Now let's think of everything that you learned in this lesson. Your task will be to fill out a Kaizen card based on your experience of manufacturing cheek cell kits.
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For this exercise imagine that the way you manufactured these kits in the previous module was a companies standard way to make this product.
- Refer back to your batch records as well as the pictures you took if you need help.
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Log into sharepoint and download the following documents
- STUDENTfacturED Kaizen card
- Performance assessment - PDCA cycle
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Fill out the following sections of the Kaizen card suggesting an improvement on the process based on the manufacturing of the kits as if your way was the company standard.
- Date (proper format)
- Name
- My idea
- Benefit to the company
- Remember Kaizen is based on small incremental changes. So keep it simple, and something that can be easily measured and tested such as: layout of work space, the way you collect the materials, how much travel is required between steps.
- Once you fill out the top part of the card, you will then perform the PDCA cycle using the document “Performance assessment - PDCA cycle” to suggest an improvement.
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Fill out the “steps for implementation” section of the Kaizen card
- This information comes from the completed PDCA cycle
- Submit to canvas your filled out Kaizen card, and the filled out “Performance assessment - PDCA cycle”
- Scan and save the documents as pdf files
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Save the performance assessment with its name in the following format then submit it to canvas
- Name of Performance assessment - Initials - Date (format DDMMMYYYY)
- Example: Performance assessment - PDCA cycle - TD - 20JUN2018
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Save the Kaizen card in the following format then submit it to canvas
- Kaizen card - Initials - Date (format DDMMMYYYY)
- Kaizen card - TD - 20JUN2018
- It is important that document is named correctly and with the correct date in the correct date format!
Learning Objectives:
- 3.2 - Recommend an improvement for a manufacturing process using a Kaizen card
- 3.3 - Analyze your recommended improvement using the PDCA cycle