MCT Beginning

1. Conditions for success in the field include:

• Use very modern equipment (technological breakthrough)
• Every day ask yourself the question: What operation can I improve?
• The widely used suggestion system
• Self-inspection by operators

2. The benefits of the Kaizen approach include:

• Top management is responsible for quality, not the staff
• Reduced costs
• The suggestions are many and varied
• Staff take pride in their work

3. Somme benefits of the 5 S method:

• Cleaning habits become second nature
• Component resources are saved
• Rigor and self-discipline become the rule

4. Kaizen is:

• A continual improvement approach
• Significant investment costs
• Long-term habits of small changes
• A forward speed of big leaps from time to time

5. The activities and objectives of the Kaizen approach are for example:

• Promote U-shaped production lines and islands
• Decrease the products on hold during production
• Use gravity as much as possible to transport components and products
• Beat the competitors