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The purpose of Hoshin Kanri is to make it possible to get away from the status quo and make a
major performance improvement by analyzing current problems and deploying strategies that respond to environmental
conditions.
Hoshin Kanri cascades, or deploys, top management policies and targets down the management hierarchy. At each
level, the policy is translated into policies, targets and actions for the next level down.
With Hoshin Kanri, top management vision can be translated into a set of coherent, consistent, understandable and
attainable policies and actions that can be applied at all levels of the company and in all functions of the
company. When these actions and policies are applied, they result in a vision becoming a reality - and major,
continual improvement in performance.
At the beginning of the Hoshin Kanri process, top management sets the overall vision and the annual high-level
policies and targets for the company. At each level moving downward, managers and employees participate in the
definition—from the overall vision and their annual targets—of the strategy and detailed action plan they will use
to attain their targets. They also define the measures that will be used to demonstrate that they have successfully
achieved their targets. Then, targets, in turn are passed on to the next level down. Each level under top
management is, in turn, involved with the level above it to make sure that its proposed strategy corresponds to
requirements. Regular reviews take place to identify progress and problems, and to initiate corrective action.
Hoshin Kanri ensures that everyone in the company is made aware of the overall vision and targets, and the way that
these are translated into specific requirements for their own behaviour and activities
Contact Us
For more information on our Hoshin Kanri training and consultancy services, please contact us at:
Email:
Tel: (65) 68484109
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