ABSTRACT
The implementation model describes the different approaches to Lean and compares them to Toyota. Hit-and-Miss method was deployed by a Big Eight accounting firm and consists of assembling a team, maybe providing some basic Lean training for a half-day or so, and then sending the team to the floor to make an improvement. A traditional point kaizen event requires a team of six to eight people and is typically a five-day event, with the first day being training, the next three days on the floor or in the office making changes, and the last day ending in a report out and celebration. Toyota has five classifications of daily kaizen that are based on: improved quality, reduced costs, improved safety, shortened lead time, and improved workability. One-Point Lessons are great visual controls used and posted publicly on the individual team communications boards to illustrate before and after pictures describing what was done to improve the point kaizen situation.
