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Hoshin Kanri: The Strategic Approach to Continuous Improvement David Hutchins
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I am feeling satisfied that my introduction of Hoshin Kanri was well received and that implementation of this approach, linking all of our process improvement efforts to the company strategy, will be successful. I don't want to suggest it isn't but one thing I tend to see missing is a strategic approach to improvement which is meant to obtain the most from limited resources. Our recommended approach to improvement strategy deployment is to use PDCA as the basis of the methodology supported by a combination of Lean and Hoshin tools, namely A3s, Catchball, and Visual Management. CQI Registered Education Centre for qualifications leading to Chartered Quality Professional. The theory of TQM combines continuous business improvement as well as on the business break-through. The TQM tool-box features several tools including Hoshin Kanri, a sophisticated method that facilitates a systematic and cooperative approach to strategic deployment. Yet, in practice, TQM has often been limited to the processes in the traditional core-business, and it . This definitive book on Hoshin Kanri was published by Gower Press in August 2008. It's called "Hoshin Kanri." Conceptually, Hoshin Kanri is fairly similar to the Balanced Scorecard and other strategy implementation methodologies, so lean doesn't differ significantly from other "best practices" on this particular issue. This section is going to compare Hoshin Kanri with the other two approaches Balanced Scorecard and Business Process Reengineering and trying to find out their similarities and differences about policy deployment, based on the consideration of performance management. Hoshin Kanri underpins all of the leading Japanese business strategies in companies . The process needs to be managed for continuous improvement (Kaizen) using PDCA. Read David Hutchins latest book – Hoshin Kanri – The Strategic Approach to Continuous Improvement. Hoshin Kanri - The strategic approach to Continuous Improvement. By the way, lean does have a strategy development/implementation tool. Many companies do an “annual goal setting”, but I want to tell you about a better, and more effective, approach called Hoshin Kanri or Hoshin Planning. Hoshin Planning or Hoshin kanri is the process that management uses to manage the achievement of Goals and Objectives, while having an eye on the future for breakthroughs. On the contrary, according to Roberts and Tennant [7] Honshin Kanri and Business Scorecard [9] are approaches that seek for a strategic and continuous improvement of existing process.