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Kaizen Event Planner & Metrics Tracker

An interactive planner that helps teams scope, run, measure, and sustain short-cycle Kaizen events. Includes pre-event scoping, three structured metric slots (baseline, target, post-event), agenda and role templates, action-item capture, a sustainment checklist, lessons learned, and fields to hand successful changes off into standard work.

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Kaizen Event Planner & Metrics Tracker

Use this planner to scope, run, measure, and sustain a short-cycle Kaizen event. Capture baseline and post-event metrics, assign roles, record action items, and confirm handoff into standard work so improvements last.

Event name

Short title (e.g., Reduce changeover time)

Team / Department

Primary team running the event

Location / Process Area

Where the work occurs

Facilitator

Person leading the event

Executive sponsor

Leader who approves resources

Start date

Use YYYY-MM-DD

End date

Use YYYY-MM-DD

Problem statement

Describe the specific problem using observed facts

Business impact

Quantify impact (cost, safety, service, quality) if possible

In scope

What is included

Out of scope

What is excluded

Metric 1 — name

Primary metric (e.g., cycle time)

Metric 1 — baseline value

Numeric value and unit (e.g., 12 min)

Metric 1 — target value

Target for the pilot

Metric 1 — post-event value

Recorded after pilot

Metric 1 — data owner

Who collects/verifies

Metric 2 — name

Optional secondary metric

Metric 2 — baseline value

Metric 2 — target value

Metric 2 — post-event value

Metric 2 — data owner

Metric 3 — name

Optional tertiary metric

Metric 3 — baseline value

Metric 3 — target value

Metric 3 — post-event value

Metric 3 — data owner

Agenda template

Suggested session structure and timeboxes (e.g., opening, data review, root-cause, experiments, pilot, debrief)

Role assignments

List facilitator, process owner, scribe, data lead, testers and time commitments

Action 1 — description

Clear short description

Action 1 — owner

Action 1 — due date

YYYY-MM-DD

Action 2 — description

Action 2 — owner

Action 2 — due date

YYYY-MM-DD

Action 3 — description

Action 3 — owner

Action 3 — due date

YYYY-MM-DD

Change documented in standard work?

Has the new method been written into standard work or SOP?

Operators trained?

Is training scheduled or completed for affected staff?

Monitoring plan in place?

Is there a plan to monitor the metric regularly?

KPI owner assigned?

Is someone responsible for ongoing metric ownership?

Lessons learned

What worked, what surprised you, what to change next time

Next review date

When will you re-check metrics? YYYY-MM-DD

Ready for handover to process owner?

Is the improvement stable and ready to be owned by the process owner?

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