Nefas Silk Polytechnic College

Dep’t: HNS-Level-IV: Program: Extension 2013 E.C

Assignment for Manage Continuous Improvement (50 %)

Name: Fahmi seid ID.No.: ____________

• Write down the Challenges of Continuous Improvements (5)

• What are the efforts continuous improvements can seek “incremental”

improvement over time or “breakthrough” improvement all at once? (3pts)

• What are the Rationales for Continual Improvement? (3 pts)

• Explain the Major Implications of Continuous Improvement? (5 pts)

• What are the Key Success Factors for effective Continuous Improvement? (5 pts)

• Write down, what are the essential Improvement Activities recommended by

Peter R. Sholtes and his colleagues (5 pts)

• List down, what are the main Kaizen implementation tools? (5 pts)

• Explain the six Sigma DMAIC Roadmap (5 pts.)

• Explain the problem-solving cycles Modified by Deming? (5 pts)

• Explain how Continuous Improvement can help the company to reduce costs? (4
pts)

• Identify, what are the 7 forms of waste? (5 pts)

ANSWER

1.
 Challenges of Continuous Improvement

1. Unclear objectives or lack of strategy.

2. Lack of stakeholder support.

3. Poor participation, and poor feedback.

4. Organizational or industry change.

5. Ineffective metrics.

6. Pragmatic initiatives expand and get out of

control.

7. Attempting to resolve issues that don’t exist.

2. improve products,

services or

processes

3.

Rationale for Continual Improvement

1. Continual improvement is

fundamental to success in a global

environment.

2. Customer needs are not static, they

change continually.

3. The only way a company can hope to

compete in the modern marketplace is

to improve continually.
4.

Major Implications of Continuous

Improvement

1. Standardization

2. Safety

3. Quality

4. Ergonomics

5. Lean

6. 5S

5.

Key Success Factors for effective

Continuous Improvement

1. Clarity, Clarity, Clarity...

2. Align initiatives with organizational goals.

3. Empower participants.

4. Ensure value to the participants.

5. Effectively identify when the initiative is off

track.

6. Scale or adapt initiatives to ensure success

7. Celebrate successes and failures

6.

Essential Improvement Activities

Peter R. Sholtes and his colleagues

recommend the following 5 activities :

1. Maintain communication: Communication

is essential to continual improvement.

2. Correct Obvious Problems: In such cases,

the problem should be corrected

immediately

3. Look upstream : Look for causes, not

symptoms

By Meresa H. 64. Document problems and progress: It

is not uncommon for an organization to

continue solving the same problem over

and over again because nobody took the

time to document the problems that

have been dealt with and how they were

solved.

5. Monitor changes: Because the solution

may not solve the problem or only

partially solve the problem.

7.

The main Kaizen implementation tools

are :

A. Kaizen 5 W, and one H (who ,what ,where,

when, why, how)

B. Kaizen Five-M check list (man, machine,

material, method, and measurement).

C. 5S

8.The Six Sigma DMAIC (Define,

Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control)

methodology can be thought of as a

roadmap for problem solving and

product/process improvement.

Most companies begin implementing

Six Sigma using the following DMAIC

methodology

9.

The Deming Cycle (PDCA) is a four-step iterative technique used to solve problems and
to improve organizational processes

10

Continuous Improvement can help the company by:

1. Reducing waste

2. Increasing efficiency

3. Improving quality
4. Reducing cost

5. Eliminating Bottlenecks

6. Reducing Fluctuation

7. Increasing Knowledge.

8. Visual Management

11. ✓Overproduction

✓Inventory

✓Unnecessary Motion

✓Transportation

✓Waiting

✓Overprocessing

✓Defects/Repair/Rework