Stamakai® Leansm represents GEI's approach to
helping manufacturing and service industry companies aggressively
eliminate waste, increase speed and throughput, and generate
greater profits.
The improvement model shows several modes
of improvement. One size does not fit all. One company and
even one department or area within a plant may have very
different business issues than another company, department,
or area. Standardizing, Maintaining, Kaizen, and Kaikaku®
are each unique approaches to improving. We believe you
need to understand which mode of improvement is right for
a given situation. That's where the Stamakai® Leansm Improvement
Model comes in. Stamakai® is an acronym that stands for standardize,
maintain, kaizen and Kaikaku®.
In many cases, standardizing around the one
best existing process is the most effective way to start
an improvement effort. If multiple shifts or multiple similar
processes are all doing work in different ways (tools, methods,
layouts, etc.), significant gain can be made by standardizing
around the best way work is currently being done. Then you
can take a look at improving the work using kaizen or Kaikaku®
modes of improvement. Once the improvements are implemented,
then you go back to standardizing and maintaining to sustain
the gains.
