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Kaizen Event Planner & Facilitator Checklist

An interactive, facilitator-focused kaizen event planner that captures scope, owners, baseline metrics, experiment plans, pilot checks, and sustainment actions — and saves a structured record for follow-up and governance.

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Kaizen Event Planner & Facilitator Checklist

This interactive checklist helps facilitators scope, staff, run, and sustain a kaizen event that delivers measurable improvement. Fill the fields, check items as you complete them, assign owners, and submit to save the event record for follow-up.

Example: Reduce changeover time on Line 3
Enter a date or week (no calendar field available).
List key participants and their roles. e.g., Jane (Operator), Sam (Maintenance)
Be explicit about boundaries so the team stays focused.
Describe the practical problem the event will solve. Include who is affected and how.
e.g., changeover time, first-pass yield, cycle time, downtime minutes
Numeric baseline (enter units in the next field)
e.g., minutes, %, units/hour
Specify the measurable target the event aims to achieve.
What data will be collected, how, by whom, and for how long? Include sampling frequency.
Check items as you complete them during pre-work.
State the hypothesis you will test (if we change X, then Y will improve because...).
List the simplest, fastest experiments you can run to validate the hypothesis.
Be concrete: who does what, when, and how will data be recorded?
Pilot checks to verify readiness and reduce risk.
Specify clear, measurable criteria used to accept or reject the pilot.
Yes if data show the target was met and changes are stable.
Person accountable for converting wins into standard work and ongoing monitoring.
Standard work should reflect the improvement and include visuals where helpful.
How will the metric be monitored after rollout? Who reviews data and how often?
Name of person/role responsible for periodic reviews (e.g., Production Manager).
If the metric drifts by this amount from target, an escalation is triggered. Enter as a number in same units as the metric.
Capture anything that could stop sustainment or affect test validity.
Select outcome and capture next steps in notes.
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