Process Optimization

Kaizen - Continuously increase competitiveness by looking for waste and eliminating it.

Benefits of Kaizen:

Kaizen requires continuous improvement in small iterative steps. The status quo is constantly challenged and, if needed, changed to achieve the next level of increase in customer satisfaction. Those changes and improvements are not only applied to the product itself, but also to all processes, services and employees involved with the product and customers.

This philosophy applies to the production area, where the "5S" methodology provides quite simple rules to transform factories into orderly, clean und pleasant facilities. Most important, however, is that a tight emotional bond between employees and "their" factory is constantly growing.

Our Range of Services:

We will train your staff in all aspects of Kaizen. You can decide whether the course is held in your local facility or in a perfectly equipped conference center (to keep the daily routines at bay). We can also offer to implement Kaizen in your company as a consulting service. In this case our experts will explain the concepts to you and your staff in a step by step manner, defining all activities and parameters involved. This way you and your staff gain practical experience in applying Kaizen to optimize your processes.

Content:

Substantial cost reduction can be achieved by simplifying process sequences and implementing clear and unambiguous controls. How to identify bottlenecks and minimize turnaround times of material and immaterial products are core elements of this seminar. Other important aspects are the reduction of stock levels to a minimum, the elimination of waste and the identification of hidden weaknesses.

- Stock control
- The pull principle
- The Five Whys
- Seven kinds of waste (muda)
- Value stream mapping
- Processes synchronization
- Balanced production, coordination and communication
- Reduction of setup times
- Preventive maintenance
- Optimization of production processes
- Logistic control
- Job execution
- Root cause analyses
- Reduction of setup times
- Increase in productive times