Kaizen
making use of employees’ knowledge and experience
Is it possible to implement Kaizen philosophy in every line of business?
Kaizen is a philosophy whose principle is to bring small changes which make a great difference in the workplace. Creating working conditions in which each employee can contribute with their ideas to improving ergonomics and safety of work, that as a result also improve the processes, gives each business enormous competitive advantage.
The research conducted in more than a dozen production plants proves that it is possible to implement at least several dozen improvements both in production and services within the first six months after the implementation of SIEGA solutions. Moreover, the research also showed that the level of development of a given business did not really matter as it turned out companies with strong organizational culture, which in theory seemed to leave no room for further improvements, had similar potential as companies recently introducing modern management methods.
How to create a Kaizen-friendly environment for the personnel?
The main problem many organizations have to face, is lack of tools and sometimes even personnel’s reluctance to build organizational culture. It comes from a misconception that manual workers are not qualified enough to improve company processes. The research however, proves that such workers are very creative and being the closest to the processes they can come up with dozens of ideas and thus contribute to the development of the entire organization.
It is important to place such activities high in the management system i.e. present the ideas in a proper way, appreciate and implement them. SIEGA software allows users to introduce any kind of Kaizen idea as well as One Point Lesson into the system, to track the implementation process, verify its efficiency and present the data. It also actively supports the organization of Kaizen meetings during which the personnel can verify the possibility of introducing changes in their areas and analyse efficiency to optimize the processes. It is crucial to award employees and to visualize the results in order to show the importance of their ideas and to support their further development.
Can the ideas of production line workers influence the development of production process or products?
Definitely! Building an organizational culture that awards employees’ ideas in the area of workplace ergonomics, improvement of the operations or quality of the process results in the creation of an innovative workplace. The ideas go beyond the very workstation; they comprise more areas of business activity, technological solutions, distribution and the output. They also include more and more employees on different levels who actively strive to build competitive advantage of their company.
Engage hundreds of people in the process
of your company development
Improve all workstations
ergonomics
Make use of hundreds
of low-cost ideas
Create your competitive advantage
on the basis of all employees’ creativity