Value Stream KAIZEN™

Master KAIZEN™ events to quickly transform business processes

of revenue is lost every year as a result of inefficiencies

growth in companies with process-oriented approach

of projects fail due to lack of clear goals and scope

of departments don't use project management standards

of continuous improvement projects don't even start

Mission

If you are committed to:

• Leading improvement projects

• Improving cross-functional processes

• Mastering KAIZEN™ events

• Training and coaching project teams

Challenges

Roadblocks impeding you from fully succeeding

Project meetings are unproductive and full of endless discussion rather than action

Difficulty bringing together experts from different departments

Focusing on immediate results rather than shifting process paradigms

Messages from project sponsors are far from the reality on the shop floor

Fear of taking risks and lack of decision power in project teams

Projects are endless: consuming a lot of time and resources

Solutions

Run annual cycles to improve value streams with KAIZEN™ Events:

Value Stream Analysis

• Current State Mapping: analysis to evaluate current paradigms in internal processes and insights into the voice of the customer

• Future State Vision: Gives detailed perspectives about how to improve customer experience, flow and resource efficiency

• 3 to 6 month sprints: plan execution in sprints with benefit tracking at the end of every sprint

• Current State Mapping: analysis to evaluate current paradigms in internal processes and insights into the voice of the customer

• Future State Vision: Gives detailed perspectives about how to improve customer experience, flow and resource efficiency

• 3 to 6 month sprints: plan execution in sprints with benefit tracking at the end of every sprint

Mission Control

• Visual Room: manage your most important improvement projects using visual management

• PDCA approach: Check and act with KPIs and problem-solving applied to project management

• Visual Room: manage your most important improvement projects using visual management

• PDCA approach: Check and act with KPIs and problem-solving applied to project Management

KAIZEN™ Events

• Agile teams: work with a predefined agenda and duration, bring together representatives from all relevant areas, working in Gemba

• 9-Step A3: to guarantee a structured approach, with quick implementation and follow up of financial benefits

• Quick implementation: design solutions and test them during the KAIZEN™ event - confirm that all proposed solutions contribute to the desired result

• Confirm benefits and transition to daily management: in order to guarantee that the improvements obtained are sustained

• Structured Closing: includes validation of implementation of standards, training of natural team leader and training and implementation schedule delivered by team leaders

• Agile teams: work with a predefined agenda and duration, bring together representatives from all relevant areas, working in Gemba

• 9-Step A3: to guarantee a structured approach, with quick implementation and follow up of financial benefits

• Quick implementation: design solutions and test them during the KAIZEN™ event - confirm that all proposed solutions contribute to the desired result

• Confirm benefits and transition to daily management: in order to guarantee that the improvements obtained are perpetuated

• Structured Closing: includes validation of implementation of standards, training of natural team leader, and training and implementation schedule delivered by team leaders

Value Review

• Lessons Learned: carry out a retrospective analysis at the end of each 3 to 6 month sprint

• Value Tree Review: identify where the goals were achieved across each KPI level

• Next Sprint Planning: identify leader and team for each event and create a detailed implementation plan

• Lessons Learned: carry out a retrospective analysis at the end of each 3 to 6 month sprint

• Value Tree Review: identify where the goals were achieved across each KPI level

• Next Sprint Planning: identify leader and team for each event and create a detailed implementation plan

value stream analysis mission control KAIZEN™ events and value review

Reach best-in-class capabilities

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