Kaizen - Unnecessary work will be eliminated and methodology will improve

Kaizen - Unnecessary work will be eliminated and methodology will improve

what is kaizen?- 

kaizen is a Japanese word, it is made up of two words kai + zen which means change + good (change for good). Any change that we can make for improvement is called kaizen.

In this we keep making small improvements, which increases the productivity and reduces waste / rejection.

In any organization, every person working in it, whether it is house-kipping man or every person in the staff, who is working in his area, make small and small improvements daily in his area is called kaizen. If this happens then the company will grow day by day.

What is waste?-

waste - the activty that occurs in any of our organizations, there are two types of activty, Value Added Activity and Non Value Added Activity, which means that whatever work we do, a lot of that is a big part and 90% activity is considered. We work in any organization which does not have value add, the remaining 10% is value add.

Non Value Added Activity is of two types - first is (NNVA) Necessary Non Value Added Activity It is also called Type-1 WASTE and second is Hidden activity it is called Type-2 waste.

Type-1 Waste (NNVA) - Type-1 WASTE These are two types of activity that are waste if they exist but are also necessary for the company, such as inspecting does not increase the value of parts by doing inspection but it is necessary. Because by inspecting, we will get the data of the parts from which we can analyze and improve it. This will be called Necessary non value added activity (NNVA).

Type 2 Waste is pure waste. To understand waste one has to know some hidden things of the company. If you have a company there is a lot of activity inside the company which is waste but we do not know about them, they are hidden.

As the break down time is more, setup time is more, shedule is not right, house kipping is not right, manpower is not being used properly, there are many such activities which remain hidden.

What waste are there?

Three types can lead to waste in the company.

1. People waste people, 

2. Quality waste quality,

3. Quantity waste,

People waste can occur in three ways -

1. Over processing

2. Unnecessary motion

3. Waiting

1. Over processing - to do more than anything. It is waste to inspect a second time after inspection. Once cleaning done then cleaning for the second time if it was not needed even then you did it is called over processing.

2. Unnecessary motion - Any kind of motion for any work like you are moving a material or any file in a computer, it is called motion. We have to reduce unnecessary motion. We cannot stop it but it can be reduced.

3. Waiting- Any kind of wait which is there can be waste. If your Machin is stopped. After the arrival of the material, there is no instruction as to which material to make, which is waste. 

You are sending a file in the computer. Internet is slow, it is also a kind of waste. The electric gone man is waiting for,waste. Any kind that is waiting is all waste in our system. We have to identify the waste and reduce them.

Quantity waste can occur in three ways -

1. Inventory

2. Over production

3. Transportation

1. Inventory- inventry of any kind, whether it is working progress or finish good. Every kind of invetory is a big waste. Inventory means where your work stops.

2. Over production- Over production is considered to be a huge waste. If you do a lot of production then it will have to face the problems of the place and this causes many problems.

3. Transportation- If there is any transportation happening in any company like movement of material or anything else, if there is no value added by the transportation then we have to stop unnecessary transportation.

Quality waste-

Quality Waste Defects is due to any kind of rejection or rework, if it is a huge waste, there can be many reasons for it Can. We have to control them. 

If this control is not there, then the customer will have a poor material supply, this increases the cost and the customer does not get satisfection.

How to start kaizen?

Kaizen has a meeting that includes employees from all departments. And they are told about why should we do kaizen? What is the benefit of doing this?

Why should we kaizen? 

1. It causes excessive production.

2. Increasing cost of raw materials and fuel.

3. To produce good and best quality product in low price.

4. To generate a product of good quality as per the requirement of the customer.

How can we contribute to kaizen?

1. By using the 5s system in the workplace.

2. By making small suggestions in the procedure.

3. By creating discipline.

4. Simplification related to your work.

5. By making things that we do easier.

6. By continuously improving quality.

7. To participate actively in the solution of problems encountered during work.

kaizen's suggestions-

1. Production process and machines should be improved.

2. The functioning of the office should be improved.

3. Improvement in relation to new product.

4. Customer should be satisfied with your quality.

Benefits of kaizen-

1. The methodology will improve.

2. Work will be easy.

3. Safe work will happen.

4. Unnecessary work will be eliminated.

5. Quality will be improved.

6. Production will be improved.

7. The value of production will decrease.