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Hoshin Kanri: Policy Deployment for Successful TQM [Hardcover]

Yoji Akao (Author)
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0915299577 978-0915299577 November 1, 1991 1
For Florida Power and Light, Hewlett-Packard, and Texas Instruments, policy deployment has created a critical bridge between corporate goals and their company-wide deployment. Hoshin Kanri offers top and middle managers a guide to customizing a policy deployment program especially suited to their company.

This book is a compilation of examples of policy deployment and demonstrates how company vision is converted into individual responsibility. It contains practical guidelines, 150 charts and diagrams, and five case studies that illustrate the procedures of Hoshin Kanri. The six steps to advanced process planning are reviewed and include: a five-year vision; one-year plan; deployment to departments; execution; monthly audit; and annual audit. The practice of Hoshin Kanri will enable you to:

  • Align all departmental and individual project goals to corporate goals and eliminate duplication of effort.
  • Communicate to every employee his or her role in achieving the company vision.
  • Closely monitor performance using carefully devised measures of progress.

Learn how Hoshin Kanri can increase your company's responsiveness to social, economic, and technical changes through flexible strategic management.

(Originally published by the Japanese Standards Association)



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Serious Hoshin Planning readers will find unadulterated original source examples from Japanese organizations that have been deploying Hoshin Planning for decades. Many previously unpublished gold nuggets of information are dispersed throughout the book and can be used to create your own version of Hoshin Planning that is sensitive to your organizations culture, existing systems and enablers.

James H. Brown, Manager, Corporate Quality Improvement, Lord Corporation 06/01/04

Hoshin Kanri is the third stage in the evolution of the ideas underlying Total Quality Management. The evolution began with Daily Control, the control and improvement of everyday processes within an organization. In the 50s and 60s the Japanese added Quality Improvement Teams, the people-oriented second component of TQM. Over the past twenty years, a third component has evolved: Hoshin Kanri. It is a systematic organization-wide approach to breakthrough improvement.

What is it all about? This book will tell you. But a caution -- dont expect to understand the ideas instantly. Youll need to become familiar with the language, and keep returning to the text and the many examples to reap the full benefits of this book. It is compulsory reading for anybody interested in what the Japanese are doing today -- and who isnt?

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Productivity Press; 1 edition (November 1, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0915299577
  • ISBN-13: 978-0915299577
  • Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,227,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hoshin Kanri is a very useful strategic tool, September 29, 2006
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This review is from: Hoshin Kanri: Policy Deployment for Successful TQM (Hardcover)
Hoshin kanri offers an alternative way to overcome the common problems associated with strategic and business planning. It is a comprehensive planning and controlling system, that connects managers and employees by a systematic deployment process through a vertical and horizontal communication, where the goals set by the management are deployed down and the endeavors of both top and bottom lines are adjusted to focus on the same vision and goal. My favorite is the catchball process in HK, which is the key process for alignment and integration.
Hoshin Kanri is a very useful strategic tool, not only for TQM, but also for any strategic management initiative. Akao's book gives the reader in depth knowledge on how it works and how one can implement it. As far as I know it is the first book on HK in English.
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