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Kaizen Events

What is Kaizen?

Kaizen was created in Japan following World War II. The word Kaizen
means "continuous improvement". It comes from the Japanese words
"Kai" meaning school and "Zen" meaning wisdom.

Kaizen is a system that involves all employees - All are encouraged to
come up with small improvement suggestions on a regular basis.

What is a Kaizen event?

Kaizen Events are an extremely efficient way to quickly improve a
process with lots of waste and a low Sigma score.

There are point Kaizen and flow Kaizen events. Kaizen events are usually
performed by a team of people that own the process with at least one
outsider.

Kaizen events at GCI Engineering

GCI's Kaizen Events always begin with a pre-kaizen meeting.

The event it self can be 1,2,3 or 5 days of intensive, dedicated,
organized activities. The events always start with training followed by
focused employee driven improvements.

GCI's Kaizen Events always have a follow-up meeting to review and
celebrate results.