Kaizen Teian 2 : Guiding Continuous Improvement Through Employee Suggestions

More than a guide to establishing a proposal system, this volume presents methods for teaching know-how. It gives each reader the principles for thinking creatively about improving his or her own work.

This highly practical book is filled with easily understood explanations and examples of how to teach your employees to pursue excellence through kaizen teian.

Before you can institute a successful kaizen teian program, you must have a firm understanding of its underlying principles and rules. This book concentrates on making those principles clear and focuses on the importance of consistently implementing proposals. Actual examples of implemented proposals from five leading Japanese companies illustrate the principles described, and numerous figures and case studies add clarity throughout. If you are ready to tap into the full potential of your work force, this book will help you to train them to seek out new and ever better ways to do their work.

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Foreword
Preface

Part 1 : Basic Concepts of Kaizen
Chapter 1 : Kaizen Means Developing Abilities
Chapter 2 : Kaizen Means Solving Problems
Chapter 3 : Kaizen Means Dealing with Causes
Chapter 4 : Kaizen is a Solution that Deals with the Real Cause

Part 2 : Principles of Kaizen
Chapter 5 : Kaizen Requires Resourcefulness
Chapter 6 : Kaizen is Teaching People to Be Resourceful
Chapter 7 : Kaizen Means Pursuing a Purpose
Chapter 8 : Kaizen Requires a Transfer of Know-how
Chapter 9 : Kaizen Means Knowing When to Eliminate, Reduce, or Change an Activity

Part 3 : Providing Guidance for Kaizen Teian Activities—Principles and Rules
Chapter 10 : Teian is Helping People and the Organization Grow Together
Chapter 11 : Teian is On-the-Job Training through Three-Dimensional Evaluation
Chapter 12 : Teian is a Barometer of Leadership

Part 4 : Kaizen Teian Examples

Kaizen that Saves Work and Energy (Hakutsuru Shuzo)
Kaizen Proposal Activity for Improved Manufacturing Maintenance (TDK, Ltd.)
Sharing Knowledge for Unlimited Improvement (Mikkabi-cho Agricultural Cooperative)
Kaizen Proposal Activity to Improve Printed Circuit Board Production (Sony Koda, Ltd.)
Harmonious Improvement Through Kaizen Teian (Toyota Motor Co.)
Improvement Examples
Postscript
Index