From the course: Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to Continuous Improvement (Blinkist Summary)

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Becoming more productive

Becoming more productive

From the course: Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense Approach to Continuous Improvement (Blinkist Summary)

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Becoming more productive

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- [Instructor] Blinked number one, Gemba Kaizen is a low cost strategy that increases productivity by involving employees to help eliminate non-essential steps. So you want your company to become more productive, perhaps you'll hire a specialized consultant or invest in some new equipment. But increased productivity isn't necessarily achieved by adding more in fact, it's often quite the opposite. The Gemba Kaizen strategy guides you to greater productivity through elimination. When we analyze working processes, we often find several elements that consume time and energy without contributing anything to the end product. These wasteful elements are called muda. By eliminating muda we can free up resources, which in turn can be put to more effective use. For instance, muda could be overproduction or the waiting time created by inefficient transportation. Even the time you spend walking from A to B is muda. In fact, the notion…

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