Golden rules of DMT meeting
What is Kaizen?
Kaizen is an approach to driving continuous improvement based on the idea that small, ongoing positive changes can lead to significant improvements. Typically, it is based on collaboration and commitment and contrasts with approaches that use radical or top-down changes to achieve change. Kaizen is a strategy where employees at all levels of a company actively work together to achieve regular, incremental improvements in the manufacturing process. In a way, it connects the collective talents within the company to create a powerful engine for improvement. Kaizen is also known as continuous improvement.
DMT meeting – 10 golden rules:
- Pre-Prepared
Meetings as short as possible. separation of external and internal work.
- Punctual
Meeting must start and end on time. Record, report & act on deviations.
- Focussed
The meeting to be used for listed items on the agenda. Other topics go to other forums.
- Complements and criticism
Appreciate people in public, criticise in private.
- Standing meeting
All meeting are standing meetings.
- During work hours only
Schedule meeting outside the time for working hours only as exceptions
- Speak with data
Subjects to be discussed using facts (visual indicators, pictures, and gembutsu)
- Standard agenda
Standard agenda to be followed in planned sequence
- Active participation
Monitor attendance. Record decisions on the spot.
- Manage by exceptions
Spend most of the time for priority problems exposed.
