to drive results and develop a strong continuous improvement culture. Measure the effectiveness of business process improvement project activity. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Drive the continuous improvement culture to eliminate waste, improve customer satisfaction and continuous improve profitability through the use of Lean tools and continuous improvement methodologies. Partner with all levels of the organization to drive change, create buy-in and add value through CI initiatives. Create and maintain training processes to ensure the ongoing Lean/Six Sigma education of all company associates. Manage formal cost-savings projects, assisting project leaders with scope development, resource constraints, measurement and recognition. Plan and oversee Lean Kaizen events targeted at improving operations and business performance, with the inclusion of shop floor associates when possible. Serve as business unit point person with Apogee on Lean/CI initiatives and audits. Develop strategic CI/Kaizen roadmap that aligns with company goals and objectives. Train, coach and mentor others at all organizational levels to apply Lean, Six Sigma and other CI methodologies and toolsets. Drive the development of sound business process metrics and CI milestones. Provide the organization with status updates on continuous improvement goals, progress and results. Work with each functional area to develop standard communication tools, tier meeting procedures and visual work place practices. Monitor new CI/process improvement best practices used by other companies, making recommendations for their application at Linetec if appropriate. Mentor project teams in standard project management practices to ensure favorable results from project team efforts. Hold teams accountable for results and optimization of overall business processes. Coordinate internal Lean/5S/CI audit activity. Ensure written standard operating procedures and work instructions for key processes are in place Identify external process improvement resources as appropriate. Qualifications and Requirements: Minimum of a 4-year bachelors' degree in a related field plus formal training in Lean and Six Sigma methodology. Formal training in project management strongly preferred. 5+ years of positive results in a continuous improvement leadership role. Demonstrated ability to lead in a cross-functional team environment Previous experience leading and completing group projects, meeting established timelines, budgets and deliverables. Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects effectively and in an organized manner. Financial acumen and experience with metric creation, cost savings calculation and productivity measurement. Previous success in negotiating for shared resources, collaborating across functional group and process change management. Effective training and facilitation skills Demonstrated aptitude to apply Lean tools and methodologies. Computer proficiency (Word, SPC Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Epicor) Physical Demands: Must be able to travel (less than 25%) Must be able to work off-shifts hours on occasion to support Lean/CI/Kaizen activity. Light - typical of an office environment or light industrial Required to sit or stand and move about the facility Occasional lifting required Work Environment: 75% exposure to the production environment (heat, operating machinery and noise). Office duties require sitting behind a desk, performing tasks on a computer. Position involves limited travel. No significant physical exertion required. Other Duties As Assigned

If you follow Abbey Bike Tools on social media, you should be familiar with #toolboxwars. No, this isn’t people throwing toolboxes at each other in a battle of bike shop supremacy. Rather, it’s a way to highlight the amount of detail and precision that goes into the toolboxes of pro mechanics...

I was really happy to see this recent blog post from my friend Dr. Eric Dickson, the CEO of UMass Memorial Health System: More than 75,000 Ideas and Counting! Eric writes: “Other than seeing patients, huddling with frontline caregivers is my favorite part of this job.

Process improvement has changed dramatically over the last 20 years—but how? For one, there are generational shifts in the practitioners.We’ll provide a glimps...

Whether or not your organization fully embraces the Lean approach to business, the methodology has a ton of useful tools and techniques.

What is a ScrumMaster and what are their responsibilities? Learn about the career path and the best paying country or industry for a certified ScrumMaster. Read on!