Kaizen 101 - An Introduction

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Course Description
In Japan, continuous improvement has been a key part of personal development and business culture for decades, but it's a relatively new concept in western culture. The Japanese term for continuous improvement is Kaizen which simply means change for the better.
Making "change for the better" is vital for all businesses. In fact, kaizen is the secret behind the huge successes of companies such as Toyota, General Electric, Google, Apple, Motorola, Microsoft, and prominent celebrities and athletes.
This course offers a practical introduction to kaizen techniques and concepts. It is designed to help individuals and businesses adopt kaizen tools, methodologies, and philosophies in order to boost productivity, improve resilience, eliminate waste, and reduce their costs.
In particular, this course:
- Provides a detailed review of kaizen tools and techniques, and how to adopt and implement them in a business setting.
- Offer sufficient knowledge on Kaizen management so that managers can make informed decisions on whether or not to implement kaizen.
- Determine what kaizen tools are suitable to a company's specific environment, and what cultural or mindset changes are needed for successful adoption of kaizen.
- Offer a set of kaizen principles, techniques, and tools that are suitable for implementation in most service and production business models.
This course is further enriched with HD video, charts, graphs, tables, quotes from kaizen leaders and real life illustrations to make for an interactive learning experience.
- Completely Online
- Self-Paced
- Printable Lessons
- Full HD Video
- 6 Months to Complete
- 24/7 Availability
- Start Anytime
- PC & Mac Compatible
- Android & iOS Friendly
- Accredited CEUs

Course Lessons
Lesson 1: Introduction to Kaizen
Lesson 1 Video
Review Article: Slow and Steady: Using Kaizen for Your Personal Goals
Review Video: What is Kaizen?
Take Survey: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete Assignment: Why this course?
Complete: Exam 1
Lesson 2: The 3 Main Aspects of Kaizen
Lesson 2 Video
Review 4 Articles: Kaizen Basic Principles. Continuous Improvement Principles; Five steps to an effective Gemba Walk; Kaizen Blitz: An Introduction and some words of caution; Quick and Easy Kaizen / Mini Kaizen
Complete: Exam 2
Lesson 3: Kaizen-shift - The Need for Mindset Change
Lesson 3 Video
Review 3 Articles: The Kaizen Mindset: 5 points to develop it; Continuous Improvement: The Kaizen Mindset; 3 common rules of Kaizen Mindset
Complete: Exam 3
Lesson 4: Kaizen Event
Lesson 4 Video
Review 5 Articles: Kaizen Event; When and how to use kaizen events; The Kaizen of Goal Setting; Simplify Your Life Using Kaizen; When it comes to setting goals ? be the tortoise
Complete: Exam 4
Lesson 5: Kaizen and Six Sigma
Lesson 5 Video
Review 3 Articles: What Is Six Sigma?; A Summary of Six Sigma Philosophy; Kaizen and Six Sigma Together in the Quest for Lean
Complete: Exam 5
Lesson 6: Element and Factors of Kaizen
Lesson 6 Video
Review 2 Articles: Be Customer-Focused: 4 Basic Tactics; What are some examples of customer focus?
Complete: Exam 6
Lesson 7: Kaizen ? The Three Pillars
Lesson 7 Video
Review 4 Articles: Kaizen 5S Framework for Standard Business Processes; Five S Framework; Key Benefits of 5S Process Implementation; The Seven Wastes | 7 Mudas
Complete: Exam 7
Lesson 8: Hierarchy of Kaizen
Lesson 8 Video
Review 3 Articles: Kaizen Support Office: Vital to lean culture; Continuous Improvement Manager Resume Samples; Kaizen Support Organization
Complete: Exam 8
Lesson 9: The PDCA Cycle
Lesson 9 Video
Review 3 Articles: Evolution of the PDCA Cycle; The Benefits of PDCA; Implementing New Ideas in a Controlled Way
Complete: Exam 9
Lesson 10: Kaizen Implementation
Lesson 10 Video
Review 3 Articles: 7 Conditions for Successful Implementation of Kaizen Strategy; Kaizen Mindset; Understanding the Kaizen Process: Steps and Goals
Complete: Exam 10
Lesson 11: Kaizen Tools and Standards ? 7 Quality Control Tools
Lesson 11 Video
Review Article: Purpose of a Pareto Chart
Complete: Exam 11
Lesson 12: Kaizen Budgeting and Cost Reduction
Lesson 12 Video
Take Poll: End of Course Poll
Take Survey: Course Comments
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete: Exam 12
Complete: The Final Exam
Learning Outcomes
- Define Kaizen.
- Describe the 3 main aspects of Kaizen.
- Describe kaizen-shift - the need for mindset change.
- Identify Kaizen event.
- Compare and contrast Kaizen and six sigma.
- Describe elements and factors of Kaizen.
- Describe the three pillars of Kaizen.
- Summarize hierarchy of Kaizen.
- Define the PDCA Cycle
- Describe methods used for Kaizen implementation.
- Summarize the 7 quality control tools.
- Determine Kaizen budgeting and cost reduction for a process, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
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