Bridget Freidel is the Senior CI/Lean Business Process Analyst at Core Publishing Solutions in Eagan, Minnesota, a book manufacturer within the Thomson Reuters Global Print organization. Thomson Reuters is a global company that provides trusted information to professionals across the legal, tax and accounting, and news and media industries. She started her role in 2019 and is responsible for leading continuous improvement efforts that optimize the value stream and reduce internal waste. She holds a Lean Practitioner certification as well as a Six Sigma green belt. Before her current position, she gained operational excellence experience in the HVAC/R industry and earned a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Conducting Kaizen Events for Rapid Improvement
(Process & Tools–Fundamentals)Kaizen events are short-term events in which a facilitator guides a team to improve an existing process. Organizations like Thomson Reuters Core Publishing Solutions will conduct several of these a year, since a good kaizen event can have significant impacts on efficiency, quality, and shorter lead time. They require careful planning and skilled facilitation, however. The book publisher and manufacturer describes how it chooses and organizes its events.