This week in process excellence
Happy Friday! In this week’s newsletter, we wanted to explore one of the most trusted and widely used approaches to operational excellence: kaizen.
With its emphasis on balancing efficiency with humanity, kaizen is emerging as the go-to continuous improvement strategy for 2023. In our most recent article, we share 5 essential characteristic kaizen leaders should embrace to ensure success in the year ahead.
For those unfamiliar with the fundamentals of kaizen and its rich history or just in need of a refresher, we recommend reading this comprehensive overview of how kaizen has evolved since 1950’s.?Then, to gain a quick overview of the basic principles and benefits of the approach, check out our Introduction Gemba Kaizen. Further augment your understanding by reading about Hansei, a related concept often leveraged in conjunction with kaizen.
Kaizen isn’t only an OPEX strategy, it can also be used to facilitate self-improvement. In “Apply Kaizen to Yourself: The Secret to Developing Self Confidence,” long-time PEX Network contributor, William Cohen, shares his thoughts how kaizen can help one build self-esteem and leadership acumen.
Top off your learning experience by reading about two companies that have put their kaizen strategy into action and reaped transformational results, such as a 30 percent increase in annual growth: Shell and Danaher.?
Changing the subject entirely, these past few weeks ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Do you think ChatGPT and technologies like it replace traditional process excellence skills? Let us know by participating in our latest poll.
Have a great weekend and see you all next week,
Editor,?PEX Network