Quick kaizen card poster

A quick kaizen card records one small improvement on one page: the problem, its cause, the idea, a before and after, the result and where else the same fix applies. Written this way, an idea can be checked, copied to other areas and counted. This poster shows the six boxes in order and what makes a card done: someone else has checked the result and the new way has become the standard.

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The words on the poster

Quick kaizen card

Six boxes, filled at the line. Short words, a sketch, real numbers.

The problem What, where, when and how much. A photo or sketch.
The cause Ask why until you reach something you can fix.
The idea The change in one sentence, with a sketch.
Before and after Same photo angle and same measure, both times.
The result Minutes, parts, steps or risk removed. Counted.
Where else? Other shifts, machines or lines with the same problem.

Done when: someone else has checked the result, and the new way is the standard.

Cards go in: ____
Checked by: ____

On the floor

How to use it

Putting the Quick kaizen card poster to work

1
Put it beside the card holder or the idea board, so people fill cards the same way.
2
Use it to coach someone through their first card in ten minutes at the line.
3
Review the last box in the weekly meeting: which cards can be copied to another area?
4
Pair it with the free quick kaizen template and just do it card.

Where the poster goes and how to teach with it, in the order to try them.

Which size to print

24 x 36 in or A2: a main wall or team board, read from a few metres away.
18 x 24 in or A3: a station or notice board. The A3 file also fits 11 x 17 in paper.
Letter or A4: a clipboard, binder or handout, on any office printer.

Every PDF is vector, so it stays sharp at full size. Nothing runs to the edge of the page, so no bleed is needed.