ABSTRACT

As you learned in Chapter 3, effective planning is critical for creating an organizational strategy and vision. The next step is to cascade your strategic vision and goals down into all levels of the organization. This chapter discusses the fi rst four of the six Hoshin methods:

1. Hoshin strategic plan summary 2. Hoshin action plan 3. Hoshin implementation plan 4. Hoshin implementation review

Two additional Hoshin methods are discussed later in Chapter 16 to drive daily management after the process improvement tools are introduced.