KAIZEN™ Award Singapore

Recognizing Top Organizations for Excellence in Continuous Improvement and Innovation with KAIZEN™ principles and practices.

Kaizen Institute Singapore is proud to present the 3rd Edition of the KAIZEN™ Award Singapore, celebrating outstanding KAIZEN™ and Lean organizations. This prestigious award honors top organizations for their innovative, effective, and exemplary implementation of KAIZEN™ principles and practices.

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Excellence in Applying KAIZEN™ Principles

Participation in the KAIZEN™ Award Singapore is open to any organisation, public or private, large, medium and small companies with a presence in Singapore, from any sector. The evaluation is based on observations made by senior consultants and/or external specialists, at the customer’s premises, evaluating the application of the five KAIZEN™ principles:

#KAIZEN™ PrincipleApplication Example
1 Create customer valuea) The organisation knows the customer needs by market segment.
b) The organisation is dedicated to quality and to fulfil customer expectations.
2Let it flowa) Leaders know how to design, create, manage and improve processes.
b) Staff members understand the concepts of muda (waste), mura (variability) and muri (difficulty).
3Be gemba orienteda) The workplace is organised for efficiency, visual management is used to make waste, standards and behaviors visible.
b) Leaders go to the place of work to understand problems first hand.
4Empower peoplea) Business objectives are deployed (cascaded) throughout the organisation.
b) All leaders share KAIZEN™ skills and role-model a KAIZEN™ mindset as they develop their teams.
5Be scientific and transparenta) Management decisions are based on the long-term vision.
b) Decision-making and problem-solving is based on real data from gemba (gemba gembutsu).

Besides scrutinizing the robustness of the five KAIZEN™ principles, the ‘Benefits tracking’ section evaluates what the organisation has put in place to ensure employees know where the organisation is heading, how they have progressed, and how customers and the organisation is benefitting from the KAIZEN™ efforts.

Application

Application Form

Complete and submit the application to awards-sg@kaizen.com before 13 June 2025.

  • Projects submitted should not be older than 3-5 years.
  • Candidates’ projects may have previously received recognition from other awards (excluding those awarded by Kaizen Institute).
  • Supplementary project information is encouraged (e.g., performance indicators, photos, videos, etc.).

Evaluations of Nominations

The evaluation committee, comprising experts from Kaizen Institute and its partners, will assess the applications.

  • The initial evaluation will be based on the submitted application form. For those advancing to the next phase, an on-site visit to the company will be conducted. The evaluation criteria include various aspects such as the implemented actions, continuous improvement methodology, and outcomes.
  • The evaluation committee will select the winners and reserves the right to withhold awards if no application meets the required standards. All decisions made by the committee are final and not subject to appeal.

Timeline KAIZEN™ Award Singapore 3rd Edition

Applications deadline: 13 June 2025
First evaluation of the applications: 30 June 2025
Site visits: August 2025
Presentation of the award winner: September 2025

KAIZEN™ Award Singapore 3rd Edition

The KAIZEN™ Award Singapore 3rd Edition is set to take place in September 2025. Detailed information about the event will be provided ahead of time. For any inquiries, please contact us at: awards-sg@kaizen.com.

2024 Award Recipient

KAIZEN™ Bronze Award

Jabil Singapore

Contact Information

For any questions regarding the award procedure or event details, please reach out to:

Kaizen Institute Singapore
50 Raffles Place, #46-00
Singapore Land Tower
Singapore 048623
WhatsApp: +65 9349 0430

awards-sg@kaizen.com

Objectives of the KAIZEN™ Awards

Recognize organizations that lead in the implementation of KAIZEN™ practices.

Promote and drive Continuous Improvement initiatives.

Inspire transformative change among industry leaders.

Are you ready to participate in the KAIZEN™ Award Singapore and get recongnized?

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