Improvement Engine: Creativity and Innovation Through Employee Involvement--The Kaizen Teian Approach

ISBN 10: 1563270102 / ISBN 13: 9781563270109

Editore: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States, Portland, 1995

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People, not Ideas, are a Company's Greatest Asset Employee involvement has repeatedly proven itself to be the key to any successful continuous improvement program. But getting that involvement requires careful planning, management, training, guidance, and documentation. Improvement Engine: Creativity and Innovation The Kaizen Teian Approachexplores and melds two essential aspects of successful programs: Kaizen, the goal of continuous incremental improvement, and Teian, the process of involving employees in reaching that goal. Moving beyond a traditional suggestion system The text outlines a workable approach that every company, division, unit, manager, kaizen promoter, or team leader can take to establish and utilize a kaizen teian program. Originated in Japan and based on years of evolving practices within numerous companies, this tested program provides a practical and proven framework for understanding and implementing kaizen, including A model "kaizen sheet" tool for documenting improvements Actual examples of how to best promote, educate, and establish a kaizen teian system. With in-depth discussion that discerns between what should and should not be done, the authors highlight how this simple, disciplined philosophy quickly gets to the core of a problem. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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• Titolo: Improvement Engine: Creativity and Innovation Through Employee Involvement--The Kaizen Teian Approach
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States, Portland
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1563270102
• ISBN 13: 9781563270109
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Very Good
• Peso: 467 grammi

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Riassunto

People, not Ideas, are a Company's Greatest Asset

Employee involvement has repeatedly proven itself to be the key to any successful continuous improvement program. But getting that involvement requires careful planning, management, training, guidance, and documentation. Improvement Engine: Creativity and Innovation – The Kaizen Teian Approachexplores and melds two essential aspects of successful programs: Kaizen, the goal of continuous incremental improvement, and Teian, the process of involving employees in reaching that goal.

Moving beyond a traditional suggestion system

The text outlines a workable approach that every company, division, unit, manager, kaizen promoter, or team leader can take to establish and utilize a kaizen teian program. Originated in Japan and based on years of evolving practices within numerous companies, this tested program provides a practical and proven framework for understanding and implementing kaizen, including―

A model "kaizen sheet" tool for documenting improvements

Actual examples of how to best promote, educate, and establish a kaizen teian system.

With in-depth discussion that discerns between what should and should not be done, the authors highlight how this simple, disciplined philosophy quickly gets to the core of a problem.

Contenuti

When Abolishing a Traditional Suggestion System is the Best Thing to Do
Clarifying the Difference Between Traditional Suggestion Systems and the Kaizen Teian System
The Huge Difference between Kaizen Reporting and Traditional Suggestion Systems
The Kaizen Sheet as a Tool for Continuous Improvement and Skill Development and the Teian Sheet as a Tool for Data Collection
Keep Rules and Regulations Simple and Flexible
A Simple Evaluation Standard for First-Stage Kaizen
Principles of Upper-Grade Evaluations
From Unconscious Improvement to Conscious Improvement
Easing Anxieties about Documenting Improvements
Priming the Improvement Pump
Using the Kaizen Sheet to Understand Problems Clearly
A Positive Tool for Employee Development and Evaluation
People, not Ideas, are a Company's Greatest Asset
Innovation, Kaizen, and Small Group Activities
The Promotion of Kaizen Activities Begins and Ends with Practical Examples
Kaizen Teian Examples