By Zerihun Getachew
Manufacturing industries implementing Kaizen have registered promising results in quality, production and profitability, the Ethiopian Kaizen Institute (EKI) said.
Quality and production improvements and commitment of the management are among the gains of Kaizen in manufacturing industries, Director of the Institute Getahun Tadesse told ENA.
Trainings have been provided for implementers and management body of the industries for the past two years to build capabilities, he added.
"This helped to change the traditional working culture, wipe out bad practices and challenges related to bureaucracy," he said.
A good lesson has learnt from Kaizen implementation particularly in the sugar industry, he added.
"We learnt a lot from Kaizen implementation especially in the sugar industry. Other giant corporations need to learn from it. This result has registered because of the commitment of the management and employees," he said.
He urged the need to implement Kaizen in industries that export products so as to duplicate the success gained in the manufacturing industries.
Industry Minister Ahmed Abitew emphasized the need to develop human resource to sustain the ongoing development.
"If the industries are mainly engaged in manufacturing, and the manufacturing industries are labor intensive, we should prioritize the development of our human resource so as to improve quality and production," he said.
The evaluation undertaken about the impacts of Kaizen on the industries shows that encouraging results have gained, the minister said.
Activities are being underway to improve capability of industries by implementing Kaizen. The establishment of the Kaizen Council, led by the Prime Minister to intensify the achievements gained from Kaizen implementation is one of the initiatives.
The nation has set plan to implement Kaizen in all sectors, during its third phase of Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) implementation, between 2015 and 2019.
Regional and town kaizen institutions are going to be established until January so as to implement it across the nation.
Ethiopia has started implementing Kaizen since 2009 with two phases, in selected industries and areas.
Source: AllAfrica
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