Mission, Vision and Policy Goal of EKI
Ethiopia’s years Journey of Kaizen
“Kaizen” landed in Ethiopia. The term “Kaizen” became common to Ethiopian people, and Kaizen philosophy and technology have been implementing in many places of various sectors, private enterprises, public offices, schools and hospitals. This wide-range dissemination of Kaizen was made by different stakeholders, Ethiopian Kaizen Institutes (EKIs), City and Regional Kaizen Institutes (C/RKIs), Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutes/schools, together with high interest of policy makers and with the commitments of governmental leaders at different levels.
JICA Project Phase I –The Study on Quality and Productivity Improvement (Kaizen) in Ethiopia (2009-2011)
JICA Project Phase II –Project for Capacity Building for Dissemination of Quality and Productivity Improvement (Kaizen)
JICA Project Phase III –Project on Capacity Development for Kaizen Implementation for Quality and Productivity Improvement and Competitiveness Enhancement in Ethiopia
The first contact of Ethiopia with the concept of “Kaizen” was made during High-level policy dialogue between the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Japanese academics.
Kaizen Dissemination Phases
Then, the first phase of the Kaizen Project was launched in October 2009. The object of the project is to verify the effectiveness of Kaizen in Ethiopia, whether Kaizen could take root in Ethiopia. The Kaizen Unit (KU) was established under Ministry of Industry (MoI) and Kaizen concepts and methods were introduced in 28 manufacturing companies. Quantitative and qualitative assessment on these pilot companies clearly showed that the Kaizen improved quality, productivity, safety, reducing costs and lead time. At the final stage of the project, the project developed Kaizen manual as well as National Plan, which consists of objectives and strategies for Kaizen dissemination. The dissemination plan was taken into consideration in developing National Development Plan (GTP I) in order to formulate the modalities for supporting enterprises of various sizes.
Verification of Kaizen Transferability 2008 – 2011 (2000EC – 2003EC)
Establishment of Basic Kaizen 2011 – 2014 (2003EC – 2006EC)
Kaizen Expansion in Industry field, Region and Technology 2015 – 2020 (2007EC – 2012EC)
With the successful verification of Kaizen transferability, the Kaizen Unit was upgraded to EKI in October 2011; and the second phase Kaizen Project started in November 2011 for four years under MoI.
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The Ethiopian Kaizen is composed of one general director and five deputy general director.
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Based on EKI’s new approach Ethio-Engineering Group (EEG, former METEC) is the first customer to introduce ‘Problem-Led Kaizen Implementation’ project. The project commenced in July 2020 and will hold for a year. Since EEG has passed through organizational change, Kaizen will foster the effort to enhance the company’s competitiveness and sustainability
EKI has put Kaizen Management Information system (KMIS) in effect.
Ethiopia Kaizen Institute has put Kaizen Management Information system (KMIS) in effect. Kaizen Management Information System has been design and developed internally by the Institute Information Technology directorate’s IT consultants together with its [...]
Ten Years Strategic Plan Discussion
In the course of the 2013 E.C budget year preparation phase plan a three days (20/01-22/01/13) orientation and discussion on the new EKI 10 year’s strategic document was held. All the staff members of [...]
Kaizen and COVID-19 Mitigation and Safe Work Environment
SUSTAINING COMPETITIVE AND RESPONSIBLE ENTERPRISE'S THROUGH KAIZEN TOOLS, SCORE METHODOLOGIES, and COVID-19 MITIGATION AND SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT EKI is working in collaboration with various stakeholders to scale-up the dissemination of kaizen throughout the [...]