The so-called improvement refers to the management concept of continuous improvement and improvement, through the participation of all employees in improvement activities in various fields of scientific research, production and operation of the enterprise, and the use of common sense methods and low-cost "management technology" techniques.

Ensure that the level of on-site management increases gradually and in a spiral manner, promote continuous improvement of corporate performance indicators, and enhance corporate market competitiveness.

Indicators such as the participation rate of enterprise employees in implementing improvements and the number of improvements per capita are important indicators for measuring the level of lean production of an enterprise and reflecting employee morale.

To implement on-site improvement, manufacturing companies and employees should grasp five major principles:

01

Grasp the principles of changing concepts, gathering methods, and acting quickly.

Concepts are the comprehensive understanding of things that people form in their long-term social life and work practice. Once a concept composed of values, thinking, psychology and other factors is formed, it is difficult to change.

In real life and work, people generally believe that traditional is the best, and destroying tradition is deviant.

This kind of inheritance without a critical spirit results in sticking to the rules without knowing it. This outdated concept seriously hinders the improvement work of enterprises.

The way of thinking determines the way of behavior, which in turn determines the performance results. “The key to improvement is thinking.”

Changing concepts is a prerequisite. From the perspective of improvement, changing concepts means getting rid of empiricism, worship ideas, idealism, authoritative ideas, etc.

Enterprises must advocate breaking conventions and breaking through thinking Confinement, emphasizing the idea of ??"Three Presentisms", having the courage to deny the status quo, denying that "existence is reasonable", using improvement tools and feasible methods, taking immediate action and resolute implementation.

02

Grasp the principle of change if you are poor, general if you change, and long-term if general.

There is a famous saying in the "Book of Changes": "If you are poor, you will change, if you change, you will be general, and if you are general, you will be long-term." It means that when things are in an exhausted situation, they must change. .

This sentence emphasizes the dynamic charm, development and changes of things, attaches importance to the new life, innovation and progress of things, and advocates positive changes.

"Changing with each passing day", "renovating the old and innovating with new ideas", "keeping pace with the times" and "daily innovation is the virtue" embody the enterprising spirit and the spirit of improvement.

As an enterprise, how to cope with the fierce market competition and stay in a favorable position in the competition, "change" is fundamental and core.

The improvement of enterprises is the manifestation of the initiative of "change". It is not bad, but better, and the pursuit of excellence is improvement.

Improvement will make our work easier and easier, performance indicators better and better, employee behavior more standardized, corporate culture better and better, and the company's core competitiveness will become stronger and stronger!

03

Grasp the principles of correcting mistakes, not seeking perfection, and seeking progress.

The core of improvement is action. Therefore, in real work, there are two situations. One is that the status quo is wrong. If you find out, you must take immediate action to correct it. Any delay of one second is a waste.

Second, during the improvement process, if you find that the implementation method is wrong, you must also take immediate action to correct it, or you may have to start all over again.

Improvement focuses on action. It is impossible to succeed in everything. Failure itself accumulates lessons, which means the need for improvement. Every failure example can provide us with opportunities for improvement and prevent recurrence. possible.

The essence of improvement is continuity. Don't underestimate the insignificant improvement activities. Start with me, start with small things, and accumulate from bits to perfection.

Don’t seek perfection in your approach, let alone wait for all conditions to be met.

Mr. Taiichi Ohno often said: "Don't rush to pursue perfection first, accumulate and improve slowly in practice", "Foolish people will waste time on preparation, the important thing is how to achieve it as quickly as possible" The speed with which it can be implemented on site”.

Improvement and progress are the goals. Improvement is different from innovation. The risk of failure is small, with little or no investment. Continuous progress is the true meaning of improvement.

Therefore, when companies implement improvements, they must cultivate an improvement culture, create an improvement atmosphere, encourage employees to actively improve, create conditions for employees to improve, and achieve a win-win situation in terms of corporate performance improvement and employee growth.

04

Grasp the principles of setting standards, investigating problems, and tracing the root causes.

“Without standards, there is no improvement.” This is the direction proposed by Mr. Taiichi Ohno for improvement work.

It is difficult to imagine that a production site that does not have unified operating methods and all operations vary from person to person can efficiently produce high-quality, low-cost products to meet the needs of the market and customers.

In our improvement, we must establish awareness of standardization and problem awareness, follow the principle of "Toyota Standard Five Questions" and embody Ford's "0-100" concept.

Improvement is the driving force to improve the standardization level and promote the improvement of enterprise management level; and standardization is the basis for enterprise improvement and the braking force to prevent the decline of enterprise management level.

Without standardization, it is difficult for an enterprise to maintain a high level of management. The final results of all improvement activities must form standards.

To this end, in our work of implementing improvements and forming standards, the most important thing is to identify and explore the true cause of the problem.

Adopt the method of "thinking horizontally and asking vertically" to trace the source. "Thinking" requires thinking skills, and "asking" requires questioning methods. The "thinking" to improve the problem is to "think" from 5M1E (man, machine, material, method, environment, measurement), use the elimination method to "think", and then "ask vertically".

To improve the "asking" of problems, it is to use 5W, 5WYH, etc. to ask a few more "Why?"

05

Grasp the principles of teamwork, wisdom and no limits.

“One person taking one hundred steps is not as good as one hundred people taking one step”. Improvement is not only the success of a project, but also the cultivation of corporate culture. Improvement is a team activity.

The discovery of improvement points, the exploration of improvement methods, and the provision and guarantee of improvement resources all require the division of labor and cooperation of the team. In the implementation of improvement, we must not only commend and motivate those who improve, but also pay attention to improvement team building.

An improvement project, an improvement topic, thinking and analyzing from one angle will always have its limitations and one-sidedness.

Concentrating the wisdom of the team and implementing "brainstorming" activities is the best way to collect improvement methods and plans. "Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang."

Whether it is the proposal of an improvement plan or the implementation of improvement work, it requires the wisdom and strength of the team. "Everyone adds fuel to the fire, and the flames are strong."

The needs of the market and customers are constantly improving, and the improvement work to meet the needs of the market and customers will never stop.

There is never the best in improvement work, only better. This reflects the idea of ??pursuing excellence and perfection in improvement work.

What we need to do is to constantly change our ideas, break conventions, seek better ways, and continue to improve, improve, and improve again!