INTRODUCTION TO KAIZEN

TEIAN

GODFREY PHILLIPS INDIA

LIMITED
 KAIZEN

Apart from being a Japanese Word

WHAT IS IT
THE WORD Ơ KARMA Ơ

Does it Only Mean

" ACTION PLAN ? "
 KAIZEN

Means more than Just Ơ Continuous

Improvement Ơ
( Gradual Accumulation of small
Improvements )
 TEIAN

Means PROPOSAL
 AS IT STANDS .....
h Human beings strive for self actualization and
fulfillment of their potential.
h People are usually ready to assume responsibility
when conditions allow them to do so.
h It is not true that some people are endowed with
creativity. Everyone possesses the capacity to be
creative and inventive
h Modern corporations do not make the best use of
the intellectual capabilities of their employees.
 KAIZEN IS EVERY EMPLOYEES
OBJECTIVE

Every objective has two important components

(Maintenance - Support of daily status quo
(Improvement - Destroying status quo to improve
circumstance
IMPROVEMENT OCCURS AT
TWO GENERAL LEVELS

INNOVATIONS
KAIZEN
KAIZEN INNOVATIONS

h Simple h Major Changes

Improvement
h Low investment / h High Investment /
expenditure expenditure
h Knowledge about h Special Knowledge /
one's own job is skill is necessary
sufficient hence hence only very few
majority can can participate
participate
 THREE STAGES
THE KAIZEN MOVEMENT HAS THE
FOLLOWING THREE STAGES
h Participation development and activation of the
organizational structure
h Development of skills of improvement of
performance on the job
h Results are classified as tangible and intangible
 CERTAIN GUIDELINES
h Proposals should relate to the proposer's own
workplace & Job
h Since the purpose is to improve jobs rather than
to generate abstract ideas, there proposals
should be innovations that can be implemented
h These improvements should be effective,but -
even more important - they should be seen as a
way to energize people on the job and to
develop their creative capabilities
TWO DIRECTIONS IN KAIZEN
TEIAN ACTIVITY

IDEAS FOR INCREASING SALES

IDEAS FOR KEEPING COSTS DOWN

OTHER DERIVED BENEFITS
h COMMUNICATION
h EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT
h RECEPTIVE TO CHANGES
h HIGH MORALE
THE SYSTEM OF WALKING
SUGGESTION BOXES
 SUGGESTION BOX
Usually sends these messages to employees

h Employees can come forward with

proposals
h It is all right if employees make
proposals
h It is alright if employees don't make
proposals
 THE POSITION OF KAIZEN TEIAN
IN THE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

What position does improvement proposal activity

occupy in the overall system of Management? Since
this activity is a Company wide activity, it necessarily
involves a link between the activity and Management.
A proposal system can become an integral part of the
Management system
GPI ANDHERI JOURNEY
 JOURNEY OF KAIZEN
TEIAN AT GPI (ANDHERI)
h FORMATION OF CORE GROUP
Mid 1992
- Rule Book, Guide Book, Manager &
Supervisors and Employees 100% Participation
+ Encouragement.

FORMATION OF DEPARTMENTAL & APEX

COMMITTEE

KAIZEN TEIAN LAUNCHED ON 28.6.1993

TORCH BEARERS TEAM FORMED IN 1994
JOURNEY OF KAIZEN TEIAN
GPI ( ANDHERI )
h TRAINING CLASSES
h STAR PERFORMER
* Super Star / Pole Star / Kaizenee of
Month
h REVISION OF RULE BOOK/GUIDE BOOK
IN 1996
h KT REFERENCE MANUAL
h CREATIVITY - 1997
 JOURNEY OF KAIZEN TEIAN
GPI ( ANDHERI ) contd...
h INSERT IN-HOUSE MAGAZINE
* Display in Canteen/Factory Committee
Round / Kaizenee Lunch for Family.
h SLOGAN / BANNER CONTEST
h EARLY FELICITATION
h CROWNING GLORY - AWARD FOR
EXCELLENCE IN SUGGESTION SCHEMES
 ACHIEVEMENTS
à DEFINITE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
( QUALITY
( WASTE REDUCTION
( ENERGY CONSERVATION
( EASE OF WORK
( PRODUCTIVITY
( SYSTEMS
( SAFETY
( HOUSE KEEPING
 ACHIEVEMENTS contdƦ
à THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT
HAS BEEN
- A THINKING ORGANISATION

à FLEXIBLE ORGANISATION
 FACTORY COMMITTEE



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1994-1995 997 721 35% 1.13 62

1995-1996 1220 1028 63% 1.43 84

1996-1997 1109 1042 60% 1.37 91

1997-1998 1742 1507 87% 2.23 128

1998-1999 1965 1561 86% 2.62 173

1999-2000 1489 1309 96% 2.8 173

2000-2001 1347 1237 99.51% 3.1 148

2001-2002 1894 1676 97% 5.01 130