Well this is sort of a long and twisting story. Maybe some perspective here will help for the readers. When I came back to the U.S about the same time as John Shook we noted the strange bizarre world of Kaizen events in the early to mid 90’s that were all the rage. The contents...
The Global Kaizen Power Pitch competition took place between May 2021 and January 2022 between and counted 618 participants. A total of 85 “battles” were conducted with 151 Kaizens, or process improvement pitches, presented to cross-functional judging committees. The aim was to recognize pl...
There are some differences in content between the Toyota Production System and lean manufacturing. They are the result of continued development both within and outside of Toyota. While companies outside of Toyota are always eager to copy the latest trends within Toyota (and consultants are eager t...
Another concept of TQM philosophy is the focus on continuous improvement (Kaizen). Kaizen is a Japanese concept, and it ensures the continuous improvements in products and processes. It includes periodical evaluation of the performance standards of excellence criteria set previously and recommends improve...
While being a standalone concept; PDCA is mostly used with another popular Japanese technique named Kaizen.DMAIC is predominantly used with the concept of Six Sigma. Summary – PDCA vs DMAIC The main difference between PDCA and DMAIC is based on the stages in the two models. Even though the...