PROCESS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ENGINEERING
1. KAIZEN IMPROVEMENT
2. PROCESS IMPROVEMENT SELECTION BY A MATRIX
3. PRODUCTION OR MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCIES ANALYSIS
KAIZEN IMPROVEMENT
1.0 OBJECTIVE
Clear simple description
2.0 CURRENT SITUATION
Bar graph of values and points arising from the situation
3.0 ANALYSIS
Fish bone chart with 3.1.0 PERSON, 3.2.0 MATERIAL, 3.3.0 METHOD & 3.4 .0 MACHINE
4.0 ACTIVITY PLAN
Gantt chart
5.0 SAVINGS
Points arising from savings and simple calculations
6.0 CONFIRMATION OF RESULTS
Bar graph of values and target line
7.0 STANDARDISATION
Points arising for standardisation
8.0 FUTURE ACTIVITY
Points arising for future improvement
Project proposal Matrix
Attributes that are critical for the business are listed by a steering group, including the attribute factors that are used for scoring a selection
A number of different proposals for the single project would be tabled
Independent persons of the steering group review and score each of the tabled proposals
A summary line graph displays how the each different proposal scored.
This is a clinical way of choosing a suitable project within a group.