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POPSGemba Kaizen (Easy for you to say!) Loosely translated (I'm from Texas after all) Gemba Kaizen means continuous improvement of the workplace, i.e. "the place where the products or services are formed." This book introduces "major kaizen concepts and ""major kaizen systems." Kaizen concepts: Kaizen and management Process versus result Following the PDCA/SDCA Putting quality first Speaking with data Treating the next process as the customer Kaizen systems: Total Quality Control (TQM) Just-in-time production system (JIT) Total productive maintenance(TPM) Policy deployment (Hoshin Planning) Suggestion system Small-group activities (teams) A key feature of this book is the Glossary in the front of the book. You may also find it helpful to compare and contrast the treatment of Kaizen systems and concepts in this book with those shown in Lean Production Simplified. Both books present their information in the context of manufacturing work. Other books in the library address this gap.
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POPSWhy Create a Learning Culture? This is why Toyota wants a Thinking Organization, and uses the PDCA problem solving/ structured learning approach to grow everyone's skills. what they should be doing = twi,(job instruction) standard work how they can do it better = pdca how they will know they have achieved desired results = built in feedback (quality at the source) reflection = hansei knowledge-sharing = yokoten part of the way they function on a day to day basis = standard work, daily work