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Course Outline

Concepts

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

East-West Comparative Analysis

  • Kaizen and innovation
  • Kaizen and measurement

Total Quality Control and Kaizen

  • Quality control — management of quality
  • Quality control methods: comparison between Eastern and Western approaches
  • Adherence to the PDCA cycle
  • Ground-level Kaizen

Practical Implementation

  • Kaizen led by management
  • Kaizen infrastructure
  • Kaizen led by teams
  • Kaizen led by individuals

Management Strategies

  • Cross-functional management
  • Policy deployment
  • Quality deployment
  • Overall Productive Maintenance

Problem-Solving Approaches

  • Problems in management
  • Kaizen activities and labor relations
  • Labor relations: enemies or allies?
  • Commitment from senior management

Transforming Corporate Culture

  • Customers: the ultimate arbiters of quality
  • Supplier relationships: transforming corporate culture — challenges faced by the West.

Case Studies

Requirements

None.

 7 Hours

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