Content
1 module
Instructor
Leading Edge Group
Price
$190.00
Description
Kaizen builds the foundation for implementing Lean principles in the organization. Kaizen events are organized as continuous improvement initiatives. They use a variety of Lean tools and practices – including VSM, 5S, poka-yoke, leveling, and kanban – to achieve these goals.
This course focuses on kaizen and expands on the basic kaizen concepts covered earlier. The course outlines how to plan, prepare, and implement kaizen events. More specifically, it focuses on the application of kaizen in healthcare and how Lean professionals lead kaizen events in a variety of healthcare settings.
Objectives
- Identify characteristics of kaizen
- Identify the 5-step kaizen process
- State the size of a typical kaizen team
- Identify the benefits of a kaizen event in healthcare
- State the literal definition of kaizen
- Identify how Lean tools relate to opportunity size in kaizen events
- Identify and sequence the ten steps in kaizen implementation
- Identify steps to closing a kaizen event
- Describe how long a kaizen report should be
- Describe how much money should be spent on a kaizen event
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Lean Healthcare: Leading a Kaizen Event in Healthcare
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