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Kaizen Blitz

Kaizen Blitz
Involve Your Workforce in the Pursuit of Eliminating Wastes!
A Kaizen Blitz is an intensive, focused approach to Process Improvement. Kaizen means "continuous improvement" and Blitz means "lightning fast". During the Kaizen Blitz event, participants use Lean techniques, team empowerment, brainstorming and problem solving to rapidly make improvements to a specific area or process. The Kaizen event provides immediate tangible results and motivation for ongoing continuous improvements.
This continuous improvement methodology combines Lean manufacturing tools such as the 5S's of Workplace Organization and Standardization, Cells, Pull/Kanban, Setup Reduction and Line Balancing. Each tool incorporates team empowerment, brainstorming and problem solving to rapidly make improvements to a specific product or portions of your processes.
Benefits
  • Immediate results
  • Involvement of the workforce
  • Visual, action orientation
  • Fosters communication
  • Creative solutions not always dependent on capital investments
  • People think from "business" perspective
  • Implementation smooth due to "team" concept

Questions & Assistance

Contact: Mitch Emmons
Sr. Outreach Associate
(334) 844-3881 (office direct)
(334) 524-2102 (cell)
emmonmb@auburn.edu

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