Jul 6 2016
The 5-Day Kaizen | Bob Emiliani

“The classic 5-day kaizen was likely created in the late 1980s by Shingijutsu kaizen consultants from Japan as they established their practice in the United States and beyond. Traveling the long distance from Japan to the east coast of the U.S. meant that kaizen consultants should obviously spend more than a day or two at their client’s location before they then return home to Japan. It made sense to stay for a period of time in which many abnormalities could be corrected by facilitating several kaizen teams at one time. Five days seemed about right…”
Sourced from: BobEmiliani.com
Michel Baudin‘s comments:
So the Kaizen Event craze started when the convenience of a Japanese consulting firm met American managers’ quest for instant gratification…
Jul 9 2016
The Value Of Surveys: A Debate With Joseph Paris
Joseph Paris and I debated this issue in the Operational Excellence group on LinkedIn, where he started a discussion by posting the following:
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By Michel Baudin • Data science • 2 • Tags: data quality, data science, objective data, Subjective data, survey