Kaizen Blitz / Rapid Improvement Event

The core of our improvement approach is a Kaizen Blitz / Rapid Improvement Event. Kaizen is Japanese term roughly translated as ‘change for the better’ or ‘continuous improvement.’ The NHS were unsure of the term 'Blitz' therefore, as part of tailoring our offering for them, we changed the name to Rapid Improvement Event (RIE). The two names are synonymous, that activities within each are identical and you can choose whichever suits you better.

A Kaizen Blitz / RIE is a focused, intense event by a multi-level, multi-disciplinary team of people from your organisation. The aim is to rapidly implement major, sustainable, process improvements in a critical area of your operation. The results you will see are immediate, most often dramatic and provide a fantastic level of satisfaction for those in and around the process. Your team is guided throughout the improvement journey by one of our facilitators

The Process

Kaizen Blitz/RIE is a powerful way to kick-start continuous improvement in your organisation. From the outset, your experience will be tailored and delivered by a dedicated Ross International facilitator. They will explain to you in detail everything that has to be in place before the event to give the winning outcome you need.

We suggest you focus your effort in a pilot area to prove the benefits before a roll-out to other areas. Your team with its Project Leader will be empowered to generate ideas, set goals, decide how the goals will be achieved and then start the implementation of their solutions – all within 5 days. The Project Leader and facilitator will also ensure the area concerned is geared-up for sustainability.

On day 5 your team will prepare and deliver the team ‘report-out’ presentation. This presentation is the high point of the week. Everyone is always delighted with the scale of the achievements and your organisation will see that your faith in this approach has been justified.

The Blitz is over but our relationship has just begun. We will work with you until the result you need has been achieved and ownership is transferred from the Kaizen/RIE team to the local area management.

The Team

Selection of your team is critical. It needs to be multi-level and multi-functional and representative of the entire process you want to enhance. These people will become champions for the new way and play a significant role in selling the concept to others who are not directly involved in the event.

The Benefit To You

You will see improvements over all your key metrics simultaneously - Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale. Results will typically deliver clear bottom line benefits, namely greater efficiency and capacity within your processes, reduced lead time to customers and improved customer satisfaction.

No Risk Guarantee

We are extremely confident in our approach and offer the same commitment to all our customers. We guarantee that you will save more than your fees or there are no fees.