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M. A. S. T. E. R. S. Management. Achievement. Skill. Talent. Energy. Respect. Strategy. In U.S. 25 Years Later. Yamada said, 'You know, the plant was exactly the same as it had been 25 years ago .‘. In Japan. 25 Years Later. Kinds of Changes. Abrupt Gradual - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MManagement
AAchievement
SSkill
TTalent
EEnergy
RRespect
SStrategy
25 Years Later
Yamada said, 'You know, the plant was exactly the same as it had been 25 years ago.‘
In U.S
25 Years Later
In Japan
Kinds of Changes
Abrupt Gradual
While we can easily observe both gradual and abrupt changes in Japan, gradual change is not so obvious a part of the
Western way of life.
What is Kaizen?
Going improvement involving everyone Our way of life deserves to be constantly
improved
What about japans miracle?
TQC
Zero Defec
tQC
Kaizen
Suggestion
System
Lift Time
Employment
Seniority-
based Wage
s
Kaizen & Management
Maintenance: Maintaining current technological managerial & operating standards
Improvement: improving current standards
What is Improvement?Improvement
Kaizen: Small Improvement
Innovation:Drastic Improvement
Suggestion system and kaizen
Employee Involvement Employee Assessment Recognition & Reward Competition among employees Standardization One of the features of the Japanese
workers is that they use their brains as well as their hands
In 1, 500, 000 x
95%
1,425,000
=
Great-leap forward Gradualist
Progress
Innovation Kaizen
Kaizen vs. Innovation
Spark Conventional Knowledge & state of the art
Technological break-through, new inventions, new theories
Effect Long term & long lasting but subtle
Short term but dramatic
Time Frame Continuous process & incremental
One-shot Phenomenon
Practical Requiremen
t
Requires little investment but great effort to maintain it
Requires large investment but little effort to maintain it
Pace Small Steps Big Steps
Involvement Everybody Select few champions
Evaluation Criteria
Process & efforts for better results
Results & profits
Advantage Works well in slow-growth economy
Better suited for fast growth economy
Keizen Innovation
One of Parkinson’s laws is that an organization, begins it's
decline as soon as it has built it edifice.
What Happened to the West?
Technology Finance Result Orientation: “I don’t Care what You do or how you do
it, I want the results, & NOW!!!!!”