Launch of Kiazen

Now folks don't wonder me writing a techie blog post , this is preety much included in the intern-O-arena!
Yesterday , was a special day in my company ,the M.D of the company came down from Frankfurt to launch Kiazen in Corporate Head office -Finance deppt. rest other deppt have implemented Kiazen a long time back.

There was a board meeting and some new by-laws were passed. The news that makes me most happy is ...with immediate effect we will get sat off!!! yuppie!! Second , there would be per employee a Kiazen sheet. Which will take place in the form of ballot voting ,having red, blue, white colors to symbolise the remarks we give.

Additionally we interns , Nisha and I were also called to cast our votes.And ,the 3rd one os off to a few holidays,ie. Anupama. Miss u girl!

The kind of comunication the M.D have with the employee is amazing , the M.D was attitude-free,down-to-earth , very friendly with employees.Everybody was happy , the office face-off was changed from daily serious and damn professional enviroment it was more like a relax and family enviroment.

Kiazen is a Japanese word meaning gradual and orderly, continuous improvement. The Kiazen business strategy involves everyone in an organization working together to make improvements 'without large capital investments'.

While, the launch of Kiazen ,a senior next to my cabin , asked me ,what is kiazen ? And, I replied him the exact answer.He was quiet amazed and asked if I am doign my M.B.A :P and from where .NIT-B ki naak uchi kara di .hehe

Kiazen is a culture of sustained continuous improvement focusing on eliminating waste in all systems and processes of an organization. The Kiazen strategy begins and ends with people. With Kiazen, an involved leadership guides people to continuously improve their ability to meet expectations of high quality, low cost, and on-time delivery. Kiazen transforms companies into 'Superior Global Competitors'.

Kiazen was initially started by Toyota in the country. Kiazen is said to have produce better n best results. In our company , every month a Kiazen is submitted by the employee showing the before and after effects and displaying the changes that have brought in process ,that makes the result up to higher credits.

I like the concept of Kiazen. I always hated Operations Reasearch , coz it always pulled down my grades. But , here I realise OR is fun , why can't i do my majors in it :( Practical knowledge is imp in life, may that be anything , a small thing also has its high value. To motivate , the employee the higher the Kiazen points go , the employee get a free gift from the company , a microwave , or a trip to abroad, or a cutlery etc etc

We also have 5 S Acitivity here , which is followed up by the Improvement Cell of the company. This is again a concept that has its importance.