State of Iowa

OFFICE OF LEAN ENTERPRISE

Lean Tools

KAIZEN
  • A highly focused, action oriented event
    • Clear objectives,
    • Measurement focused,
    • Data driven and fact based,
    • Uses creativity before capital
  • Two to five days in length
  • Empowered team takes action to improve a specific process
  • The new process is designed immediately

Kaizen schedule.

DESIGN FOR LEAN SIX SIGMA
  • Methodology to create a new service, product or process
  • Applicable to any high-value project that needs a significant amount of new design
  • Strong emphasis on capturing and understanding the customer and organization needs
     
5S

A process and method for creating and maintaining an organized, clean, high-performance workplace

  • Enables Perfect Quality
  • Enables Waste Identification
  • Promotes Employee Satisfaction
  • Enables Standard Operations
  • Enables Visual Control