A note on Implementing Lean Kaizen

Lean Kaizen is a management philosophy quite different from the traditional; indeed it is not just
a philosophy but a complete way of life. To understand this, is to understand the vital role of
waste elimination in manufacturing as well as service. Adding value, by eliminating the
process waste is the name of the game.
A Paradigm Shift is a must. Lean thinking provides this alternate. Many tenets of traditional
manufacturing get turned on their heads. These include operational issues such as, top-down
hierarchy works best, dependence on individuals not the system, increased quality means
increase in cost, large batch sizes are economical, resources need scant respect, intuition driven
production scheduling techniques, shop-floor layout is unimportant, building excess inventory is
in order, training is a waste of time and so on.
Lean thinking brings about several changes in the current management paradigms of most
organizations. Emphasis is placed on specifying value from the customers point of view i.e.:
making available to him that which he wants, when he wants it, in the quantity he wants & lastly
at the price he is willing to pay.
We would be playing three roles in Lean Implementation:

Our first role would be that of a Team Member. We would work together with the team
deployed at the Gemba (the Real Workplace) to effect changes in Real terms.
Secondly we would play the role of being the Coach to the Project team. As a Coach, we
would be providing guidelines, training, assistance and moral support.
And lastly we would play the role of a Guru. Guru is different from a Coach. In literal
terms a guru is the dispeller of darkness.

To Realize the Goals:

Kaizen

Identify, reduce and eliminate waste leading to process simplification, standardization,

o Improve through put time and employees satisfaction

o (3 MUs Muda (Waste), Mura (Inconsistence), Muri (Strain)

Lean Manufacturing

o Redesign operations flow to enhance Manufacturing Velocity

o Create pull strategy to reduce inventory and eliminate waste
o Drive operations management close to perfections

o Achieve enhanced through put time from customers point of view

World Class Management

o 5 S in action
o Performance + perception indicators
o Breaking the barriers
o Leading to capacity creation + utilization with marginal investment.
We shall be using participative methods of implementation (Methodology):

Learning By Doing Rolling our sleeves to dirty our hands.

With such hand-holding the improvements are swift, yet achieved at a low cost. The
approach is simple yet significant, the effects are measurable and sustainable as
demonstrated vide Demings PDCA Cycle.
We shall be using the world-renowned, as well as the most effective technique called
Gemba Kaizen Workshop (GKW)

Vedzen Program Design:

The Vedzen Lean Management Initiative does not run counter to any other improvement
techniques (ISO, Six Sigma, TPM etc.) being pursued in any organization, on the contrary our
activity is complementary to all such efforts.
The Program is being conducted by the Vedzen Institute run by Mr. Yogesh Vaghani, Director
(Milton, Pune), who is now committed fulltime to the spread of this cause, as a higher ideal in
his personal life.
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Best Regards
Sanat Sankrityayan
Principal Practitioner
Vedzen Institute
Cell: 9822985728
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