Implementing Kaizen Events Successfully Podcast

May 4, 2010 - PRLog -- The Business901 podcast featured author and Lean Six Sigma implementation consultant, Mark Hamel. Mark’s book, The Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Work for Effective Events was the basis for the podcast discussion. Mark was also a recent winner of a Shingo Prize.

Mark has played a transformative role in lean implementations across a broad range of industries including aerospace and defense, automotive, building products, business services, chemical, durable goods, electronics, insurance, healthcare and transportation services. Mark has successfully coached lean leaders and associates at both the strategic and tactical level. He has facilitated hundreds of Kaizen events and conducted numerous training sessions and workshops.

Mark’s 19 year pre-consulting career encompassed executive and senior positions within operations, strategic planning, business development and finance. His lean education and experience began in the early 1990’s when he conceptualized and helped launch what resulted in a Shingo award winning effort at the Ensign-Bickford Company.

A national Shingo Prize examiner, Mark assisted in the development of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)/Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)/Shingo Lean Certification exam questions. He is also Juran certified as a six sigma black belt and a member of SME, AME and APICS. Mark is the author of the SME published, Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Work for Effective Events (www.kaizenfieldbook.com) and blogs about lean at Gemba Tales (www.gembatales.com).

You can listen to the podcast by visiting the Business901 Podcast site or download the podcast from the Business901 ITunes store. There is also a transcription of the podcast on the Business901 website.

Business901(http://www.business901.com) provides direction in areas such as Lean Six Sigma Marketing and Achieving Expert Status. Business901 has designed their services and product offerings so that they are implementable systems that work in the real, not enough time, not enough people world we operate in. We provide tools that simplify the marketing process, not complicate it. Joe Dager is President of Business901 and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

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