Top international kaizen experts to conduct seminars in Colombo

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On 8 and 9 November 2012, two seminars will be conducted by the Kaizen Institute experts Jayanth Murthy and Narasimhan Gopalakrishnan. The seminars are titled ‘Organisational Transformation through Kaizen Management System’ and ‘Creating Material and Information Flow for Cash Flow.’

Kaizen is a Japanese term which denotes ‘improvement for the better’ but its modern connotation is to continually make improvements by making observations at the workplace. Kaizen focuses on making improvements through employee observations of how work is done, and works on the philosophy that everything can be improved even on a daily basis.

Kaizen creates a courageous belief that no matter how small every improvement counts and no matter how difficult, no problem is insurmountable. Kaizen is different to the big bang changes and will try improvements with little or no investment. Kaizen is credited with having contributed to the rapid development of Japan by improving competitiveness even as the yen was increasing in value and making Japanese products more expensive.

The Japanese management guru Masaki Imai published his world famous book ‘Kaizen: The Secret of Japan’s Competitive Success’ which took the world by storm. Kaizen became a household word and Masaaki Imai created the Kaizen Institute.

Today the Kaizen Institute operates in over 50 countries and has over 350 consultants who have the deepest experience and knowledge of Kaizen and lean management.

The two speakers have a wealth of experience and have consulted in many countries in different industries. With kaizen becoming very popular in Sri Lanka, this would be a rare opportunity for those who desire to acquire the knowledge and techniques of kaizen to do so.

The emphasis at the first seminar would be on manufacturing while the second seminar is open to both the manufacturing and service industries.

The seminars are organised by the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Quality and Productivity (SLAAQP) and the administrative functions are handled by the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka. Those interested could contact Thushari or Indrani on 114741788 or by via email [email protected] and [email protected]

In addition to these seminars, a breakfast meeting for CEOs will be held, access for which will be by invitation only.