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Kaizen philosophy a manner of continuous improvement of processes and products

Karkoszka T., Honorowicz J.

Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering

2009

Vol. 35, nr 2

197-203

Purpose: of the paper aimed at motivating the legitimacy of implementation of kaizen system – the philosophy conducting to the continuous improvement of processes and products by the responsibility of all workers. Design/methodology/approach: used for the research has embraced the estimation of kaizen ideas including: connection of the kaizen with the range of duty, employee’s creativeness, practicality and efficiency of the idea, resources, deadlines in operations, involvement in accustoming the idea, possible success of idea, safety, quality, cost and time. Findings: of research are as follows: kaizen idea should have positive influence on areas outside department of employee, surpass the level of ordinary scope of duties of employee, be characterised by high level of practicality, what means that employee has devoted a lot personal time and energy to achieve effective implementation and obtain the results exceeding desired ones; correct functioning of kaizen system should be confirmed by statistics of implementation. Practical implications: can apply in case of any organisation which manages the quality by identification of the improvement area, selection of the key problem, definition of the cause of improvement, planning of the measurement, implementation of the improvement idea, analysis and comparison of the results and standardisation. Originality/value: of the presented paper is being constituted by the procedure of the carried out estimation of kaizen ideas taking into account practicality and efficiency of the idea, direct influence of it on safety, quality, cost and time as well as creativity and personal involvement of employee, which can be used as an improvement tool in every organisation estimating every improving activity.