Maintenance ManagementKaizen and Continuous Improvement Events
A kaizen event concentrates a cross functional team on one process for a few days and produces a change that is implemented before everybody returns to their own work, which is its whole advantage and the reason it fails when treated as a workshop. This course covers running one. Delegates work through selecting a process where a short intensive effort can actually finish something, scoping and the preparation that must be done before day one, and team composition including the operator who does the work. The event itself is covered day by day: current state observation, waste identification, redesign, trial and implementation. Standardising and handing over follow. The course closes on the follow up that verifies the change held and on building a pipeline of events.
Course objectives
- Select a process where a short intensive effort can finish something
- Scope an event and complete the preparation before day one
- Compose a team including the people who do the work
- Observe current state and identify waste directly
- Redesign, trial and implement within the event
- Standardise the new method and hand it over
- Verify the change held and build a pipeline of events
Who should attend
- Improvement facilitators and event leaders
- Production and maintenance supervisors
- Operational excellence practitioners
- Process owners hosting an event
- Managers sponsoring improvement programmes
Course outline
- 01Implemented before everybody goes back
- 02Selecting the right process
- 03Scoping and preparation
- 04Team composition
- 05Observing the current state
- 06Waste identification and redesign
- 07Trial and implementation
- 08Standardising, handover and follow up
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September to 2 October 2026 | Online | Online | R6,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 11 to 13 January 2027 | Windhoek, Namibia | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 20 to 22 January 2027 | Durban, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 24 to 26 February 2027 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Classroom | R14,950 per delegate | Register Now |