{"id":9997,"date":"2012-01-12T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=9997"},"modified":"2014-10-07T16:19:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-07T21:19:46","slug":"kaizen-in-everyday-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/kaizen-in-everyday-life\/9997\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaizen Applied to Everyday Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>This article is a guest post from Noeradji Prabowo, a continuous improvement practitioner in Indonesia. In this article, he shares a simple and effective application of <a title=\"kaizen example\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/no-standard-then-no-kaizen\/2035\/\">Kaizen<\/a> and the <a title=\"improve everyday things, like packaging and air pillows\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/air-pillows-puff-cushion-void-fill-solution-to-a-symptom\/2865\/\">Kaizen frame of mind<\/a> to a common activity in business meetings: drinking coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Noeradji Prabowo after the article.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Beginning in November 2011, we held training at a motorcycle tire manufacturer; in the class room we&#8217;ve encountered an interesting idea of kaizen. For participants, we provided drinks: tea or coffee are provided in a stroller or a drink cart. The result is often dirty floor because water, tea, or coffee spills from the cart onto the floor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9998\" title=\"kaizen applied to everyday life, coffee table cart\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/before-kaizen-picture-lean-1.jpg\" alt=\"kaizen applied to everyday life, coffee table cart\" width=\"632\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/before-kaizen-picture-lean-1.jpg 790w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/before-kaizen-picture-lean-1-600x263.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/before-kaizen-picture-lean-1-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To cope with spills on the floor, we decided to add place holders in the stroller or cart, thereby eliminating the non-value added work of mopping spilled water, tea, or coffee spills on the floor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9999 aligncenter\" title=\"after-kaizen-picture-lean-2\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/after-kaizen-picture-lean-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/after-kaizen-picture-lean-2.jpg 859w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/after-kaizen-picture-lean-2-600x242.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/after-kaizen-picture-lean-2-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>About Noeradji Prabowo<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-10000\" title=\"Noeradji-Prabowo-lean-1\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Noeradji-Prabowo-lean-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Noeradji-Prabowo-lean-1.jpg 482w, https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Noeradji-Prabowo-lean-1-247x300.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/>Noeradji Prabowo is a Senior Consultant at PQM Consultants &#8211; a Consulting Firm that specializes in helping clients in consulting and training to build continuous improvement culture by making productivity and quality improvement through people\u009d works.<\/p>\n<p>He is a Consultant who specializes in area of Productivity and Quality Improvement. He has served as consultant for shop floor management teams from various industries, services and manufacture, national and multinational companies, by providing consulting and\/or training to make improvement happen in their workplaces through strong genba-oriented processes.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his experiences are helping client&#8217;s organizations in building Sustainable Excellence\u009d by creating visual and error-free workplace; Creating Disciplined People and Bright Factory through 5S implementation; creating reliable equipment by eliminating its losses through Total Productive Maintenance implementation; building quality culture through Total Quality Management; people development through Management Development Program, and creating a flow production process, pulled processes and reduce excessive inventory by implementing Operation Excellence program.<\/p>\n<p>He began his career as a Field Coordinator at Schlumberger(oilfield and information Services Company). He then joined PT Cold Rolling Mill Indonesia (steel manufacturer) as counterpart of HAY Management, to set up Compensation System.<\/p>\n<p>He obtained his degree in Physics (Padjadjaran University) and post graduate diploma in Production Management (Institute for Management Education and Development\/IPPM).<\/p>\n<p>Training he has attended among others: Program for Quality Management, Statistical Process Control, Shopfloor Management, On the Job Training Instructor, Total Productive Maintenance and ISO 9000, Understanding the ISO 14001 Specification, Implementing EMS, Strategic Thinking, Toyota Way. He has also attended Quality Management Training in Singapore, Osaka, Japan and Detroit, USA.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is a guest post from Noeradji Prabowo, a continuous improvement practitioner in Indonesia. 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