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71 ways to develop
"Kaizen Eyes"
By Tom Curtis
Created by Tom Curtis August 2010Blog: www.onimproving.blogspot.comOther presentations on www.slideshare.net Under Onimproving Email: [email protected]
IntroductionKaizen is continual improvement for the better. "Kaizen Eyes" see opportunities to improve. These eyes are a skill that
can be developed through technique and practice. Contained in this slide set are ways (techniques) to be practiced. They
will help to widen the ability to recognize opportunity that may not be
in full view. Good luck!-Tom Curtis
Ask new questions
Look with a specific purpose
Observe from multiple angles
Take notes
Compare notes with non similar thinking individuals
Visit at different times
Describe to another person
Try to write work instructions
Stand quietly in one place and observe
Read widely and diversely
Practice activity of the product
Practice activity of the person
Practice activity of the machine
Draw a spaghetti chart
Map the process
Learn something new
Work the job
Shadow an employee
Write something
Teach the activity to someone
Put yourself in someone else's role
Visit other places
Take pictures
Draw the value stream map
Ask yourself what normal should look like
Measure Takt (rhythm of the process)
Audit standard work
Yokoten something to another activity
Design a simulation
Do logic puzzles
Ask "why not?" questions
Take specific training
Record annoyances
Invest in small steps
Look from different frame (i.e. quality, safety, materials)
Follow flow
Do an experiment
Count something
Swim up the process
Test a theory
Ask a child
Look for patterns
Understand the financials
Learn the history of the process
Research technology changes
Imagine what the activity would look like with different staffing
Update or upgrade an activity
Build something
Price a replacement
Specify value through the eye of the customer
Start to kaizen something
Join an improvement team
Create a poka-yoke
Brainstorm possibilities
Study other kaizens
Collect examples of improvements from all parts of life
Practice at home
Teach to a child
Take something apart
Ask for help to solve a problem
Do a walkthrough with someone else
Ask someone for help
Study problem solving
Quiz suppliers
Listen to customers
Try to SMED the process
What would you do with unlimited budget?
What would you do with $20?
Search help forums
Create a checklist
Always be looking for opportunity