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Hoshin Kanri

  • Sharing improvement opportunities with AVEX company leadership, Nagoya Japan
  • Some of the Drive team at the Kata Summit.
  • Chapman leading problem solving workshop
  • Manny Baerga with Mike Rother.
  • Chapman leads a kanban sizing discussion
  • Coaching Kata Event
  • Drive members with Mr. Kato the Chairman of AVEX Corporation, Aichi Japan
  • Defining format of a project A3
  • Meeting with some of the Masters of Maintenance

A Japanese phrase that means setting and controlling direction. Some translate it as “Policy Deployment” but a more accurate term is “Policy Management.” There are three basic components of Hoshin Kanri. The first is setting goals, the second is creating a detailed plan to meet the goals, and the third is putting in place a system to ensure the detailed plan is executed in the planned timing, with the planned results. As the name implies, Hoshin Kanri aligns an organization toward accomplishing a single goal.