Team Reflection on Kaizen

Team Reflection on Kaizen

KaiZen  is  a  Japanese  word  that means improving to the better. It  is  a  lifestyle  where  we  focus  to  strike  better  and better  each  day. By  improving  each  day  we  are  gaining  more  skills  being more  perfect  each  day, eliminating  those  that  are  useless  and  improving  our performance. In  conclusion,  Kaizen  is  about  improving  our  skills  each  day  to aim  for  perfection  and  eliminating  all   the  useless  things. Kaizen  is  mostly also  known  as  5S  kaizen  Principle. The  first  S  is  Seiri  (Sort, clear  out)  which means  to  let  go  everything  we  love  and  things  that  we  longer  don’t  need. The  second  S  is  Seiton (Set  things  in  order) which  means  to  organize  things. By  organizing  things  we  can  be  aware  of  which  direction  are  we  going. The third  S  is  Seiso (Clean  and  Shine)  it  helps  to  increase  your  self-awareness  on impacting  others. The  fourth  S  is  Sieketsu  (Standardize) it  sets  standards  for cleanliness  and  tidiness  in  every  tasks  we  are  doing. And  lastly, the  fifth  S  is Shitsuku  (Self-discipline) it  is  about  behavior  change  and  achievement motivation.  Also  it  is  about  holding  your  personality  and  accountable. In  our group  we  use  this  5S  Kaizen  principle  as  the  basis  of  all  the  things  we  do. We  try  to  improve  every  single  thing  we  do  by  studying  all  the  mistake from  the  previous  tasks  and  strike  for  perfection.  Because  we  know  that improvement  can’t  happen  by  a  second, it  took  so  much  experience  and  a long  time  study  to  finally  reach  the  perfection  point. Kaizen  have  been  a  big role  in  our  group. It  changes  us  from  the  very  beginning  until  now. At  first we  have  so  much  difficulty  and  confusion  in  facing  problems. But  as  time pass  we  adapt  more  and  understand  more  about  Kaizen  which  really  help us  to  solve  our  problem. Kaizen  helps  us  to  understand  that  the  problems we  are  facing  is  there  to  improve  us. To  make  us  better  and  better  each time.  Kaizen  have  affect  our  learning  style  and  most  of  our  individual personality. At  first  there  are  some  of  us  that  are  lazy,  slow  learners, so quiet,  and  unorganized. But  as  time  pass,  we  keep  on  helping  each  other, improving  ourselves  to  be  better  each  time, and  now  we  have  reach  the point  where  all  of  us  are  all  equal. They  are  now  engaging  in  the  group  and  they  are  not  slow  learners  anymore.  Kaizen  improves  us  in  so  many

ways  it  improves  our  five  skills (initiative,  self-discipline,  organization, teamwork,  and  leadership).  Even  some  of  us  have  excel  beyond  our  limits. Kaizen  have  make  a  great  impact  in  each  of  our  lives. At  last  we  can conclude  that  Kaizen  is  similar  to  the  saying  “Practice  makes  perfect”.  By practicing  every  single  day,  and  studying  from  the  past, we  can  strike  for perfection  and  improve  greatly  by  time.