Kaizen Desk Reference Standard

This book is the first complete step-by-step guide for applying Kaizen. It provides detailed support for evaluating opportunities, preparing for events, building and leading Kaizen teams in improving work processes, and following up to maximize long-term business benefits. Its methodology has been proven in over 150 Kaizen events conducted in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the U.K.

Comes with the Kaizen Tool Kit, a CD-ROM containing 57 tools to support performing a Kaizen event; includes decision aids, planning guides, announcements, guides for evaluating work processes and developing improvement ideas, spreadsheets for calculating findings and results, and formats for presenting outcomes, creating leave-behind measures, and mining learning from events.