Suggestion System

as a vehicle of continuous improvement and employee empowerment

Suggestion System is a method by which the ideas and suggestions of the employees are communicated upward through the management hierarchy.

Japanese-style Suggestion System

An important aspect of the Japanese suggestion system is that each suggestion, once implemented, leads to an upgraded standard. Quality Control (QC) circles can be viewed as a group-oriented suggestion system for making improvements. QC circle is a small group that voluntarily performs quality-control activities in the workplace.

Total quality control (TQC) covers all areas of business, involves everyone in the organization and is aimed at improvement of managerial performance at all levels.

Corporate Culture in Japan

Kaizen Culture

Kaizen and TQM

Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing

Kaikaku and Kaizen

Kaizen and Innovation

Kaizen Implementation

Benefits of Employee Empowerment

Employee empowerment facilitates teamwork and helps harness collective power of employees. It encourages employees to take initiative and makes them more enthusiastic, energized, active, productive, innovative and intrapreneurial... More

"Involve everyone. Business is all about capturing intellect from every person... The way to engender enthusiasm it to allow employees far more freedom and far more responsibility."
~ Jack Welch, GE

"The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees, to create a family-like feeling within the corporation that employees and managers share the same fate."
~ Akio Morita, Sony

People Power

Harness Your People

Kaizen Mindset

Fun4Biz Suggestion System

Employee Empowerment

Benefits

4 Principles

Balanced

Empowerment for Innovation

Empowerment vs. Delegation

Employee Feedback

Kaizen and Suggestion System

The suggestion system is an integral part of an established management system that aims at involving employees in continuous improvement (Kaizen) of both effectiveness and efficiency of your business.

Management encourages employees to generate a great number of suggestions and works hard to consider and implement these suggestions, often incorporating them into the overall Kaizen strategy. Management also gives due recognition to employee's efforts for improvement.

Kaizen

Kaizen Culture

Kaizen Principles

Kaizen Practices

Examples of Kaizen Implementation

Canon Suggestion System

Kaizen at Fidelity Investment

Measuring Performance

The number of worker's suggestions for incremental and radical (Kaikaku) improvements is regarded as an important criteria in reviewing the performance of the worker's supervisor and the manager of the supervisor.

Organization

Stimulating Radical Idea Generation

Idea Management