JIM promotes Kaizen through seminars

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Seminar on 27 September to focus on Kaizen, Advanced 5S, 7 Wastes of Toyota among others

JASTECA Institute of Management (JIM) will be promoting Kaizen – the Japanese philosophy of improvement – by conducting public seminars and workshops as well as company-based seminars.

While initially the demand for Kaizen training came from the Manufacturing sector, the demand for Kaizen courses by the Service sector as well as service units of manufacturing organisations are rapidly increasing. Today even retail shops and Government offices have implemented Kaizen with great benefits. Its biggest benefit is the improvement of the morale of the workforce.

Early this year JASTECA organised a seminar on ‘Success of Kaizen & 5S’ conducted by Professor Seiichi Fujita and another seminar on ‘Great Leaders of Japan Relied on 5S to drive their companies’ by Toshiko Kawanami. On 27 September it will host a seminar on Kaizen and 5S conducted by Sunil G. Wijesinha. In February 2020 Prof. Fujita will be here once again to conduct his popular Kaizen seminar.

Kaizen was popularised initially by Professor Masaaki Imai who published a book titled ‘Kaizen; the Secret of Japan’s Competitive Success’ and further popularised the concepts of Gemba, Genbutsu with his follow up book ‘Gemba Kaizen,’ which promotes more focus on improvement at the place where work actually happens.

Many management experts are convinced that while disruptive change is required in this fast-changing world, that Kaizen type incremental change too is necessary. Lethargic organisations have been transformed through Kaizen, and provided a great enhancement to the quality of work life of employees. Kaizen does not require capital expenditure to implement. It just requires a significant change in attitude of management and willingness to believe in the untapped potential of the brain power of employees.

Kaizen has many subsidiary techniques such as 5S, TPM, Poka Yoke, etc. The seminar on 27 September will mainly focus on KAIZEN and Advanced 5S, but will also enlighten participants on a few other topics such as the 7 Wastes of Toyota.

JASTECA which is an alumni society of the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation for Sustainability, also organises training in Japan. Further information about JASTECA or its seminars can be obtained from the JASTECA office on 0112393566 / 0112337007/ 0778582992 or email [email protected]/ [email protected].