Lean manufacturing · Kaizen
The PDCA cycle: the order behind Kaizen
Plan, do, check, act. Where each step of the cycle sits in an improvement record.
13 October 2026 · 1 min
Kobetsu Kaizen: running focused improvement projects
The focused-improvement pillar of TPM. Choosing the loss, the team, the steps and minutes; how it differs from daily Kaizen.
9 October 2026 · 1 min read
Daily Kaizen is small and fast; Kobetsu Kaizen is a team project with steps that targets a specific loss. It is the focused-improvement pillar of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
Steps
- Choose the loss: breakdowns, speed loss, scrap or setup loss.
- Form the team: operator, maintenance, quality and process.
- Measure the current state and write the target.
- Find the root cause and apply countermeasures.
- Measure the result, standardise and roll out.
Meetings and minutes
Decisions and tasks from project meetings are written into minutes; tasks go to the central action list. When the project closes, the gain goes through the validated value flow.
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